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Uploaded by on Nov 9, 2011

Dr. Russ Tedrake (MIT) and Dr. Jerry Pratt (IHMC) are working on a bio-inspired ostrich robot that should be able to achieve running speeds in excess of 20 mph.

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http://www.ihmc.us/groups/fastrunner/
http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=30686

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  • *coughStarWarsripoffcough*

  • this + BigDog = androids in 2020

  • does anybody know what Metal Gear Solid is??? this looks straight up like these things called Gecko Units.

  • @jaykemp25 But much will it weigh, how much will it cost, how difficult will it be to , repair, etc. ALL of these kill that super unmanned fantasy military.

    We have been able to emp harden things for decades the problem is the extra cost, weight and complexity.

  • @valcan321 Yeah but im sure that in 50yrs they will design something that will counter an emp.

  • DARPA = SkyNEt  Terminator tried to warn us

  • Robots will take over this world lol

  • @svb300 Thats nice and is quite possible. However considering the biggest computers and fastest still can do the job you arent going to have a robot soldier for another 50yrs atleast. Plus there are many jobs robots can't do because they aren't human. Plus it would be helarious when you army of 2,500 robot troops gets a emp set off above their position.....no more troops.

    Plus their is the question of cost and resources. Its just not that simple.

  • @valcan321 Ok here's what we are going to see over the course of this decade. We are going to witness exponential growth in robotics and AI and battery technology. Ok the robots we're seeing now are just the beginning to robot revolution thats underway. And now that DARPA is funding it and pushing it along I think America wil be #1!!!!! Listen robotics is the future of warefare so we in America have to be first. We are talking about eventually being able to take humans out of death's way

  • @svb300 i think the future will see far smaller and more economical computing systems.

    But remember war is the single most complicated, stressful, and dirty endevor humans have. Machines fail constantly. Not to mention the Human body is shaped more for endurance walking and jogging than what a robotic soldier or support vehicle would need.

    Simple tracks and wheeled vehicles with some more insect like designs and big dog type i can see. The above looks like a light scout design.

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