The Mule (Now known as BigDog) quadraped robot is back!
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It's totally legit. Saw it about 2 years ago when it was simply able to go over slightly gravely ground without falling. I must admit that I nearly yelled out when I saw it actually jump.
Edit: Here's the video I was referring to. And yup, it's almost exactly 2 years old now!
Edit: Here's the video I was referring to. And yup, it's almost exactly 2 years old now!
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Doesn't surprise me at all. All they really did was simulate known animal locomotion. The really amazing thing isn't the motion itself since those movements are copied from similar animals, it's the programming that allows the robot to recognize when to use various movement methods and rough terrain.
When you consider that we have similar technology running in real-time in games (dynamic physics based entities that react to the world, moving each section of each limb in physics to try and stay upright), it's no stretch to think that they can get it working in the real-world. The main difficulty is obstacle recognition and the decision making about how to overcome obstacles and rough terrain.
When you consider that we have similar technology running in real-time in games (dynamic physics based entities that react to the world, moving each section of each limb in physics to try and stay upright), it's no stretch to think that they can get it working in the real-world. The main difficulty is obstacle recognition and the decision making about how to overcome obstacles and rough terrain.
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Maybe they'll make a battery pack unit for stealth missions.
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Re: The Mule (Now known as BigDog) quadraped robot is back!
I thought this was going to be a thread about multi-core cybersexual assault.ChrisGrenard wrote:The Mule (Now known as BigDog) quadraped robot is back!
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I almost cried when I heard that song. My little brother loved to play that game. We haven't talked in months and I'm gonna ring him up and see if remembers playing it.Brian wrote:I can still hear the theme song.
I think I would run if I saw that thing in the forest. Now all they have to do is put a mini-gun on it and set it loose in Iraq!
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I got kinda sad when they kicked it. Does that make me a freak?Smoove_B wrote:Please. Like it wouldn't have a portably nuclear power supply. Or a Mr. Fusion. I'm pretty impressed with the way it responds to someone trying to kick it over. With no clear head, how do you know which end to have sex with?
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No, it doesn't, I actually felt the same.The Meal wrote:I got kinda sad when they kicked it. Does that make me a freak?Smoove_B wrote:Please. Like it wouldn't have a portably nuclear power supply. Or a Mr. Fusion. I'm pretty impressed with the way it responds to someone trying to kick it over. With no clear head, how do you know which end to have sex with?
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Since this thing moves very much like an animal would, it's only natural (at least for us non-serial-killers-to-be) that an empathy reaction sets in.
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I was kinda hoping the thing would kick back myself.The Meal wrote:I got kinda sad when they kicked it. Does that make me a freak?Smoove_B wrote:Please. Like it wouldn't have a portably nuclear power supply. Or a Mr. Fusion. I'm pretty impressed with the way it responds to someone trying to kick it over. With no clear head, how do you know which end to have sex with?
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Dude, I'm *creating* our robot overlords as we speak. I don't worry about them putting me up against the wall. It's the many-tentacled-ones which could get to me first that keep me up at night.Smoove_B wrote:No, it just means your a robot sympathizer. And you'll be first against the wall when the metal ones try to start a revolution.The Meal wrote:
I got kinda sad when they kicked it. Does that make me a freak?
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That was an awesome game. And yeah, that bot gave me MULE vibes.Hispanicgamer wrote:I almost cried when I heard that song. My little brother loved to play that game. We haven't talked in months and I'm gonna ring him up and see if remembers playing it.Brian wrote:I can still hear the theme song.
I think I would run if I saw that thing in the forest. Now all they have to do is put a mini-gun on it and set it loose in Iraq!
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I'd feel bad for a bear getting kicked, too.Big Jake wrote:Hmm, sympathy for a robot animal getting kicked. The uncanny valley applies to robot animals too?
Someone, quick, throw a bearskin rug on that thing so we can all feel happy when it gets kicked!
Now, if it looked like a human... I'd probably just laugh.
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a bear kicking a human would be hilarious!Kelric wrote:I'd feel bad for a bear getting kicked, too.Big Jake wrote:Hmm, sympathy for a robot animal getting kicked. The uncanny valley applies to robot animals too?
Someone, quick, throw a bearskin rug on that thing so we can all feel happy when it gets kicked!
Now, if it looked like a human... I'd probably just laugh.
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My brother sent me that this morning, very funny. Love the ending.tiny ogre wrote:Here's more footage of the beta version
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That was F-ing hilarious! I was crying laughing so hard!!tiny ogre wrote:Here's more footage of the beta version
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Re: The Mule (Now known as BigDog) quadraped robot is back!
Now brought you by Google:
Google purchased Boston Dynamics as part of its larger strategy to invest in robotics development.
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The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — better known as DARPA — recognized the cutting edge work being done at Boston Dynamics early and has awarded multiple development contracts to the company. Boston Dynamics is working on high profile projects for the military such as the Big Dog, which is now officially named the Legged Squad Support System (LS3) by the Marine Corps.
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Google officials have said the company will still honor the remaining contracts that Boston Dynamics has with DARPA, but it seems evident that DARPA may have to find a new laboratory to develop their next robotics projects.
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Notably, Google doesn’t have to worry about sequestration or Congressional budgets. It can use it’s [sic] large capital reserve to sink in the money necessary to advance robotics at a rapid pace.
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So Google says: "We don't need no stinking military projects. We just need they're development companies." Should we be scared?
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No. Typos in the government sector are just as common as the private sector.LordMortis wrote:So Google says: "We don't need no stinking military projects. We just need they're development companies." Should we be scared?
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They're just wanting a head start in the upcoming Corporate Wars. They'll need something to counter the Bezos drone fleet. Of course whomever wins, we lose as the "consumers" become laborers on the server farms pulling rare earth metals from obsolete devices.Isgrimnur wrote:Now brought you by Google:
Google purchased Boston Dynamics as part of its larger strategy to invest in robotics development.
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The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — better known as DARPA — recognized the cutting edge work being done at Boston Dynamics early and has awarded multiple development contracts to the company. Boston Dynamics is working on high profile projects for the military such as the Big Dog, which is now officially named the Legged Squad Support System (LS3) by the Marine Corps.
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Google officials have said the company will still honor the remaining contracts that Boston Dynamics has with DARPA, but it seems evident that DARPA may have to find a new laboratory to develop their next robotics projects.
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Notably, Google doesn’t have to worry about sequestration or Congressional budgets. It can use it’s [sic] large capital reserve to sink in the money necessary to advance robotics at a rapid pace.
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Thankfully, I should be able to get into the software world for data tracking, if not training into AI development. A lot of the rest of you are screwed.
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I think overlords would be offended at the idea you could improve their AI. Best to not even bring it up.Isgrimnur wrote:Thankfully, I should be able to get into the software world for data tracking, if not training into AI development. A lot of the rest of you are screwed.
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I was thinking more like low level stuff. Like kill tracking, ammo counts, that sort of thing. I wouldn't deign to think I could impact the kill, pillage, destroy algorithms for many, many years.
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I want to see the BigDog in Wasteland 2...complete with the Angry Bees.
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Stand clear!
ig Dog, the four-legged Boston Dynamics’ robot that until now looked more like a headless horse, finally has something resembling a head.
The company developing the robo-beast with the Army Research Laboratory funding calls in an arm, though, and in a recent video you can see it grabbing, lifting and hurling 35-lb cinder blocks to the side and rear.
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It’s easy to see the advantage of having a robot mule able to clear its own path. In the video demonstration Big Dog’s best cinderblock throw was about 17 feet.
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