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Introducing WildCat

Boston Dynamics0 HN recommenders · 2013–2015
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Boston Dynamics shows WildCat, a four-legged robot built with DARPA funding that reached about 19 mph using bounding and galloping gaits.

Used as a reference point when comparing other legged robots, such as the MIT Cheetah, on gait and speed.

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@hanley2013 · in “Find out how many social shares a URL has?”

If I plug in a YouTube link will it also tally all of the YouTube link variations for that video? For example, if I put in [VIDEO] , will it also include the shortened [VIDEO] in the tally?

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@CoffeeDregs2014 · in “MIT Cheetah Robot Bounds Off Tether, Outdoors”

The bounding part is very cool (I caught myself leaning forward in surprise [and mild horror?] as the machine jumped over the box instead of maneuvering around it). Besides not requiring fuel, does anyone know how this is different/better/unique than Google/BostonDynamic's WildCage? ( [VIDEO] ) I certainly agree that more people working on this is a good thing, but I'd like to understand the progress being made.

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@jmilloy2015 · in “MIT cheetah robot lands the running jump [video]”

I noticed the opposite in this one: [VIDEO] Which is to say, it looks more natural and more balanced with the legs out of sync.

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@minot2015 · in “Japanese mini Segway “WalkCar””

Is this where Boston Robotics comes in? For heavy load, they have wild cat[wildcat] and for lighter loads, they have spot [spot]. For Ussain Bolt, there is the cheetah [cheetah] that can keep up with the pace peaking at over 29 miles per hour. All these are at various stages in development and as far as I understand not ready for production. spot [VIDEO] wildcat [VIDEO] cheetah [LINK]

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