Intelligent motion in robots

May 30, 2010 at 8:59 pm · Filed under Movies, Robots, Technology

In my humble opinion; it is only a matter of time we create intelligent artificial “life”. I won’t discuss the possibilities or dangers of this fact in this post, but I would like to inform you of some incredible robotic engineering which shows just how close we actually are.

The last few days I’ve found some incredible updates for as well the BigDog as well as the new and very impressive LittleDog from Boston Dynamics. Little did I know they were also working on something called “PetMan”. A bipedal walking robot with very natural and fluent motion.

The amazing ability of these constructions to walk  over terrains which seem too hard and dangerous for humans (ankle-breaking stuff) is so incredible and creepy at the same time, but sooner or later the technology will be all around us. Be it in real robots or paraplegics who were never able to run and are now better runners with more stability than us, regulars…

Just check the videos here:

• BigDog (compilation)
• LittleDog
• Petman
• The running robot (This guy is pretty good as well!)

Just imagine being chased by a superfast LittleDog with a gun on it’s back and razor sharp  edges!

I hope you can still sleep.

But there’s more:

 

There’s also something called an Autonomous Quadrotor.

For those all of you who are thinking: “An autonomous  whatwhich?”; this is a kind of robotic helicopter with 4 separate rotors (as shown in the image). Giving it ultimate flexibility and agility for in-air manoeuvring.

This is of course perfect for spy-planes and chasing/monitoring/attacking potential hazardous people.

Check the video to watch the incredible abilities a university has given it’s little Quadrotor. No window or tiny hole should be left unprotected in the year 2015.

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