Cylon-like test mannequin

[RT]

Watch the video - kinda creepy. You could do another Galactica show and not
need cgi for the bots...

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/army-headless-robot/

Sauntering toward you like a mechanized zombie is the Army’s newest recruit:
a robot with a blinking red light where its head should be.

That’s the PETMAN, the latest creation of Boston Dynamics, the robotics shop
best known for its eerily lifelike BigDog, a quadrupedal robot that wants to
carry troops’ gear. The PETMAN, in development for years, is built like a
human being, walks autonomously on two legs while pumping its arms like a
person, and resists efforts by Boston Dynamics engineers to push it over.

As recently as 2009, the PETMAN — or Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin — was
little more than a circuit board connected to hydraulics that terminated in
mannequin feet. Now it weighs 180 pounds, looks like the Terminator with the
skin burned off, walks much faster than any non-28 Days Later zombie and can
do a push-up.
...

[redhawk]

Post by RT
Watch the video - kinda creepy. You could do another Galactica show and not
need cgi for the bots...
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/army-headless-robot/
a robot with a blinking red light where its head should be.
That’s the PETMAN, the latest creation of Boston Dynamics, the robotics shop
best known for its eerily lifelike BigDog, a quadrupedal robot that wants to
carry troops’ gear. The PETMAN, in development for years, is built like a
human being, walks autonomously on two legs while pumping its arms like a
person, and resists efforts by Boston Dynamics engineers to push it over.
As recently as 2009, the PETMAN — or Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin — was
little more than a circuit board connected to hydraulics that terminated in
mannequin feet. Now it weighs 180 pounds, looks like the Terminator with the
skin burned off, walks much faster than any non-28 Days Later zombie and can
do a push-up.
...

"Boston Dynamics sells it as a way to “simulate how a soldier stresses
protective clothing under realistic conditions,” including wearing
heavy chemical weapons gear...That points to a benign path for the
robo-zombie."

Phew, I'm relieved that's all it is, and absolutely no one is even
thinking about a weaponized version.

[RT]

Post by RT
Watch the video - kinda creepy. You could do another Galactica show and not
need cgi for the bots...
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/army-headless-robot/
a robot with a blinking red light where its head should be.
That’s the PETMAN, the latest creation of Boston Dynamics, the robotics shop
best known for its eerily lifelike BigDog, a quadrupedal robot that wants to
carry troops’ gear. The PETMAN, in development for years, is built like a
human being, walks autonomously on two legs while pumping its arms like a
person, and resists efforts by Boston Dynamics engineers to push it over.
As recently as 2009, the PETMAN — or Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin — was
little more than a circuit board connected to hydraulics that terminated in
mannequin feet. Now it weighs 180 pounds, looks like the Terminator with the
skin burned off, walks much faster than any non-28 Days Later zombie and can
do a push-up.
...

"Boston Dynamics sells it as a way to “simulate how a soldier stresses
protective clothing under realistic conditions,” including wearing
heavy chemical weapons gear...That points to a benign path for the
robo-zombie."
Phew, I'm relieved that's all it is, and absolutely no one is even
thinking about a weaponized version.

Riiight. No one... ;)

[AC]

Post by RT
Watch the video - kinda creepy. You could do another Galactica show and not
need cgi for the bots...
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/army-headless-robot/
a robot with a blinking red light where its head should be.
That’s the PETMAN, the latest creation of Boston Dynamics, the robotics shop
best known for its eerily lifelike BigDog, a quadrupedal robot that wants to
carry troops’ gear. The PETMAN, in development for years, is built like a
human being, walks autonomously on two legs while pumping its arms like a
person, and resists efforts by Boston Dynamics engineers to push it over.
As recently as 2009, the PETMAN — or Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin — was
little more than a circuit board connected to hydraulics that terminated in
mannequin feet. Now it weighs 180 pounds, looks like the Terminator with the
skin burned off, walks much faster than any non-28 Days Later zombie and can
do a push-up.
...

A future POTUS if every I've seen one.

[RT]

Post by AC

Post by RT
Watch the video - kinda creepy. You could do another Galactica show and not
need cgi for the bots...
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/army-headless-robot/
a robot with a blinking red light where its head should be.
That’s the PETMAN, the latest creation of Boston Dynamics, the robotics shop
best known for its eerily lifelike BigDog, a quadrupedal robot that wants to
carry troops’ gear. The PETMAN, in development for years, is built like a
human being, walks autonomously on two legs while pumping its arms like a
person, and resists efforts by Boston Dynamics engineers to push it over.
As recently as 2009, the PETMAN — or Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin — was
little more than a circuit board connected to hydraulics that terminated in
mannequin feet. Now it weighs 180 pounds, looks like the Terminator with the
skin burned off, walks much faster than any non-28 Days Later zombie and can
do a push-up.
...

A future POTUS if every I've seen one.

You mean POTC (President Of The Colonies)