In the name of all that is holy, give this creature a head, and take the antennae off its pooper. Otherwise very cool in a hellish nightmare kind of way.

Posted at 7:28 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by donniedarko

Definately ball worthy.

Posted at 7:36 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by Mike

Kinda looks like a wingless cockroach with the antennas coming out it’s rear

Posted at 7:40 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by qwert

world’s slowest headcrab

Posted at 7:42 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by chango

Yeah I was walking and crawling over things pretty much like that last Saturday night. Maybe it went to the same nightclub?

Posted at 7:44 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by Mike Mc

Headcrab!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/Headcrab.jpg

Posted at 7:46 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by dan

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks big dog is creepy.

Posted at 8:03 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by tony

I actually got a chance to listen to a lecture given by one of the teams in the little dog competitions. They “race” across the different terrains by pre-computing paths through them, optimizing them for the robots available movements, and then use some interesting control algorithms to get actual movement close to the planned path. They don’t know the terrain until the competition, so compute time is part of the race. I think the most interesting aspect of the competition is that it is not done with team hardware, the algorithms are sent off and used in a controlled setting for testing without the teams even being present!
If you are interested in controls I would highly recommend you look into this a little further.

Posted at 8:31 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by daphreak

I don’t know if this is true for city people but for me it’s the feet that are creepy, makes it look like a skun anamal still walking around. very cool thou.

Posted at 8:46 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by chris

Yea both of these robots are awesome/creepy… I agree that big dog is a bit more creepy and lifelike. the movements on this one are a lot more rigid than big dog.

are they using big/little dog anywhere? i’ve been seeing them for a while now but haven’t heard of any applications… are they out conducting secret missions that we don’t know about?

Posted at 8:57 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by cclaan

It’s got a worm hanging out of its butt

Posted at 8:58 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by RomComZom

whats with the obnoxious crashing noise every few seconds, turn down the mic.

Posted at 9:00 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by zypher

This would be cool to skin as a houndeye from halflife.

Posted at 9:43 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by finfan7

If it’s a “dog” why does it look like a cockroach?

Posted at 9:52 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by TMH

they need something in the video to show the scale of the bot….

Posted at 9:54 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by blang

it’s about the size of a small dog…

Posted at 9:55 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by dan

Move the antennae off it’s butt to the front and call it what it really is; a really big robot cockroach.

Posted at 11:15 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by ben

it looks like ALIEN from Alien vs Predator

Very nice job.

Posted at 11:27 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by Gilberto

Haha! He even has an grip for throwing him away!

Posted at 11:54 am on Jul 17th, 2009 by just/me

More I see robots with legs… more i like wheels.

Posted at 1:41 pm on Jul 17th, 2009 by khani3s

creepy but cute, also, make it walk like a real dog and put a head and some skin on it, but right now it reminds me of my dog + a June bug.

Posted at 1:46 pm on Jul 17th, 2009 by TheFish

In the video of the big dog on you tube, I love how it reacted to being kicked by the guy. it reacted just like a quadrupedal animal, except slower. Fluent lifelike motion. Yea it looks creepy too, decapitated dog thing. On a side note the Japanese have a trippy snake robot that can swim and go across just about anything.

Posted at 2:11 pm on Jul 17th, 2009 by mic

My guess would be the “jogging in place” of the big version is to compensate for the inertia of its combustion engine.

Posted at 2:21 pm on Jul 17th, 2009 by mb

this does look very much like something from half-life… perhaps we could create a real life half-life – like a theme park or something. have big dogs and little dogs coming after you as you battle your way through the fairground with nothing but a crowbar

Posted at 2:49 pm on Jul 17th, 2009 by IManOM55

This technology is neat, would be a great way to replace wheelchairs, I’m getting sick of ramps all over the place.

Posted at 2:53 pm on Jul 17th, 2009 by Hirudwsainea

how is this a robot dog and not just a robot?

Posted at 3:04 pm on Jul 17th, 2009 by sunjester

@Hirudwsainea

wouldnt ramps be easier than steps?

im getting tired of steps everywhere.

Posted at 3:04 pm on Jul 17th, 2009 by sunjester

Now- mount a blaster cannon on it and you have an AT-AT walker!

Posted at 4:02 pm on Jul 17th, 2009 by EngDrewman

Oh DARPA how we love your cash flow.

Posted at 4:09 pm on Jul 17th, 2009 by Scottman

i want one

Posted at 6:44 pm on Jul 17th, 2009 by cyanide

the articulation of the joints is beautifully smooth. reminds me more of a bug than a dog tho. Unless you consider it’s about as coordinated as a newborn puppy on freshly waxed ceramic tile.

Posted at 7:35 am on Jul 18th, 2009 by Pouncer

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Posted at 7:45 am on Jul 18th, 2009 by darush

REMINIDS ME OF THOSE LITTLE BUGS IN TRANSFORMERS REVENAGE OF THE FALLEN

Posted at 7:59 am on Jul 18th, 2009 by agent58

I think adding a head would make it 75% less creepy.

Posted at 9:03 am on Jul 19th, 2009 by Jeff

No, please don’t add a head, it’s not suppose to be a artificial pet anyway, it’s to be a packmule for the army, and a robot for exploring other planets and various moons probably, but not a pet or a disneypark thing.

Posted at 4:17 pm on Jul 19th, 2009 by Wwhat