SifuPhil
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There is a company called Boston Dynamics that works on robots for DARPA, and one of their star team members is BigDog.
I always thought BigDog was just a nifty pack-carrier for the military.
Now I see they've come up with a faster, smarter version called WildCat.
[video=youtube_share;wE3fmFTtP9g]http://youtu.be/wE3fmFTtP9g[/video]
WildCat can run up to 16 MPH, which means faster than all but world-class athletes.
Now, Google has purchased Boston Dynamics. What this foretells for the future is anyone's guess. Google claims that they aren't going to pursue military contracts, although they WILL honor the existing ones. That could mean anything or nothing.
Imagine Google sending one of these things out to your house and having it chase you down the street?!? It can run faster than you, and you can't get into your vehicle, which it locked with the locking codes it knows. Now it's kicking-in your front door ...
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I always thought BigDog was just a nifty pack-carrier for the military.
Now I see they've come up with a faster, smarter version called WildCat.
[video=youtube_share;wE3fmFTtP9g]http://youtu.be/wE3fmFTtP9g[/video]
WildCat can run up to 16 MPH, which means faster than all but world-class athletes.
Now, Google has purchased Boston Dynamics. What this foretells for the future is anyone's guess. Google claims that they aren't going to pursue military contracts, although they WILL honor the existing ones. That could mean anything or nothing.
Imagine Google sending one of these things out to your house and having it chase you down the street?!? It can run faster than you, and you can't get into your vehicle, which it locked with the locking codes it knows. Now it's kicking-in your front door ...
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