DARPA Demonstrates Its New Ground X-Vehicle Technologies
This is a video released by DARPA highlighting some of its latest advancements in Ground X-Vehicle Technologies (GXV-T). Some more info while I complain they didn't spend...
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That's More Like It: Compilation Of Robots Falling Down At DARPA's Annual Robotics Challenge
ERROR, ERROR, 'DOOR' DOES NOT COMPUTE. INITIATING SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE. This is a VERY watchable video compilation of robots falling down while trying to complete DARPA's Robotics Challenge...
Ugh: MIT's Killer Cheetah Robot Can Jump Obstacles Now
The last time we saw MIT's Cheetah robot it was able to reach speeds up to 28MPH. And now? Well now, thanks to the development and upload...
Haha!: Atlas Humanoid Robot Tries To Show Off Walking Skills, Does Not Impress
This is a short video of DARPA's Atlas humanoid robot trying to navigate a treacherous path of pieces of wood and rope when it trips on a...
Stop, Just Stop: DARPA's Latest Killer Humanoid Robot
Remember DARPA and Boston Dynamic's PETMAN? Well now they're back with a new humanoid robot, Atlas. Atlas is the evolved version of this prototype I posted awhile...
TOO HUMAN: Terminator Robot Testing Camouflage
This is a video of Boston Dynamic's PETMAN humanoid robot testing out its maneuverability in camouflage. It's, uh, it's terrifyingly human-like. Just imagine in the future there...
Uh-Oh: Robotic BigDog Now Has A Brick-Throwing Head
How do you make a BigDog quadruped robot even more terrifying? Simple, add a cinderblock-throwing head attachment. It can actually chuck them pretty far too -- probably...
I Give Up: BigDog Robotic Mule Now Voice Controlled
This is the latest video from DARPA, featuring a voice controlled LS3 (Legged Squad Support System), the grandson of BigDog. It takes voice commands now. Things like,...
Fill Me Up: DARPA's Body-Filling Foam To Save Lives
So some DARPA robot stabs you in the gut, what are you gonna do? ANSWER: Get pumped full of some DARPA Wound Statis foam to apply pressure...
NOPE: DARPA's Hovering Robotic Drone With Claw Arm
Seen here about to inappropriately touch a stepladder, DARPA's autonomous V-bat drone hovers while showing off its 6-foot robotic arm. Wonderful, now they're going to start stealing...
We're All Dead: DARPA's Latest Humanoid Robot Learns To Navigate Obstacles
Seen here begging for a powerful burning laser to the crotch, DARPA's Pet-Proto (with sweet lighting effects) navigates a hole in the ground filled with rubber lizards....
Nowhere To Hide: DARPA's Legged Robot Uses Stairs
This is a video featuring the latest advancement in DARPA's humanoid robots: the ability to navigate stairs. They already know how to push elevator buttons, so basically...
Cheetah: New Fastest Legged Robot Hits 18-MPH
Because a legged robot that can run faster than anybody but the quickest sprinters is something that should exist, DARPA and Boston Dynamics are happy to announce...
AlphaDog, BigDog's New & Improved Older Brother: Running For The Hills Won't Save You
Remember Boston Dynamics' BigDog? How could you forget, that lifelike f***er was terrifying. He still haunts my dreams at night. AND fantasies. Unthankfully, AlphaDog is now here...
Pentagon Testing 13,000MPH Unmanned Jet
The Pentagon's poorly named Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA -- NOT DERPA, despite the terrible moniker) scrubbed another launch today for the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle...
BigDog's Creators Get DARPA Grant To Build A Faster, Human-Hunting Robotic Cheetah
Remember BigDog from Boston Dynamics? Ha, how could you forget, it haunts our dreams at night (well at least mine anyways). And now the creators have been...
Did You Hear That?: Robot Spy Hummingbird
This is a robotic hummingbird designed by DARPA to fly around and capture audio/video on reconnaissance missions (not to be confused with renaissance missions, which usually involve...
NASA, DARPA's 'Hundred-Year Starship' Space Program Aims To Put Humans On Other Planets (And Leave Them There)
Want to go to Mars and stay there? Everybody else wants you to. Including NASA and DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), who are drawing up plans...