Boston Dynamics turns it up to 11
    8 years ago
            
                            Dragonwuff Musings
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Pardon Vrghr while he goes and picks his jaw up off the floor!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRj34o4hN4I
Oh. My. Dog! Are you KIDDING me? How amazing is this?
Consider the implications for persons with disabilities or amputees!
(Also, hang around at the end for the "blooper real" *snicker*)
                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRj34o4hN4I
Oh. My. Dog! Are you KIDDING me? How amazing is this?
Consider the implications for persons with disabilities or amputees!
(Also, hang around at the end for the "blooper real" *snicker*)
 
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Wuff understands "reasons" really well! Vrghr has those all the time!
Cool to hear of the power armor idea! So many wonderful things being developed! Like that robot in the original post, there are so many wonders in this world that Vrghr still wants to see!
A lot of the comments on this and other vids are about "Terminator". Maybe. There can be a dark side to all inventions. But wuffy prefers the light.
Wuffy REALLY wants a "Centaur rig" made by these guys! With the horse part based off the spot/cheetah models they have, and a place for Author to climb in to play the front. Author would trade his vehicles in, in a heartbeat, for a transport rig like that!
Ah! Such a fun dream!
V.
Bob was a fun read! Great doggy perspective on things! *big grin* And a cool story too!
V.
And then the blooper real happened and I maaay have watched that last clip on repeat a few times haha
When Vrghr first saw that vid, wuff was all like, "Whoa, nice jumps. They're really got a lot of energy in those legs now! Wow! A 360? What a fantastic improvement in balance!"
Then that high jump... Vrghr has been watching YouTube vids of people trying to do a standing leap onto a stack of those step-up exercise blocks. A few make it. A lot don't. And then the 'bot managed to jump nearly it's own height. Vrghr literally rocked back in his chair and just blinked.
Then the backflip dismount; and Vrghr was shouting at the screen "NO WAY!!!"
Then wuff was clicking on the replay, not even waiting for the "bonus, blooper real" at the end.
Vrghr can still barely believe they have an unteathered robot capable of that! What amazing goodies are in store for the future?