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BigDog is a dynamically stable quadruped military robot platform that was created in 2005 by Boston Dynamics with the Harvard University Concord Field Station. [1] It was funded by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), but the project was shelved after the BigDog's gas engine was deemed too loud for combat.
The 2017 Black Mirror episode "Metalhead" features a woman pursued by a deadly robotic dog, similar in design to the BigDog robot manufactured by Boston Dynamics. Wes Anderson's stop-motion animated feature Isle of Dogs features dog robots employed by the antagonists to assist their rescue teams and are later proposed as pets to replace real dogs.
Boston Dynamics, Inc., is an American engineering and robotics design company founded in 1992 as a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts , Boston Dynamics has been owned by the Hyundai Motor Group since December 2020, but it only completed the acquisition in June 2021.
It even pulls off the robot-dog equivalent to a moonwalk. Boston Dynamics continues to crank out viral-worthy videos of its robots busting strange and unexpected moves.
Today’s headlines: Steven Spielberg will produce movies for Netflix, Samsung drops the curve for its latest gaming monitors, and robot dog maker Boston Dynamics is now owned by Hyundai.
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The initial contract for the Legged Squad Support System was awarded to Boston Dynamics on December 3, 2009. [4] The constant evolution of the BigDog led to the development of the LS3, also known as AlphaDog. The contract schedule called for an operational demonstration of two units with troops in 2012.
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