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  • BigDog is being developed by Boston Dynamics with the goal of creating robots that have rough-terrain mobility that can take them anywhere on Earth that people and animals can go.

    BigDog 2008

  • BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system.

    BigDog 2008

  • He might not have Rosie the Robot’s charm and personality, but Boston Dynamics’ “packbot” BigDog is billed as the most advanced quadruped robot on earth.

    BigDog 2008

  • For several years, Boston Dynamics has been developing a quadruped robot for the U.S. military called BigDog, which now almost perfectly emulates canine walk and could be used as a pack mule.

    Time to Reinvent the Web (and Save Wall Street) 2009

  • Someone sent me a link to a video clip of this "BigDog" robot.

    Archive 2008-03-01 tenshi_a 2008

  • Someone sent me a link to a video clip of this "BigDog" robot.

    Boston Dynamics - BigDog robot tenshi_a 2008

  • They’ve been investing in the development of a robotic pack-animal called the BigDog, which looks kind of like a headless metal dog/horse hybrid.

    You The Man Now, Dog | Blog | Futurismic 2006

  • Just an embodiment of weird a contraption, this BigDog which is a four wheeled, four-men-powered bicycle is made by an amateur artist, Tom Wilson.

    Auto Motto 2010

  • "BigDog," developed by engineering company Boston Dynamics, was created to assist the U.S.

    FOXNews.com 2008

  • Funded by DARPA, or the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, this deer-like machine is called "BigDog" and can run at 4 mph and climb a hill of 35 degrees.

    Biology News 2008

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  • BigDog is a real robot. He was built by the Boston Dynamics Team and is really quite freaky, frankly.

    BigDog Youtube Video

    December 9, 2009