Robot dog prepares for combat

Robo-mule? Just like the videos you posted say, it's been called BigDog since it was created in 2005. AlphaDog is a future generation of BigDog, much larger and with numerous improvements, designed specifically for carrying military troop kits. I thought it was called a robot mule back when it was first "proof of concept" and just a frame with motors and a processor. I haven't been able to find the original video I remember seeing. I looked at the Boston Dynamics site and they have a link to the the MIT Leglab which made a lot of walking robots. Which might be what I was thinking of.

@chimpanzee: "WW3 isnt going to be about how many soliders or tanks you have. Its going to be about who can manufacture the largest amount of these things." Wrong! WW3 is about who can make the most babies, and indoctrinate them successfully. And we are already in the middle of it, and we are losing it big time. All the high-tech toys are totally meaningless.

The real frighting part is how technology continues to get smaller. When one of these can carry a power source that will last for weeks or even days think of what they can do.

The real frighting part is how technology continues to get smaller. When one of these can carry a power source that will last for weeks or even days think of what they can do. Reckon they'd be able to hook up some Solar panels to it? Or wouldn't they be effective?

I do see one advantage of these types of robots is that they can be parachuted into the fray and guided to their pin-down troops in an urban environment, scaling stairs and other obstacles that a wheeled robot cannot. But they would offer very little protection, limited load of ammo/weapons/supplies, and very sluggish in movement. Not to mention the fact that don’t react fast enough when rising to their feet, giving time for enemies to retrieve one or raid it load that it is carrying. A robot designed with wheels and closer to the ground would be much more valuable asset because it would off... [More]

but thise videos are old, arent some newer around?

I thought it was called a robot mule back when it was first "proof of concept" and just a frame with motors and a processor. I haven't been able to find the original video I remember seeing. I looked at the Boston Dynamics site and they have a link to the the MIT Leglab which made a lot of walking robots. Which might be what I was thinking of. Ah you may be right when it was still in the concept stages. The "type" of robot it's classified under is a robot mule, so if they hadn't yet given it the moniker of BigDog when they were just planning they probably would have just been calling the idea ... [More]

Wish we had those when i was in the army

Baseball bat, chainsaw, or axe to the leg, problem solved. Tripwire would be easier though.

No one shall make a robot which can break the first law of the robotics: «A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.» -Asimov