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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Robots: First Variety, Second Variety

Second Variety by Philip K. Dick.

Those of you who have read the story Second Variety (first published in the May 1953 issue of Space Science Fiction magazine; the story is available online here) will appreciate this clip about new robots being built for the US Army that remarkably mimic biodynamics.

Have a look at the eerie and impressive movements of this quadrupedal pack robot, made by Boston Dynamics.  This is an updated video from March 2010.



Big Dog Robot, Boston Dynamics.

2 comments:

  1. Yeah except that Dick's terminators made up a nuclear family - a wounded soldier, a little boy with a teddy bear, and a pretty girl.

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