Insane 4-legged robot

[Aleksei Vasiliev]

5000 years of progression in technology and this is what we have to show for it, a weird ass robot that can only keep it's balance.

Where did you get the "5000 years" number?
The BigDog itself has only been under construction/being researched for a few years.
Robotics itself is not exactly a 5000 year old science.

[Cody900]

5000 years of progression in technology and this is what we have to show for it, a weird ass robot that can only keep it's balance.

Where did you get the "5000 years" number?
The BigDog itself has only been under construction/being researched for a few years.
Robotics itself is not exactly a 5000 year old science.

Well you could just go back to the start of humanity, but I just chose the Egyptians as the start of any real research/progression.

And I wasn't talking about robotics, I was talking about research in general. We wouldn't have that dog without electricity, for example.

[Aleksei Vasiliev]

And I wasn't talking about robotics, I was talking about research in general. We wouldn't have that dog without electricity, for example.

Yes, but nobody had successfully tried to create a four-legged, highly complex robot before Boston Dynamics did.
Generally, things aren't invented unless somebody needs them. It took Boston Dynamics only a few years and $400,000,000 to develop this (it is extremely complex).

[Cody900]

And I wasn't talking about robotics, I was talking about research in general. We wouldn't have that dog without electricity, for example.

Yes, but nobody had successfully tried to create a four-legged, highly complex robot before Boston Dynamics did.
Generally, things aren't invented unless somebody needs them. It took Boston Dynamics only a few years and $400,000,000 to develop this (it is extremely complex).

So, 400 million dollars go into a small "dog" that just walks and keeps it's balance.

It's not like that 400 million was wasted when it could of gone to schools/hospitals/real research, or anything.

[abrax_pro]

There is much worse things tons of money can go to...like ohh...I don't know, maybe... say a war that no one wanted in the first place.  That would be awful, now wouldn't it?

[BigYeti]

400 million doesn't sound right at all.  I call Shenanigans.

[Cody900]

There is much worse things tons of money can go to...like ohh...I don't know, maybe... say a war that no one wanted in the first place.  That would be awful, now wouldn't it?

That's America, no one in the world apart from a few in America actually cares, at all. It's fun to see America screw itself over.

[BigYeti]

There is much worse things tons of money can go to...like ohh...I don't know, maybe... say a war that no one wanted in the first place.  That would be awful, now wouldn't it?

That's America, no one in the world apart from a few in America actually cares, at all. It's fun to see America screw itself over.

Until America decides that your country is next.  Fucking corrupt ass politicians.

Reporter:  "Vice President Cheyney, are you aware that today over 2/3 of all Americans believe we should end the war."

Cheyney:  "So?"     <----Actual recent quote.  He followed it with something like:  "We can't let the views of the American citizens blow us off course."

I guess I must be the one mistaken about what the Vice President's job IS.  Because representing the people of his Country can't be it.

[Aleksei Vasiliev]

So, 400 million dollars go into a small "dog" that just walks and keeps it's balance.

A robot that weighs less than two people (235 pounds) and can carry more than two people (350 pounds). It can keep its balance while weighing over 550 pounds, while walking on ice. It can walk up and downhill, and across rubble.

You don't seem to understand just how complex this robot is.

This is not wasted money, the Gravina Island Bridge is an example of wasted money (thankfully it was cancelled). It was going to be a bridge that connected a town of 7,500 to an airport, and cost $400 million. It is known as an example of "pork barrel spending".

[tnl]

http://gizmodo.com/372272/video-of-bigdog-beta-quadruped-robot-is-so-stupid-its-hilarious

[LockeDown]

That was pretty funny TNL - nice find.