Big Dog: the creepy and the funny

Big Dog is actually a four-legged robotic dog created by Boston Dynamics. I was simply amazed by the advancement of the robot’s maneuverability. In the video below you can see it climbing slopes, treading ice, balancing in slippery frozen terrain, making its way through rubble etc. How the four legs react in these situations (to keep from falling over) makes for one creepy display. Watch the video. (By the way, this is certain not new news).

By the end of it I was thinking what the Japanese would make of this. And sure enough I found their creation – although similar in design, this one is more, how shall I say, natural.