Big RobotDog

Meet BigDog, its 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 have compliant elements that absorb shock and recycle energy from one step to the next. BigDog is the size of a large dog or small mule, measuring 1 meter long, 0.7 meters tall and 75 kg weight.

The thing is built by Boston Dynamics and funded by the DARPA Defense Sciences Office so who knows where this might turn up.

March 19, 2008 | Tagged Technology 

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