BigDog Robot
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A BigDog Robot is a dynamically stable quadruped robot.
- See: Quadruped, Atlas Robot, Boston Dynamics.
References
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BigDog Retrieved:2015-1-28.
- BigDog is a dynamically stable quadruped robot created in 2005 by Boston Dynamics with Foster-Miller, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Harvard University Concord Field Station. BigDog is long, stands tall, and weighs , about the size of a small mule. It is capable of traversing difficult terrain, running at , carrying , and climbing a 35 degree incline. Locomotion is controlled by an onboard computer that receives input from the robot's various sensors. Navigation and balance are also managed by the control system.