We watched a video in class one day about
DARPA’s “Big Dog” robot they have built, which is supposed to be used for
carrying equipment for soldiers. The Big Dog has a seemingly innocent purpose,
but what in the world are they going to use the Cheetah for?
The article I found was published March 5th,
talking about DARPA’s newest robot called the Cheetah, saying that it is
designed to mimic the running motions of fast running animals in nature, and
has set the record speed for four legged robots. The link is provided below,
and shows a video of the robot running 18 miles per hour. It is currently only
running on a treadmill, but once they take the thing off the exercising
machine, what are they going to use it for?
I also decided to look up more on
what the Big Dog can do, and I found a more recent video posted, where the Big
Dog exhibits not only more balance, but strength, throwing a cinder block
weighing 35 pounds 17 feet while walking.
For some reason, giving the military of a
country where war is commonplace a bunch of strong robots that you can’t outrun
or knock down doesn’t seem like the best idea to me.
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