At Least Its Loud, It Wont Sneak Up On You!

[pat-tekker-cat]

At Least It's Loud, It Won't Sneak Up On You!

Man, Boston Dynamics with Daarpa funding, is kicking out some kick butt machines!
It would be nice, if the applications for them, could be to make mans life easier.
Some don't seem to think, it will swing that way, (see below article).
Introducing "The Wildcat"!

Yahoo!

 

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[Peyton Manning]

now that's the kinda pet I want no pooty-poo and no feeding

 

[Rebel - KGC]

now that's the kinda pet I want no pooty-poo and no feeding

It DOES look hungry, tho...

 

[Frankn]

That is the best mobility system that I have seen yet. I wonder what it's top speed is. Frank...

Your tax dollars at work.

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

Good to see you Frankn!
There's the article, in case someone has pop-up blocker and/or can't link.
The comments under the articles are usually better than the articles! LOL! One guy did say B.D. does and has a lot of good inventions and research to help many, and they turn their technologies over for public use, I dunno, just what I had read.

Someone really needs to send a copy of "The Terminator" to the geniuses at the U.S. Department of Defense’s DARPA initiative, because they’re clearly not concerned with the future of the human race.

Meet their latest creation: the WildCat, a wireless robotic speed freak that runs faster than most of us bipeds. Give it half a brain and a switchblade and we’re doomed:

Built by Boston Dynamics and funded by DARPA, the WildCat is a cousin of the terrifying “Cheetah” robot unveiled last year. Though the Cheetah can hit speeds up to 28 mph -- that’s faster than Usain Bolt -- the WildCat manages a “mere” 16 mph (comparatively, the average human being can sprint for very short distances at about 15 mph).

On the other hand, the WildCat has no cords keeping it tethered to its human overlords. It just wirelessly (and tirelessly) runs free, guided by some sort of remote control that I’m sure another robot will soon enough reprogram to only work when accessed by a robot. At least it’s incredibly loud, so you don’t have to worry about the Wildcat sneaking up on you or anything.

But this is how it starts, people…and we all know how it ends.

 

[Frankn]

Good to see you Frankn!
There's the article, in case someone has pop-up blocker and/or can't link.
The comments under the articles are usually better than the articles! LOL! One guy did say B.D. does and has a lot of good inventions and research to help many, and they turn their technologies over for public use, I dunno, just what I had read.

Thanks for the recap Pat. I can see the videos, but can't hear them. So I loose the audio end without CC. Frank...

 

[Rebel - KGC]

Thanks for the recap Pat. I can see the videos, but can't hear them. So I loose the audio end without CC. Frank...

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Me, too; MUST be a CONSPIRACY!