Robot dog hauls 340 lb load across rough terrain
One of the most unusual and interesting embedded projects that I have run across lately comes from Boston Dynamics. They are working with Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) to create robots that have extreme rough-terrain mobility. According to the Boston Dynamics website, their latest project, BigDog, is a quadruped robot powered by a gasoline engine driven hydraulic system. An on-board embedded computer controls locomotion and handles sensors for joint position, joint force, ground contact, ground load, a laser gyroscope, and a stereo vision system. You can see BigDog in action as it climbs across rubble, recovers from unexpected forces, and skates across ice in a short video on the Boston Dynamics website. BigDog is the size of a large dog or small mule and runs at 4 mph, climbs slopes up to 35 degrees, walks across rubble, and carries a 340 lb load. Projects like this seek to eventually replace humans and animals in treacherous locations such as war zones or extreme environmental conditions.
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