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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on February 01, 2017, 06:29:10 pm

Title: Leaked Video Shows Wild New Boston Dynamics Robot
Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on February 01, 2017, 06:29:10 pm

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/robots/a25000/leaded-video-handle-robot/?src=socialflowFB

Title: Re: Leaked Video Shows Wild New Boston Dynamics Robot
Post by: geronl on February 01, 2017, 06:45:44 pm

It looks like a headless cow on skates

Title: Re: Leaked Video Shows Wild New Boston Dynamics Robot
Post by: Idaho_Cowboy on February 01, 2017, 06:50:09 pm

I'd rather take on this one:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/robots/a24334/air-hockey-robot/

Title: Re: Leaked Video Shows Wild New Boston Dynamics Robot
Post by: Ghost Bear on February 01, 2017, 06:58:28 pm

The video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h5qpXO3isM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h5qpXO3isM)

Probably no one else here is familiar with this anime, but this thing looks like the morphing motorcycles in the manga/anime "Rideback":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr1TUMUfFxY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr1TUMUfFxY)

Title: Re: Leaked Video Shows Wild New Boston Dynamics Robot
Post by: ShadowAce on February 01, 2017, 07:35:46 pm

Google owns Boston Dynamics