Big dog - science fiction becomes reality

GlobalExplorer · 03-20-08, 06:14 PM

I think everyone's gotta see this:

I think everyone who has seen the big dog videos will agree that they have more or less done it. This machine moves like a normal animal. It might actually have a better balance than most of them.

At the end of last century there was a general agreement that artificial intelligence is going nowhere. Now, just a couple of years later it looks like we are going to see robots with about the intelligence / motoric of animals in our lifetime. I am amazed.

What surprises me is how frightening this is. It's creepy. I can only imagine what it will be like to see one day a computer talk / behave like a human.

And lets not forget this comes with a lot of real danger for humanity. I guess it's time to read Asimov again - what was science fiction yesterday might become important very soon.

Here is another video of similar robots:

Different, but still strange:

mrbeast · 03-20-08, 06:29 PM

Yep, freaks me out too!

Blacklight · 03-20-08, 06:51 PM

Imagine weapons mounted on that thing. You're in your little trench when suddenly you hear that familiar "BuzzzZZZZzzzzZZZZZ"... LOTS of buzz's coming from diferent directions....

I'd pretty much soil myself.

I wonder if those people who work with the machine hear that buzzing noise in their sleep at night.

AVGWarhawk · 03-20-08, 06:57 PM

Very strange contraption indeed. Interesting how it handles the balance to stay upright.

Blacklight · 03-20-08, 07:04 PM

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Very strange contraption indeed. Interesting how it handles the balance to stay upright.

Ahh.. the wonder of gyroscopes and processing power. I'm just imagining improved models running rampant, armored, and armed on the battlefield.

Dowly · 03-20-08, 07:09 PM

That's amazing! Moves VERY realisticly in situations where it is about to lose balance. Now, I can finally get a robot to bring me my beer instead of having to walk to the fridge.

CCIP · 03-20-08, 08:27 PM

Way, way, WAY in the Uncanny Valley, this thing

I don't want to look at it EVER again

Wolfehunter · 03-20-08, 11:56 PM

So are they going to call this T-1? First Generation Terminator?:hmm:

kiwi_2005 · 03-21-08, 12:16 AM

I Robot.

Sailor Steve · 03-21-08, 12:32 AM

I think it's pretty cool. They said it has a 300-pound payload--I'll bring a saddle.

Trex · 03-21-08, 01:04 AM

Waaay too close to a blind date I had one time.

Foxtrot · 03-21-08, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

I Robot.

Yo! Robot

Platapus · 03-21-08, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by GlobalExplorer

. It's creepy. I can only imagine what it will be like to see one day a computer talk / behave like a human.

Never gonna happen. Computers are logical, methodological, dependable, consistent, non-belligerent, unemotional.

FIREWALL · 03-21-08, 05:25 AM

What a bunch of sissy's.

It's just a feck'in dog for christ's sake.

Btw nice find G. E.

HunterICX · 03-21-08, 06:06 AM

Seen it a while ago, still a amazing machine.

HunterICX

03-20-08, 06:14 PM	#1
GlobalExplorer Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 2,015 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	Big dog - science fiction becomes reality I think everyone's gotta see this: I think everyone who has seen the big dog videos will agree that they have more or less done it. This machine moves like a normal animal. It might actually have a better balance than most of them. At the end of last century there was a general agreement that artificial intelligence is going nowhere. Now, just a couple of years later it looks like we are going to see robots with about the intelligence / motoric of animals in our lifetime. I am amazed. What surprises me is how frightening this is. It's creepy. I can only imagine what it will be like to see one day a computer talk / behave like a human. And lets not forget this comes with a lot of real danger for humanity. I guess it's time to read Asimov again - what was science fiction yesterday might become important very soon. Here is another video of similar robots: Different, but still strange: __________________ Last edited by GlobalExplorer; 03-27-08 at 06:08 PM.

03-20-08, 06:29 PM	#2
mrbeast Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bolton, UK Posts: 1,236 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yep, freaks me out too! __________________

03-20-08, 06:51 PM	#3
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Imagine weapons mounted on that thing. You're in your little trench when suddenly you hear that familiar "BuzzzZZZZzzzzZZZZZ"... LOTS of buzz's coming from diferent directions.... I'd pretty much soil myself. I wonder if those people who work with the machine hear that buzzing noise in their sleep at night. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

03-20-08, 06:57 PM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Very strange contraption indeed. Interesting how it handles the balance to stay upright. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-20-08, 08:27 PM	#7
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Way, way, WAY in the Uncanny Valley, this thing I don't want to look at it EVER again __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

03-20-08, 07:09 PM	#6
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	That's amazing! Moves VERY realisticly in situations where it is about to lose balance. Now, I can finally get a robot to bring me my beer instead of having to walk to the fridge.

03-20-08, 11:56 PM	#8
Wolfehunter Crusty Capt. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,752 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 25	So are they going to call this T-1? First Generation Terminator?:hmm: __________________

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kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	I Robot. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

03-21-08, 12:32 AM	#10
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I think it's pretty cool. They said it has a 300-pound payload--I'll bring a saddle. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Trex Lieutenant Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 262 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Waaay too close to a blind date I had one time.

03-21-08, 05:25 AM	#14
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	What a bunch of sissy's. It's just a feck'in dog for christ's sake. Btw nice find G. E. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

03-21-08, 06:06 AM	#15
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Seen it a while ago, still a amazing machine. HunterICX __________________