Introducing WildCat

[Dave W]

From the YT description: "WildCat is a four-legged robot being developed to run fast on all types of terrain. So far WildCat has run at about 16 mph on flat terrain using bounding and galloping gaits. The video shows WildCat's best performance so far. WildCat is being developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA's M3 program..."

Eerie.

[Highlander]

Hmm... they can mimic a cat's movements... science marches on... they'll be telling us they can land a man on the moon next...

[gweimer]

[exiledarchangel]

It walks like a cat, but sounds like a chainsaw? Run people, its a trap!

[Psycho Bass Guy]

That robot makes me want to invest in some large caliber rifles.

[Highlander]

Plating, armoured, for the use of...

[Psycho Bass Guy]

Enough mass traveling at enough velocity will eventually negate ANY armor and that thing or any version of it will have to be lightweight (in the category of armored vehicles). I doubt in the next 50 years any version of that thing will be able to take a hit from a rifle chambered in anything 7.62mm or above and keep working. With the proliferation of .50 cal /12.7mm (and thereabouts) sniper rifles in the US civilian population, at least THAT thing won't have a "civilian use."

[Highlander]

I'll match your Wildcat and raise you one Lego Tarkus...

[uwe]

I'm not sure whether it has yet reached the elegance of the original ...

[chromium]

I'll take one when they come out with the turbo version  ....assuming I can strap a saddle on and ride it.  I wonder if this is considered "hybrid" enough to get me access to the HOV lane during rush hour?

[Denis]

I'll match your Wildcat and raise you one Lego Tarkus...

I want one of those!

[clankenstein]

shouldnt that guy be holding a ripper not a sword?

[Blackbird]

But can it use the litter box and not pick the furniture?

[uwe]

shouldnt that guy be holding a ripper not a sword?

Welcome back my friend to the Legos that never end?

[Highlander]

Leo Lego Fender anyone ... ?