Robots

Petman Walking Robot Is Like BigDog’s “Human” Master

By Sean Fallon on October 27, 2009 at 8:51 AM

I’m sure you are all well acquainted with the crazy quadrupled BigDog robot, but if it had a master to walk with, it would probably look something like the Petman.

Actually, the similarity is not surprising considering that the walking robot was designed by Boston Dynamics — the same company behind BigDog. Petman has been in development for some time now, but this is the first chance we have had to view his human-like stride. The military plans on using it to test out protective clothing for soliders, but I’m sure Terminators are not far behind. [Danger Room]

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