Boston Dynamics' BigDog Video Spawns Parodies
Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert sent an e-mail last month offering a sneak peek of a new video of the company's gasoline-powered robotic dog, BigDog. The 'bot was shown climbing in snow, and slipping on an icy parking lot -- before recovering its balance.
Then, earlier this month, after getting the proper approvals from DARPA (the Dept. of Defense agency funding the project), the BigDog video appeared on YouTube. It has since amassed almost four million views. Here it is:
Now, parodies and mash-ups are cropping up everywhere... a sure sign that Boston Dynamics, headquartered in Waltham, has achieved not just technical success (they call BigDog "the most advanced quadruped robot on earth"), but viral video success.
Two of the better ones:
Then, earlier this month, after getting the proper approvals from DARPA (the Dept. of Defense agency funding the project), the BigDog video appeared on YouTube. It has since amassed almost four million views. Here it is:
Now, parodies and mash-ups are cropping up everywhere... a sure sign that Boston Dynamics, headquartered in Waltham, has achieved not just technical success (they call BigDog "the most advanced quadruped robot on earth"), but viral video success.
Two of the better ones:
Labels: BigDog, Boston Dynamics, Marc Raibert, robotics, YouTube
posted by Scott Kirsner at
7:45 PM
1 Comments:
Just wanted to point out to your readers that someone has kindly collected all of the Boston Dynamics videos from YouTube and put them on a single, devoted site... http://bigdogrobotvideos.com
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