BigDog: Now With More Horns, Goring
Remember Boston Dynamic's BigDog? Well they decided it'd be funny to put horns on it and pretend like it's a bull. As you can see, it's not humorous. Nope, not one bit. I don't care if you paint its face and have it make balloon animals at the fair, BigDog will never be funny. Or cute. Not even with a furry little bunny tail and dressed like a schoolgirl. Which, ZOMG.....
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Video: BigDog turned into BigBull (with BigHorns) [engadget]
Thanks to Julian and Pete, who could totally ride that thing for the full 8 seconds.
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