Smaller And Cuter, But Still Going To Enslave Humanity

Boston Dynamics’ “Big Dog” robot will frighten the piss out of you, so it follows that the new Little Dog quadruped robot will make smaller squirts.

Little Dog, which is being developed at USC as part of Skynet Darpa’s robot locomotion initiative, can navigate uneven, rocky terrain, up stairs, and even across gaps. To top it off, that little robotic bastard is completely autonomous and learns how to navigate terrain better using sensors that measure joint angles, motor currents, body orientation, and ground contact. Little Dog can run nearly 30 minutes on one charge...so far.