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BigDog Overview (Updated March 2010)

Boston Dynamics · demo · Watch on YouTube

Robotics

What it is

Boston Dynamics' 2010 demo of BigDog, a quadruped robot that climbs through woods, recovers from kicks, slips on ice and jogs at 5 mph. It was an early showcase of dynamic legged locomotion.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Used as the go-to demo of robot resilience when Boston Dynamics comes up.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
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What HN commenters said

  1. “Just how resilient is it? Watch it on ice”

    Legged robot resilience demo

    sjtrny, 2015-02 · Recommendation · in “Boston Dynamics' New Robot – Spot”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: boston dynamics, bigdog, quadruped, robotics, darpa

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