Thu 2008/03/20 12:09
Kinda cool and also kinda creepy. Anybody prefer this to a real dog as a pet?
Posted on Thu 2008/03/20 12:09 by
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オタク all day long
It's so creepy!!! I prefer a real dog!
(ID #158878) Posted on 2008/03/20 12:11
filmaker
a giant fly...? I love it. not gonna wax the dolphin over it though
(ID #158880) Posted on 2008/03/20 12:12
Looking for work again
I really like this robot. It seems so much smarter than all the others that I have seen. I would take this one over a real dog... It could carry all of my computer stuff around for me ^_^ and I do not have to clean up after it!
(ID #158883) Posted on 2008/03/20 12:17
That sure is kinda creepy, wonder how long it will take until they attach guns to it. I still prefer my own protein-based dog.
(ID #158885) Posted on 2008/03/20 12:19
Supposedly they will never have a machine make the decision when to fire, it will always subordinate to a human (according to the American Government.. which is absolutely incapable of misinformation).
(ID #158960) Posted on 2008/03/20 14:13
So I guess it'll take about 5 years till they change their opinion? I'm sure there will be machines killing people on their own, it's just a matter of time.
(ID #159671) Posted on 2008/03/22 03:06
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
THE BUZZING!!!! THE BUZZING !!!!!
(ID #158886) Posted on 2008/03/20 12:19
Can't help but see two sets of legs (almost human-like... disturbing) connected to a platform. Very noisy as well... I don't think bug spray would work on it. It also seems very resistant to a "Sparta Kick!!". -Sparta Kick Replay!"- I'd use holy water or fire on it, since it looks like an abomination of nature more than anything else. ^^;
(ID #158891) Posted on 2008/03/20 12:27
let's try mikuru beam
(ID #158917) Posted on 2008/03/20 12:57
Maybe throw some meat at it... or ... old motherboards.
(ID #158961) Posted on 2008/03/20 14:14
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
Be careful. It's always using Supersonic, and holy water might short it's engine out into using Explosion. Just one question. What kind of power supply are they using for it? Battery? Diesel engine(LOL)?
(ID #159057) Posted on 2008/03/20 19:51
Please take into account that it's the Belmont family's Holy Water (Proven working on Uncle Drac'). ^^
(ID #159223) Posted on 2008/03/21 02:21
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
Maybe an Earthshaker round would do it?
(ID #159157) Posted on 2008/03/20 23:24
anime/cosplay events organizer
one word...creepy
(ID #158894) Posted on 2008/03/20 12:29
man, that's creepy, reminded me of MGS4. that's one of the reason that i don't like MGS4
(ID #158900) Posted on 2008/03/20 12:40
This also reminded me of MGS4!
(ID #440925) Posted on 2009/01/09 08:23
...creepy but funny how that "dog" twitches its leg on every step...
(ID #158902) Posted on 2008/03/20 12:43
Need an army of those and these to take over the world http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/497/ronaldcannibalfe6.jpg
(ID #158904) Posted on 2008/03/20 12:45
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
Woah. That's a really realistic picture... or else it's real. O_O
(ID #159053) Posted on 2008/03/20 19:37
Chef, Full fledged Otaku, Full time Observer.....
OH MY WORD!!!0_0
(ID #159195) Posted on 2008/03/21 01:44
And here I thought they discontinued the McLimb...
(ID #159260) Posted on 2008/03/21 03:11
Student, Spiral Warrior
Definitely a little weird, but an important step on the road to developing mobile suits.
(ID #158908) Posted on 2008/03/20 12:48
Alien Invasion!! Looks creepy to me =/ and the buzzing starts to get annoying also =/
(ID #158909) Posted on 2008/03/20 12:48
Animation Student
This is creepy, but it's awesome... :D The robot is cool... xD Just turn off the sound if you don't want to hear the buzzing sound... lol
(ID #158923) Posted on 2008/03/20 13:02
Failure
As a robot enthusiast, I practically shat bricks while watching it walk down the snowy hill and on the icy road. that is just insane robotics... I never thought it could actually survive slippery terrain when I saw an early version of it a year ago. Only problem is that the sound of its motor(s) makes me want to go into a primal rage, rip the things legs off, and proceed to beat it with its own limbs until the part count > its worth.
(ID #158924) Posted on 2008/03/20 13:03
Software Engineer
I know how u feel man, when i saw the way it corrected itself from being "Sparta-kicked©" and slipping itself i was shocked. The speed n movement was so natural it made it look alive. Really freaky tho. and the buzzing! THE BUZZING!!!! ARGH!!!!11one *claws eyes out*
(ID #158992) Posted on 2008/03/20 14:55
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Wow, so many commenters on this much time. Anyways, I saw that video couple of days ago... downright creepy! Send it back to The Fly movie. :P though the whole concept is really cool... probably years of research to make it keep this much balance.
(ID #158926) Posted on 2008/03/20 13:04
wow the kick and the slipping on the ice made me laugh hard hahaha its kinda freaky how it looks...it sort of looks like 2 people carrying a huge load of supplies or something. Ten years from now that 4 legged robot will have guns equipped on it walking over countries
(ID #158928) Posted on 2008/03/20 13:07
Yup, George W already has about 100 of them backordered.
(ID #158973) Posted on 2008/03/20 14:28
it is cool in terms of the technology involve...but if they are trying to develop a toy...alot more work needs to be done
(ID #158929) Posted on 2008/03/20 13:07
well its awesome from a robotic point of view but visually it looks creepy. it does have alot going for but then again it was designed for the military. just wait for then to attach automated weapon system to these and it will be a whole new war game.
(ID #158931) Posted on 2008/03/20 13:09
Interesting. Its ability to stay standing on difficult terrain, getting kicked, and on ice is very interesting. Would love to see the details on how they made this. As far as the dog goes, I could only see it being used to transport objects, talking from a military standpoint (like ammo, your backpack, etc.) Dont know how much it could carry but it could prove useful. What they need to do know is get rid of that annoying buzzing sound. Had to mute it after only 10 seconds.
(ID #158941) Posted on 2008/03/20 13:25
Procrastinator Extraordinaire
needs a lot more work done to it, pathfinding and speed need to be improved. and the noise, the NOISE! kinda hard to for it to have any real military applications if the enemy can hear ya 10 miles away with all that racket. i am impressed by the way it corrected its stance after getting Sparta-kicked.
(ID #158943) Posted on 2008/03/20 13:26
lol. is that even a dog?
(ID #158947) Posted on 2008/03/20 13:28
When the time comes that robots are used in homes as a commodity, I will be very grateful to people that would make robots more cosmetic.
(ID #158951) Posted on 2008/03/20 13:47
imagine something like that jumping on u when u reach home! :shudder:
(ID #158955) Posted on 2008/03/20 14:06
Currently Serving National Service
To creepy and noisy!!! But base on what they have developed, the future of walkers seems bright.
(ID #158981) Posted on 2008/03/20 14:31
Link Cosplayer, Video Gamer, Amatuer Programmer, and Artist
My God... it's the first Metal Gear! ! O.O
(ID #159001) Posted on 2008/03/20 15:27
haha yea! can it pee btw? That would be awesome
(ID #159042) Posted on 2008/03/20 18:42
Illustrator & Designer
Yeah Metal Gear or more specifically MGS4, that's exactly what I thought it reminded me of, too. It's really kinda creepy, at points it looked like two guys with really thin mechanical legs facing each other in a 4 legged race on rough terrain or something. The coolest bit was when it got kicked the first time and it compensated and rebalanced itself.
(ID #159051) Posted on 2008/03/20 19:28
METAL GEAR!?
(ID #159008) Posted on 2008/03/20 16:13
They remind me a little of the hunters from halflife 2, I think these would be interesting to use in warfare or riot control ^^
(ID #159011) Posted on 2008/03/20 16:28
Raven, AMV & MAD maker, Otaku
yeah . i agree with you on that one. the monster from half life 2 [-[
(ID #159018) Posted on 2008/03/20 17:11
actually looks a lot like Alex's robot "Dog" from the HalfLife2 games to me especially the manner flow of its movements.... Dog is not so shaky though. Would be nice to have another way to power the device as that infernal noise is apparently coming from a small cc displacement single cylinder gasoline or other combustible engine that sounds a heck 'alot like of my RC model car and airplane engines... noisy little buggers. Maybe we can get portable fusactors in suitable enough energy generations levels soon to make that puppy a hybrid electric or all electric powered "green-machine" soon hehehe
(ID #159324) Posted on 2008/03/21 07:26
reminds me some of the nuclear powered A.M.E.E. from movie Red Planet that was Val Kilmers Atomic powered robotic attack pet too....
(ID #159326) Posted on 2008/03/21 07:30
Oh god, that thing is creepy...
(ID #159017) Posted on 2008/03/20 17:10
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
I smell development projects for the ATST... Seriously, when I saw it staying upright after getting such a kick I felt as though there was an extra ray of light in the heavens, shining somewhere. Made me feel like going up to the nearest critic of mecha, shoving the video in his face and telling him: In the next decade or so this guy's big brother will stomp your multi-billion-dollar tank battalion flat. Hopefully by that time they'd have a better option for engines than now. BZZZZZ....
(ID #159056) Posted on 2008/03/20 19:44
Looks like the MGS4's enemy mechs, adding 2 together.
(ID #159059) Posted on 2008/03/20 20:04
REVpioneer (Registered on 2007/11/08 21:37)
Wow that's astounding! 0_0 I can just imagine the engineering put into that. It knows how to stabilise it self and where its feet are in relevance to the ground!
(ID #159060) Posted on 2008/03/20 20:05
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
One question, where's the head? You can't have a headless dog for a pet can you?
(ID #159079) Posted on 2008/03/20 20:42
Student and Miku Guardian
I think its that small camera mounted on top of the torso of the 'Dog'.. OMG!! Thay are making the prototype gundams..
(ID #159119) Posted on 2008/03/20 22:14
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
Hmm... a mono-eyed dog... I can just imagine the camera lighting up when a cat runs pass.
(ID #159188) Posted on 2008/03/21 01:23
Chef, Full fledged Otaku, Full time Observer.....
if its a mono eyed dog... i'm thinking of prototype zaks instead of gundams...
(ID #159199) Posted on 2008/03/21 01:47
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
Zaks? I think they look more like Bucues, four legged, single eyes mobile suit...
(ID #159317) Posted on 2008/03/21 06:09
very impressive the ability of this thing to stabilize it self is just unbelievable it would be great to support special forces by carrying heavy supplys but they should something about the noise
(ID #159088) Posted on 2008/03/20 20:58
Oh god, that's one ugly.. " dog ". Looked pretty funny when it went the snow though, wth.
(ID #159092) Posted on 2008/03/20 21:05
Student
Heard its made for transportation of supplies in the army. Heres another similar video about it ===>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpBG-nSRcrQ
(ID #159110) Posted on 2008/03/20 22:01
Music Producer/Delivery Driver
it looks like Wolf from the Beauty and The Beast Crew from Metal Gear Solid 4
(ID #159120) Posted on 2008/03/20 22:14
EEEEEKKKS!! It looks like it came straight out of a horror movie. Though I have to give it kudos for balance.
(ID #159139) Posted on 2008/03/20 22:51
This looks like something out of Metal Gear O_O
(ID #159143) Posted on 2008/03/20 22:58
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
the stability even when kicked and tripped is amazing. it looks like 2 people walking, the first one walking backward and the second one walking forward. lol. ('~')
(ID #159175) Posted on 2008/03/21 00:53
Afro-ed Student
I'd definitely get this over a real dog. Then I'd modify it, and make it look like two black beings facing each other, carrying some load in the middle, then set it out at night. That would be WIN.
(ID #159183) Posted on 2008/03/21 01:11
That was amazing! I didn't know they had robots that could navigate so well. I was under the impression that it was one of the biggest problems that robot designers were having. Maybe that just applies to standing upright robots.
(ID #159234) Posted on 2008/03/21 02:37
I second that, its just amazing, that even on ice this robot didnt fall. Cheers for 4 legs robots :D
(ID #159273) Posted on 2008/03/21 03:35
helll no that's scary
(ID #159251) Posted on 2008/03/21 02:52
As creepy as it looks, this is AMAZING stuff. A robot that is self-correcting, and adapting that fast is unbelievable. For it to go through rough, uneven terrain, get kicked, slip, and remained upright with an almost animal-like movement is jaw-dropping. I'm no techno freak but I know that for that thing to be possible it requires some serious computing power and really complicated programming.
(ID #159258) Posted on 2008/03/21 03:10
that thing is part dog part evil machine fly thingy of doom
(ID #159306) Posted on 2008/03/21 05:37
wow, those are some really really advanced robotics! impressive. this brings us a step closer to the future described in various sci-fi. . . i dont like dogs...
(ID #159323) Posted on 2008/03/21 07:19
Games Designer
OH MY GOD! METAL GEAR!!
(ID #159343) Posted on 2008/03/21 08:49
It looks like a freaky mutant or a hunting-killing droid @.@
(ID #159347) Posted on 2008/03/21 08:56
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:54)
they could at least put a fake head on it. ^^
(ID #159396) Posted on 2008/03/21 11:02
That is AWESOME! I can't even balance that well. Futuristic technology that is always coming but never here.
(ID #159481) Posted on 2008/03/21 18:04
suneo (Registered on 2007/12/17 20:54)
wow that thing looks really creepy but also really cool lol. Crazy when that guy tried to kick it over and it rebalanced itself. Prototype for MGS4's Crying Wolf?
(ID #159505) Posted on 2008/03/21 19:16
wait when it comes to show and tell. class wouldn't be class no more
(ID #159535) Posted on 2008/03/21 21:27
Servicing National Services
It doesn't even look like a dog. Look more like a monster walking around.
(ID #159552) Posted on 2008/03/21 22:03
Great !! It doesn't look like a dog at all, but this Big Dog is really invention. But if I had to buy a "electronic dog", I would buy an Aibo =)
(ID #159573) Posted on 2008/03/21 23:22
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
no pet for me >＿＜
(ID #159606) Posted on 2008/03/22 00:47
Culture seeker
A bit creepy, but a very cool invention. Amazed on how the dog able to survive difficult terrains. The noise is sooo annoying though. Even the bugspray isn't working. This is one step ahead to the world of robotics technology (or whatever). Just add a few machine gun and a grenade launcher or a rocket launcher, and it's ready to conquer the world. But the only thing it needs is a greater AI and some sensory systems to observe anything around it. BTW, is it remote controlled??
(ID #159815) Posted on 2008/03/22 13:16
All I thought about was Half-Life..... No way! I would never get that!
(ID #207113) Posted on 2008/06/08 04:50
Hay Dios Mio! That's disturbing...it looks like a mutant fly with head and the sound me pone la piel de gallina. It a cool invention but man, they have to work in the appearance.
(ID #537947) Posted on 2009/03/28 02:47
Free lancer/gunner for hire
Giant horsefly mecha?^^;
(ID #539025) Posted on 2009/03/28 17:56
This robot design is for military use, especially to carry weapons and equipments through rough terrain where wheeled vehicle cannot access. Should be called MULE. d@@b
(ID #539611) Posted on 2009/03/29 02:55
....it looks like a giant 2 headed house fly..O.O
(ID #600171) Posted on 2009/05/11 13:12
Wow, very nice balance for a robo. We are getting closer and closer to the day when robots rule the world.
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