Boston Dynamics has introduced a new lightweight robot - Spot Bashny.Net

Meet - a new four-legged friend walking robot from Boston Dynamics named «Spot»
It is smaller and faster than their older "brothers in the shop»: BigDog and WildCat (Cheetah)





In contrast to the large four-legged robot from Boston Dynamics, he is not just for walking in the harsh conditions, but also to move inside the buildings.
It is resistant to the fall and well oriented in space, is able to climb stairs and climbing bumps and irregularities not worse BigDog'a
Its weight is only 72kg.
One of its most important advantage is that in the body of the heart works electric motor (previous models work on engines for karts that are too noisy for combat conditions).
For the legs are used hydraulic motors.



Boston Dynamics company was founded in 1992 by Professor Mark Reybertom from MIT
Their four-legged robots Boston Dynamics began producing in 2005, commissioned by DARPA.
Also, the company is engaged in the development of other robots, including anthropomorphic biped such as Petman and Atlas
The company is a division of Google, the acquisition took place in December 2013 .
Almost after every occurrence of a new superweapon product from this company media predicted the imminent coming of the Terminator T-800, which seems in the end and make it Boston Dynamics .
I guess that's Boston Dynamics was the inspiration for the corporation, creates the danger of military developments from the series Fringe - Massive Dynamic: their development in the wrong hands can also threaten mankind, also make robots, also founded by scientists and also in 1992. In the first series it was called with the letter s at the end of Massive Dynamic s


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Source: geektimes.ru/post/245632/