DARPA BigDog Robot Designed in SolidWorks: Scares Paranoid Doomsdayers

by Josh on July 28, 2008 · Comments

Thanks to Ricky Jordan, I’ve been reminded of one of the most frightening man-made beasts and have been glancing over my shoulder at the sound of any loud, mechanical whirring sound all weekend. If you thought humanoid bipedal robots were nightmarishly creepy, wait till you see the video below.

I remember pictures of the DARPA ‘BigDog’ military troop support robot year ago, but this is the first time I’ve seen it in ACTION.

Designed in ?
Maybe. The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) and Boston Dynamics have projects developed using , but I could find nothing that stated specifically being used in any of the design aspects. If anyone knows for sure, let us know in the comments. What we do know:

BigDog is the size of a large dog or small mule, measuring 1 meter/40” long, 0.7 meters/ 28” tall and 75 kg/ 165 pounds weight. The robot is powered by a gasoline engine driving a hydraulic actuation system;- Defense Industry Daily

Now, check out the sensory magnificence of the super responsive hydraulic actuators on this ‘puppy’. This is just Fahrenheit 451 coming too fruition. I’d like to hear anyone tell me they wouldn’t curl up in a ball and cry after falling beneath the legs of a pack of these creatures.

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Tagged as: doom, robots, solidworks

  • That looks like a more compact version of the probot from The Empire Strikes Back. It's equally amazing and terrifying. If I have nightmares tonight, it's your fault.
  • Or you could blame me. :-)
  • I'll blame you both.
  • I was laying on the floor last night, my pet dog, a maltese, walked by and I FREAKed. I pushed him like that guy in the clip, but he just fell over. Everything was fine after that.
  • Its movements are so human-like when falling. I

    I'm freakin out, man.
  • At least that is one puppy my daughter is not going to want.
  • probably because it has no HEAD. that is creepY. It's like a zombie dog with no head. *shiver*
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