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The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth
BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics family of robots. It is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system. BigDog's legs are articulated like an animal's, and have compliant elements that absorb shock and recycle energy from one step to the next. BigDog is the size of a large dog or small mule, measuring 1 meter long, 0.7 meters tall and 75 kg weight.
BigDog has an on-board computer that controls locomotion, servos the legs and handles a wide variety of sensors. BigDog's control system manages the dynamics of its behavior to keep it balanced, steer, navigate, and regulate energetics as conditions vary. Sensors for locomotion include joint position, joint force, ground contact, ground load, a laser gyroscope, and a stereo vision system. Other sensors focus on the internal state of BigDog, monitoring the hydraulic pressure, oil temperature, engine temperature, rpm, battery charge and others.
So far, BigDog has trotted at 3.3 mph, climbed a 35 degree slope and carried a 120 lb load.
BigDog is being developed by Boston Dynamics with help from Foster Miller, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Harvard University Concord Field Station.Development is funded by the DARPA Defense Sciences Office.
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aw man, i just remembered what i wanted to be for halloween this year. too late!
16 weeks agolike the one at the end? I'm always trying to be funny, but after watching it all the way through decided to take out the big dog parody. LOL
16 weeks agoaw man it was funny!
16 weeks agoBigDog is awesome... and a little creepy! I actually felt bad for BD when the guy pushed him! Great recovery, though!
16 weeks agoMe too, kind of like a stray dog.
16 weeks agoseems like they're always trying to kick him!
16 weeks agoI thought it to be a bit creepy also so I tried to liven the mood by ending with a parody but after watching it all the way through decided it was better leaving on a creepy note.
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