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Boston Dynamics Big Dog Weaponized. Now in Trials with Marines.

• melling 13y ago
  Badly editorialized title. Big Dog has not been weaponized.
  • dm2 13y ago
    From the Boston Dynamics YouTube channel: BigDog Weaponized - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptyV1cpE14o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptyV1cpE14o BigDog throwing cinderblocks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jvLalY6ubc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jvLalY6ubc It's only a matter of time before it gets a machine-gun or grenade launcher attached.
    • melling 13y ago
      Sure, and on that day someone will write a story with that headline. As of today, it isn't and the HN title is wrong.
      • dm2 13y ago
        If you run over someone with a vehicle then you are using your vehicle as a weapon, same with throwing a cinderblock or having BigDog kick an enemy. My point was that the headline was technically correct. I'd be willing to bet that they're absolutely not allowed to show the BigDog or a similar animal-like robot with a machine-gun mounted to it. That's why there was the "teaser" video with the bull horns. Numerous robots have had machine-guns and grenade launchers attached to them, it would be trivial to attach one to the BigDog platform. It would be cool to use as a distraction as well. If the BigDog was heavily armored and sent out to draw fire. If the BigDog ran up to an enemy and kicked them or threw a cinderblock at them, that would be a pretty effective weapon (from a psychological and physical standpoint), with no gun required.