Watch This Giant Real-Life Robot Dog Fling Cinderblocks Across the Room
The mad scientists over at Boston Dynamics have created a four-legged dog-like robot they call BigDog robot.
The mad scientists over at Boston Dynamics have created a four-legged dog-like robot they call BigDog robot.
Wow! You think you've seen everything and they go ahead and create this! This is crazy in my opinion. This robot actually mimics real human expressions! Take a look at this you tube video and you tell me if the first thought that pops into your head isn't along the lines of robots taking over the world! You know if you think about it if we could make a robot that looks like us so that they could go to work and we could have fun all of the time it might work out for the best!
We all know robots have a tendency to be real jerks once they get smart, and this robot is no exception.
Its creators figured out a way to incorporate a high-speed camera to see what move a human opponent will throw, and the robot reacts so quickly that we can't see he's cheating. If this robot were a person, he'd be wearing Affliction
The Olympic Committee may not have any plans to allow robots into the 2012 Summer Games as of yet. But if they have a change of heart, we know at least one robot who will be prepared.
Robot NO.8 Kovacs is a small Japanese robot who has the type of skills on the high bar that even the best gymnasts would envy. While he does need a little help getting onto the bar, once he’s up there, his moves can’t be beat. Watch your back, Shawn Johnson.
It looks like Geoff Pedersen, Craig Ferguson‘s skeletal, robotic sidekick, has recently gotten an upgrade. In the past, Geoff worked only sporadically and even had difficulty repeating pre-recorded phrases. But now, the late-night robot has become a wisecracking automaton who drops jokes on the fly.
Have we learned nothing from the Terminator saga? Thou shalt not build machines capable of learning. It can only lead to the destruction of the human race.