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Boston Dynamics Big Dog (new video March 2008)

olinerd · demo · Watch on YouTube

Robotics

What it is

Boston Dynamics' March 2008 video of BigDog, a four-legged robot, walking on ice and snow, climbing rubble and recovering from slips and kicks.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN returns to it as the classic jaw-dropping demo of legged robots handling rough terrain, and as a historical marker for how long such robots have existed.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2008, last 2019

What HN commenters said

  1. “Big Dog is truly awesome.”

    BigDog runs, jumps, recovers from slips and climbs rubble.

    russell, 2009-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Toyota Humanoid Robot Runs At 7 Km/hr - Awesome Vid”

  2. “a 4-legged robot that's pretty good at navigating hills and obstacles.”

    Four-legged robot navigating hills and recovering from falls.

    lacker, 2008-10 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Awesome talks/video available online?”

  3. “I was really impressed 2 years ago by their video of the 'BigDog'”

    Impressive BigDog footage with a notable moment at 40 seconds.

    vitobcn, 2010-05 · Recommendation · in “The latest version of the LittleDog robot ”

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 robot, darpa, robotics

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