Video Friday: BigDog Gets Two Giant Weapons

botjunkie.com - 3/14/2009

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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 , Military Name (required) Mail (will not be ...

youtube.com - 3/17/2009

BigDog Weaponized (video)

— youtube.com — BigDog ready for battle. (more) BigDog Weaponized (video)

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crunchgear.com - 3/19/2009

Video: The wild longhorn BigDog

— crunchgear.com — With this latest advance in biomimetic weaponry, BigDog will truly be striking fear into the hearts of... America’s enemies. When they see his burnished horns bobbing at them out of a background of terror and carnage, they’ll drop ... (more) Video: The wild longhorn BigDog

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engadget.com - 3/19/2009

Video: BigDog turned into BigBull (with BigHorns)

— engadget.com — 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 ... (more) Video: BigDog turned into BigBull (with BigHorns)

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OhGizmo! — ... that BattleBots is taping new shows next month but nobody may ever get to see them, watched a real live MechWarrior rescue robot in action, were less than impressed with a chubby dragon security bot, got really interested in a new robotic cruise control system that makes it so all you have to do is steer your car, and finished the week with a double video Friday, including a bizarre robot rescue dog thing movie trailer from Japan and a video of BigDog’s two giant new weapons. And you can check out the Friday Bot With Stuff, ...

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Gizmodo — If you thought the BigDog robot was scary before, check him out with horns. Now I will have nightmares of about running with the bulls, only the bulls are BigDogs, and I'm not really running... more like briskly walking away... in terror. [Boston Dynamics via BotJunkie] ...

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