This is the new Petman, by our friends at Boston Dynamics, the creators of Big Dog and BigDog 2. It’s like a robotic marine that never gets tired. You tell him to give you a thousand and he’ll do it.
It was created to test chemical protection clothing for the US Army. It moves and balances itself like a real human — walking, crawling and “doing a variety of suit-stressing calisthenics during exposure to chemical warfare agents”. I wonder how much would it take to move it from testing clothes to the battlefield.
Mr Kips
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 9:36 AMI for one welcome our new robot overlords.
Ben
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 10:47 AMLet’s hope they don’t manage to combine that with the Robot Venus fly trap guys. Humanoid Robots that can eat your body for power…
sketchy
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 11:29 AMYet more proof that intelligence does not equate to wisdom, and just because you can, does not necessarily mean you should.
Kent
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 1:13 PMHe’s got swagga.
Kendal
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 8:55 PMWe have to kill it. I’m not trying to be funny. Kill it and burn the place to the ground.
T-1000
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 10:19 PMThis is only the beginning.
i am akuma and i will teach you the meaning of pain!
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 10:54 AMif i saw that thing running behind me, i would poop my pants then cry
Juan Bar
Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 9:53 AMis anyone reminded of that scene in robocop 2 where the test robocops come out and to that triumphant music then proceed to shoot everyone in the room
j
Monday, November 7, 2011 at 7:49 PMGive it an Iphone 4s for a head