http://bigdogrobotvideos.com All of the crazy Boston Dynamics videos in one place! Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:24:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en RiSE: The Amazing Climbing Robot RiSE is a small six-legged robot that climbs vertical terrain such as walls, trees and fences. RiSE's feet have claws, micro-claws or sticky material, depending on the climbing surface. RiSE changes posture to conform to the curvature of the climbing surface and a fixed tail helps ... http://bigdogrobotvideos.com/2008/03/23/boston-dynamics-rise/ BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics family of robots. It is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system. BigDog's legs are articulated like an animal’s, and ... http://bigdogrobotvideos.com/2008/03/18/boston-dynamics-big-dog/ BigDog's little brother. This little robot would probably fall over if you kicked it like they do the BigDog, but it has it's own kind of creepy. http://bigdogrobotvideos.com/2008/02/21/the-legged-learning-robot/ http://bigdogrobotvideos.com/2007/09/18/littledog-robot/ Rhex with spikes on a mesh, Daniel Goldman at georgia tech http://bigdogrobotvideos.com/2007/07/19/rhex-with-spikes/ BigDog has an on-board computer that controls locomotion, servos the legs and handles a wide variety of sensors. BigDog’s control system manages the dynamics of its behavior to keep it balanced, steer, navigate, and regulate energetics as conditions vary. Sensors for locomotion include joint position, joint force, ground contact, ground ... http://bigdogrobotvideos.com/2007/07/08/new-big-dog-robot-video/ RiSE, the wall climbing robot from Boston Dynamics. Boston Dynamics also created RHex and Big Dog Okay, if this little bugger doesn't creep you out, you must work at the pentagon. I swear the sped up part at the end was done just to freak us out! http://bigdogrobotvideos.com/2006/05/05/rise/ BigDog is being developed by Boston Dynamics with help from Foster Miller, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Harvard University Concord Field Station.Development is funded by the DARPA Defense Sciences Office. http://bigdogrobotvideos.com/2006/03/10/big-dog-robot-packhorse/ The Rugged Robot that Devours Rough Terrain RHex is a man-portable robot with extraordinary rough terrain mobility. RHex climbs over rock fields, mud, sand, vegetation, railroad tracks, telephone poles and up steep slopes and stairways. RHex has a sealed body, making it fully operational in wet weather, in muddy and swampy ... http://bigdogrobotvideos.com/2006/03/07/rhex-robot-from-the-makers-of-bigdog/