{"id":13849,"date":"2011-11-01T08:30:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T13:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=13849"},"modified":"2024-01-10T06:21:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T12:21:22","slug":"boston-dynamics-doesnt-know-when-to-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/11\/boston-dynamics-doesnt-know-when-to-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Dynamics doesn&#8217;t know when to quit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boston Dynamics, <del>gods<\/del> creators of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xqMVg5ixhd0&amp;feature=mfu_in_order&amp;list=UL\">Big Dog<\/a> and his evolved form <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SSbZrQp-HOk&amp;feature=mfu_in_order&amp;list=UL\">Alpha Dog<\/a>, have continued to determine our fate by improving on PETMAN. PETMAN is a &#8220;bipedal device created for testing chemical protection suits,&#8221; and is even able to sweat. Yo, seriously? You made a damn scary predecessor to the NS-5, and it&#8217;s for testing suits? Right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PETMAN\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mclbVTIYG8E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BigDog and AlphaDog were scary, this is severely unnecessary. But on the tech side, this is really cool. While the device is still supported by cables to ensure it doesn&#8217;t fall, it has a better grasp on walking than any of the Noisecast crew after a podcast. The balance and coordination is amazing, especially considering there&#8217;s some poor schmuck coding all of it, taking into account known terrain changes and reacting properly to changes in pitch or yaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;re proud of you, Boston Dynamics, now stop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet PETMAN: Boston Dynamics&#8217; humanoid robot that sweats to test your chem suits (seriously). Walk like a human, sweat like a cyborg? 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