DARPA robots continue to improve - Democratic Underground

pokerfan

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Sun Oct-02-11 01:41 PM
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DARPA robots continue to improve

The AlphaDog Proto is a lab prototype for the Legged Squad Support System, a robot being developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA and the US Marine Corps. When fully developed the system will carry 400 lbs of payload on 20-mile missions in rough terrain. The first version of the complete robot will be completed in 2012. This video shows early results from the control development process. In this video the robot is powered remotely. AlphaDog is designed to be over 10x quieter than BigDog.

http://youtu.be/SSbZrQp-HOk

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Owlet

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Sun Oct-02-11 02:38 PM
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1. Leave it to DARPA

to name man's worst nightmare after man's best friend. So who got the contract to build this obscenity - Cyberdyne Systems?

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pokerfan

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Sun Oct-02-11 03:30 PM
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2. obscene and cool all at the same time

:scared:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics">Asimov's three laws needed now:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

http://abstrusegoose.com/double-secret-archives/epilogue_283.htm">

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saras

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Sun Oct-02-11 03:39 PM
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3. Have they figured out how to not have them attack innocents, even if ordered to?

It's an elementary part of being a soldier, or so held the Nuremberg Principles. I know Bush was immune, but I didn't think he'd granted blanket immunity.

Without it a soldier, of whatever species or manufacture, isn't qualified to carry a weapon.

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Bosonic

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Mon Oct-03-11 05:45 AM
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4. It's pretty impressive

I've seen similar systems recover from slipping on icy surfaces, the leg movements are very reminiscent of deer.

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Occulus

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Mon Oct-03-11 10:07 AM
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6. Here's a video of a similar robot (same one?) in 2008:

Edited on Mon Oct-03-11 10:10 AM by Occulus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww

The really cool stuff happens at around 1:27.

I want one of these for my very own.

edit: why does it seem the design has gone backward from that 2008 video?

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pokerfan

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Mon Oct-03-11 02:11 PM
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7. different one

That was BigDog. This is AlphaDog. 10x quieter, longer range, more payload...

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-boston-dynamics-unwraps-military-robot.html

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Mon Oct-03-11 06:09 AM
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5. The DoD has also contracted with UNM to design and test a new UAV:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2045502

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