LittleDog and BigDog -- Legged Learning Robots

Boston Dynamics keeps working on their Legged robots: LittleDog a quadruped robot for research on learning purposes locomotion and BigDog a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads.

clipped from blogs.spectrum.ieee.org Automaton Scoop: New video of BDI's Big Dog robot Boston Dynamics has just released a brand new video of their DARPA-funded Big Dog robot. Big Dog, the older brother of the Little Dog robot we covered a while back, is meant to be a "pack mule" for soldiers some day. Behind Big Dog is some pretty cool force-controlled technology. With its quadruped gait it can regain balance if it's kicked, handle rough terrain like rocks, and climb inclines up to 35 deg. clipped from www.bostondynamics.com The Legged Learning Robot LittleDog is a quadruped robot for research on learning locomotion. Scientists at leading institutions use LittleDog to probe the fundamental relationships among motor learning, dynamic control, perception of the environment, and rough terrain locomotion. clipped from blogs.spectrum.ieee.org clipped from www.bostondynamics.com The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics family of robots. It is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. clipped from blogs.spectrum.ieee.org

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