The Robot that Runs 18MPH on Legs - Another Jumps 30 Feet

[ThisWebThing]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2D71CveQwo]DARPA Cheetah Sets Speed Record for Legged Robots - YouTube[/ame]


A robot that can jump 30 feet:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b4ZZQkcNEo"]Sand Flea Jumping Robot[/ame]

 

[knownerror]

Very cool share.

 

[Fatbat]

That hopping bot is awesome! The running one, meh. It's also amazing, but it can't do that for very long without being hooked up to an external power supply. Needs a tiny reactor in it to supply the power.

 

[jryan21]

You'll think they are pretty cool until a couple of them start chasing you down the street

I still like this one:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww]Boston Dynamics Big Dog (new video March 2008) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Gambit]

That jumping robot is sick!


Haha if I had that thing I'd be messing with it for weeks.

 

[SirKonstantine]

Metal gear is real.

 

[charlesmartel]

Can we sharpen the cheetah's teeth and unleash him in Detroit?

 

[chatmasta]

You'll think they are pretty cool until a couple of them start chasing you down the street

I still like this one:

Boston Dynamics Big Dog (new video March 2008) - YouTube

What scares the shit out of me is that watching that video gave me very similar feelings to watching a video of a real dog. The singularity is coming! :conehead:

 

[ThisWebThing]

Here is a sort of update on this, another video (newer) its even faster now...


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqpO58x7vuE]DARPA's Cheetah Bolts Past the Competition - YouTube[/ame]


Article Here

 

[ly2 from WF]

LIKE MINORITIES ONLY WITHOUT ALL THE RAPE AND GUN VIOLENCE AMRITE?

 

[johnmatrix]

Of course it takes a government agency to come up with this stuff. The free market fails as usual...

 

[lukep]

Of course it takes a government agency to come up with this stuff. The free market fails as usual...

Now that there is some hardcore socialist trolling.

I should have done this a long time ago... :321:

Welcome to my ignorelist johnmatrix. Say hi to pewep and erifdekciw for me while you're down there.

 

[cardine]

Of course it takes a government agency to come up with this stuff. The free market fails as usual...

That's because there is no profit in making bots like these.
Why is there no profit in it? Because it's a nascent technology and because of government regulations.

 

[johnmatrix]

Welcome to my ignorelist johnmatrix. Say hi to pewep and erifdekciw for me while you're down there.

Must be nice and cosy in your bubble along with your E-Cat, Chrome OS and space elevator.

 

[flx89]

Invasion is coming!!!

You'll think they are pretty cool until a couple of them start chasing you down the street

I still like this one:

Boston Dynamics Big Dog (new video March 2008) - YouTube

 

[ABuzz]

We've got robots that can outpace the fastest human runners:
Cheetah robot outpaces Usain Bolt in setting new robotic land speed record

 

[iPwnNoobs]

i for one welcome our new overlords

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKbFb6TPVEA]"I, For One, Welcome Our New Insect Overlords" - The Simpsons - YouTube[/ame]

 

[HKSEO Rotzee]

DoOd....what are they making these scary ass terminator bugs for? Robots that can run as fast as humans, but never get tired. What do they plan on chasing with these things?

 

[HKSEO Rotzee]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_m56irWKeI&feature=related]World's Top3 Humanoid Robots - Asimo vs HPR-4 vs NAO! - YouTube[/ame]

Now its not zombies we gotta worry about, its back to terminators =P

 

[HKSEO Rotzee]

DARPA Cheetah Sets Speed Record for Legged Robots - YouTube


A robot that can jump 30 feet:

Sand Flea Jumping Robot

Taliban is fucked with this one. When them boys on the roof shooting down, one of these little things gonna roll up, pop on the roof, then pop like a balloon. BOOOM!

That little mechanical rolling sound is gonna become as scary as the whistle from one of those 1950's B-52 bombs dropping, or a shot gun cocking.