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Video: BigDog turned into BigBull (with BigHorns)
engadget.com - 3/19/2009
Video: BigDog turned into BigBull (with BigHorns)
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BigDog is probably our favorite DARPA-sponsored quadrupedal robot, capable of prancing across the terrain for 24 hours straight while carrying 400 pounds of equipment on its back. Don't let that light-footed trot fool you, though -- this thing's a killer. Need proof? Check out this video ...
BigDog Weaponized (video)
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youtube.com - 3/17/2009
BigDog Weaponized (video)
— youtube.com — BigDog ready for battle. (more) BigDog Weaponized (video)
Comments vote down Gizmodo found this 3/17/2009found this
botjunkie.com - 3/14/2009
Video Friday: BigDog Gets Two Giant Weapons
— botjunkie.com — Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 13 of March , 2009 at 10:47 am OMG It’s an... autonomous military robot with a deadly weapon attached! PANIC!!! Or, just find yourself a red cape, and you’ll be fine. [ Boston Dynamics ] Category: Biorobotics , ... (more) Video Friday: BigDog Gets Two Giant Weapons
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Tech Blog:  BigDog Robot Gets Weaponized, Converted into BigBull

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BigDog Robot Gets Weaponized, Converted into BigBull
Tech Blog — ... Simply put, the guys over at Boston Dynamics "affixed a pair of rather pronounced bull horns onto the thing's front and sent it charging at what looks like an unfortunate audio engineer." Video after the break. I don't care if you paint its face and have it make balloon animals at the fair, BigDog will never be funny. Or cute. [via Geekologie - Engadget]

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