HackerTube / Video
Boston Dynamics Big Dog (new video March 2008)
olinerd
Boston Dynamics' March 2008 video of BigDog, a four-legged robot, walking on ice and snow, climbing rubble and recovering from slips and kicks.
HN returns to it as the classic jaw-dropping demo of legged robots handling rough terrain, and as a historical marker for how long such robots have existed.
8 Hacker News mentions · 2008–2019