Re: the "Robotic Mule".........incredible Robotic achievement

"Hansrobo" <fufko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This almost alive looking machine is called "Robotic Mule". Pretty
incredible achievement to me. It also has the appearance to be a
potentially practical robot.
http://www.jumpingpixels.com/robotics.html

You can see the original version of that video on the Boston Dynamics web
site. It's better resolution:

http://www.bostondynamics.com/dist/BigDog_Feb-26-2006.wmv

And yeah, it almost looks life-like in how it reacts when it's kicked.
Really fun stuff. I'm not too sure the army is going to like a mule that
makes so much noise however. :)

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