BigDog Quadruped Robot, Or Something Like It, Spooks Tokyo Streets

The Land of Godzilla now has another monster terrorising its streets–Boston Dynamic’s BigDog robot! Only… aren’t those feet? This isn’t BigDog Beta, is it? No wonder the Japanese look more puzzled than scared. [JapanProbe]


October 14, 2008
Cars

Life-Sized Autobot Assembles in French Parking Lot, Doesn’t Really Roll Out

French performance art troupe “Not So Noisy” have spent the last month “assembling” giant, life-sized Autobots from normal cars, and shooting the action from overhead. Of course, they’re not really building anything. They’re really arranging cars (or people) in an empty parking lot so that it looks like Optimus Prime knocked back a few too many quarts of oil and passed out. But it’s awesome.