AlphaDog Proto

The AlphaDog Proto is a lab prototype for the Legged Squad Support System, a robot being developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA and the US Marine Corps. When fully developed the system will carry 400 lbs of payload on 20-mile missions in rough terrain. The first version of the complete robot will be ready in 2012. This video shows early results from the lab where we are developing the control systems and locomotion platform. This lab prototype is powered remotely. AlphaDog will draw power from an internal combustion engine, which we designed to be 10x quieter than BigDog. The field version of AlphaDog will have a sensor head packed with terrain sensors. Boston Dynamics leads a development team that includes AAI Corp, Bell Helicopter, CMU/NREC, FEV, JPL and Woodward HRT. For more information visit us at www.BostonDynamics.com.

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[gonotgentleman]

You just know someone working at this company has a saddle in their office, patiently waiting.

[Johannesburg2015]

Awesome but scary. Imagine a dozen of those marching implacably towards you, bullets pinging harmlessly off their armour...

[antiigravity]

RPGs are disabling most modern tanks with multilevel kevlar-ceramic-steel armor that reaches 2 feet thick, and weighs up to 60 tons... Let alone next gen RPGs designed for modern warfare.

[Christian Sigmon]

Meh, RPGs are more dangerous due to shrapnel. If they made the armor thicker, it could survive.

[Adgel Balderrama]

now comes with black ops 2 software

[antiigravity]

YEAH, and imagine $20 RPG rounds calmly disintegrating this $1,000,000 machine...

[00Andreas00]

i've had recurring nightmares about this thing

[nicefox1]

this is 2 years old video, wonder what it can do now..

[zktube]

this kind of crap makes me find some funny comments

[randomirish2]

1:1 that is bullying

[MrIrreversible]

i guess for better balance