Comments on: Alpha Dog robot is just as creepy as Big Dog robot http://www.slashgear.com/alpha-dog-robot-is-just-as-creepy-as-big-dog-robot-30184388/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Thu, 17 May 2012 17:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Johnnie http://www.slashgear.com/alpha-dog-robot-is-just-as-creepy-as-big-dog-robot-30184388/#comment-140101 Johnnie Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:44:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=184388#comment-140101 I’m curious why the leg pattern?   It ends up with 2 at a time on the ground.   Is this more effecient than moving one leg at a time?   I’d have thought that emulating the way the real thing walkds would generate the greater stability that 3 points of contact provide.   I’m sure there’s a reason.. I’m just wondering what it is.

]]> By: Johnnie http://www.slashgear.com/alpha-dog-robot-is-just-as-creepy-as-big-dog-robot-30184388/#comment-140102 Johnnie Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:44:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=184388#comment-140102 I’m curious why the leg pattern?   It ends up with 2 at a time on the ground.   Is this more effecient than moving one leg at a time?   I’d have thought that emulating the way the real thing walkds would generate the greater stability that 3 points of contact provide.   I’m sure there’s a reason.. I’m just wondering what it is.

]]> By: Christopher Zhang http://www.slashgear.com/alpha-dog-robot-is-just-as-creepy-as-big-dog-robot-30184388/#comment-139771 Christopher Zhang Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:26:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=184388#comment-139771 Quiet, not quite.  

Also, that thing’s bloody scary.

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