Enjoy, and at least it's not about commies.
http://www.youtube.com/BostonDynamics#p/a/u/0/83ULlgpT1UQ (http://www.youtube.com/BostonDynamics#p/a/u/0/83ULlgpT1UQ)
Kewl ! It's only a matter of time before we see these things in conflict zones on a routine basis. There's a lot of potential........
It strikes me that mechanical technology is copying organic nature.
They call it "cheetah" but it looks like some horrifying AI metal bug creature to me.
I guess "horrifying metal bug creature" was struck by PR though.
Quote from: Centurion40 on March 06, 2012, 09:10:32 AM
It strikes me that mechanical technology is copying organic nature.
It is. And how much longer until we unleash the dogs of war to run under enemy tanks with mines attached? Funny how history seems to repeat itself in the oddest of ways.
Yeah - but this is a lot more expensive, so it has to better ;)
Make mine a Terminator suit please, with assaut cannon, of course :)
It looks like it's running backwards.
There was also an article about this in Reuters:
http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/03/06/usa-robot-cheetah-idINDEE82500A20120306 (http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/03/06/usa-robot-cheetah-idINDEE82500A20120306)