DARPA Robot Masters Stairs

This video shows versions of DARPA and Boston Dynamics robots climbing stairs, walking on a treadmill and doing pushups.

A modified platform resembling these robots is expected to be used as government-funded equipment (GFE) for performers in Tracks B and C of the DARPA Robotics Challenge (http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Relea...). The GFE Platform is expected to have two arms, two legs, a torso and a head, and will be physically capable of performing all of the tasks required for the disaster response scenarios scheduled in the Challenge. However, despite the appearance of the robots in the video, the Challenge is decidedly not exclusive to humanoid robot solutions. Any designs are welcome provided they are compatible with shared human-robot environments, compatible with human tools, and compatible with human operators so that a human without expertise in robotics can give commands and confidently anticipate the response.

It is DARPA's position that achieving true innovation in robotics, and thus success in the Robotics Challenge, will require contributions from communities beyond traditional robotics developers. Hardware, software, modeling and gaming developers are sought to link with emergency response and various science communities to devise novel solutions that enable robots to respond to disasters according to the tasks laid out in DARPA's announcement (http://go.usa.gov/mVj) for the Challenge.

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[Kizzadafatman]

Pause at 1:05

Open new window, play this: /watch?v=I_izvAbhExY

[awesomeemann]

THAT WAS SCARY AS FUCK

[United states of Earth.]

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[United states of Earth.]

MAKE PIPES INTO NOSES AND SNOUTS.

[United states of Earth.]

Water-make a full...spectrum by a laser beam-thz spectrumanalyzer.

[crapthisisalongusern]

It looks like its going to start singing "Zippedy Do DA Zippedy Day.. MY MY MY what a wonderful day" at the end when it was walking.

[Adultgutsy1]

petman has some swagger!

[chromosome24]

now, how to power these suckers...

[CuervoBlack07]

The climbing of the stairs is not the coolest part, but it's the way that it did by bracing itself against the wall with it's one arm. No other robotics company on earth has achieved that yet, not even Honda

[brandonman94]

The stomp it does at the top of the stairs is seriously one of the most terrifying things I've seen from the real world.

[20david06]

Introducing ROBOCOP 2 "NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH"

[pavel7631]

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Представляю лицо вандалов и экскременты по всему участку))