Video: BigDog turned into BigBull (with BigHorns)

BigDog is probably our favorite DARPA-sponsored quadrupedal robot, capable of prancing across the terrain for 24 hours straight while carrying 400 pounds of equipment on its back. Don't let that light-footed trot fool you, though -- this thing's a killer. Need proof? Check out this video courtesy of Boston Dynamics, who affixed a pair of rather pronounced bull horns onto the thing's front and sent it charging at what looks like an unfortunate audio engineer. Thanks to a flourish of red he escaped unscathed. Olé!

[Via Gizmodo]

[Imran @ Mar 18th 2009 9:04AM]

How odd...

[therewillbeapples @ Mar 18th 2009 9:10AM]

"step aside" (get it?) UAVs, Laser equipped Hummers and alike. This is modern forces´ tech.

[Magallanes @ Mar 18th 2009 9:11AM]

Laser equipped hummer like the sharks and dolphin?.

[rab0402 @ Mar 18th 2009 9:10AM]

I want my 28 seconds back (I'm tacking on an extra second due to loading time).

[Spray @ Mar 18th 2009 9:12AM]

That's Hilarious! - But I like it, wasn't expecting it to move like that before I clicked to see the video.

[grabbydad @ Mar 18th 2009 9:19AM]

I can't wait till the youtube remake.

[crawdad689 @ Mar 18th 2009 9:26AM]

Awesome!

[superhobo @ Mar 18th 2009 9:29AM]

Hehe
http://james.nerdiphythesoul.com/bennyhillifier/speedup.php?id=ptyV1cpE14o

Thanks to the guy who posted this site yesterday.

[fieldcar @ Mar 18th 2009 9:30AM]

I know this isnt much, but they didnt have it gallop for the safety of the "matador".
I thought it was funny. so =P

If you haven't seen this thing run at full out speeds, check this vid out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww
(@ 3:00)

[OneLove @ Mar 18th 2009 10:25AM]

They should call it "big mosquito" instead.

[Malcolm @ Mar 18th 2009 10:05AM]

not exactly a "stealth" device, is it.

[OneLove @ Mar 18th 2009 10:22AM]

its made to carry stuff and not fall over.

[Wwhat @ Mar 18th 2009 4:33PM]

Once it's done it will be a $800,000 answer to the pack-donkeys the 'enemy' uses, here's the original, also noisy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbFECHCQEX0

[Amun @ Mar 18th 2009 5:36PM]

@Wwhat:

Pfft, those things don't run on oil. Besides, have you ever heard of a regular old pack mule spontaneously becoming self aware and murdering you in your sleep? That's where the 800K goes.

[Quentin @ Mar 18th 2009 1:42PM]

That's awesome. We're one step closer to having robo pets.

[Rick @ Mar 18th 2009 10:44AM]

If I had a dog that ugly I'd shave his ass and make him walk backwards.

[BlazeKing @ Mar 18th 2009 11:00AM]

We'll be seeing a Metal Gear sometime soon.
I'll see you all inside the bomb shelter....

[Ray @ Mar 18th 2009 12:50PM]

every time i see this machine walk i think metal gear, i wonder what kind of load it can max out at?

[TS @ Mar 18th 2009 11:13AM]

Is that bull doing the "pee pee dance"?

[captain_duck @ Mar 18th 2009 11:53AM]

Hey atleast this time they were smart enough to cut some music over the video. Remember the creepy sound this thing makes?

[asuka @ Mar 18th 2009 12:26PM]

Don't give it ideas. This is a harbinger of things to come

[Hayst @ Mar 18th 2009 1:38PM]

dear boston dynamics-

stop teaching robots to attempt to gore people

sincerely,
mankind

[BigD145 @ Mar 18th 2009 2:40PM]

Your tax dollars at work. Anyone else think the DoD has way too much money to burn?

[davidkremling @ Mar 18th 2009 4:35PM]

I'd like some of that funding.

[Adamantinus @ Mar 18th 2009 5:08PM]

That thing has always creeped me out, ever since I saw it slipping on ice at 1:27 of fieldcar's link. It was unnatural, creepy, and now I'm scared of dogs.

[CH3BURASHKA @ Mar 18th 2009 5:56PM]

Is it necessary for the body to be naked; I want it to get a dog costume.

[Pokoleo @ Mar 18th 2009 6:41PM]

I wonder how long it can run with 400 pounds of solar panels...

[ED @ Mar 18th 2009 7:05PM]

So those horns are for 'object linking and émbedding'?
Olé!

[SiXiam @ Mar 19th 2009 2:18AM]

So the Shadows are right... The two wars we the (United States) have gotten into, has advanced our technology.

Evolution through bloodshed and all that...

[tomokazu.osada @ Mar 19th 2009 5:18PM]

JACKASS III?