Robots Everywhere » stability http://www.brickengineer.com/robots ... and growing exponentially Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:51:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Boston Dynamics Little Dog http://www.brickengineer.com/robots/2008/08/31/little-dog/ http://www.brickengineer.com/robots/2008/08/31/little-dog/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:58:17 +0000 admin http://www.brickengineer.com/robots/?p=17 Boston Dynamics’ Little Dog is in my opinion more impressive than their Big Dog.
I think it is because it seems to be taking more deliberate steps, although, I expect that it is the same basic control software in operation.

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This quadruped robot is dynamically stable enabling it to accommodate a wide variety of terrain as well as changes in the dynamical environment, such as slippage or being kicked (my favorite!)

Here are some older, but fun, videos…

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