Headless Walking Robot Will Scare You
Happy Halloween!
Here’s a couple of spooky videos from Boston Dynamics. They do DOD type research in robotic walking machines and have designed and built some pretty scary beasts. Here are two to help you celebrate All Hallows Day. Beware if this soulless pair wobble up your walk and knock on your door tonight!
He’s Coming to Get You
Dig the sneaks!
PETMAN is an anthropomorphic robot developed by Boston Dynamics for testing special clothing used by the US Army. PETMAN balances itself as it walks, squats and does simple calisthenics. PETMAN simulates human physiology by controlling temperature, humidity and sweating inside the clothing to provide realistic test conditions. PETMAN development is lead by Boston Dynamics, working in partnership with Measurement Technologies Northwest, Oak Ridge National Lab and MRIGlobal. The work is being done for the US Army PD-CCAT-TI. For more information about PETMAN visit Boston Dynamics.
PETMAN’s Pet BigDog
Three generations of BigDog, including robot pup and recent highlights. 2004-2010
Boston Dynamics is an engineering company that specializes in building dynamic robots and software for human simulation. The company began as a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where National Academy of Engineering member Marc Raibert and his colleagues first developed robots that ran and maneuvered like animals. They founded the company in 1992, and their ground-breaking work continues to inspire several of the company’s activities.
Today the company creates a variety of innovative robots, including BigDog, a quadruped robot for travel on rough-terrain, PETMAN, an anthropomorphic robot for testing equipment, RISE, a robot that climbs vertical surfaces, SquishBot, a shape-changing chemical robot that moves through tight space, and many others.
