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LS3 is a rough-terrain robot designed to go anywhere Marines and Soldiers go on foot, helping carry their load. Each LS3 carries up to 400 lbs of gear and enough fuel for a 20-mile mission lasting 24 hours. Courtesy of Boston Dynamics

Waltham, Massachusetts, USA – December 15, 2013

Boston Dynamics builds advanced robots with remarkable behavior: mobility, agility, dexterity and speed.

We use sensor-based controls and computation to unlock the capabilities of complex mechanisms.

Our world-class development teams take projects from initial concept to proof-of-principle prototyping to build-test-build engineering, to field testing and low-rate production.

BigDog is a rough-terrain robot that walks, runs, climbs and carries heavy loads.
BigDog has four legs that are articulated like an animal’s, with compliant elements to absorb shock and recycle energy from one step to the next.
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Organizations worldwide, from DARPA, the US Army, Navy and Marine Corps to Sony Corporation turn to Boston Dynamics for advice and for help creating the most advanced robots on Earth.

LS3 - Legged Squad Support Systems

LS3 is a rough-terrain robot designed to go anywhere Marines and Soldiers go on foot, helping carry their load.

LS3 - Legged Squad Support Systems
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Each LS3 carries up to 400 lbs of gear and enough fuel for a 20-mile mission lasting 24 hours.

LS3 automatically follows its leader using computer vision, so it does not need a dedicated driver.

LS3 - Legged Squad Support Systems
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It also travels to designated locations using terrain sensing and GPS.

LS3 began a 2-year field testing phase in 2012.

LS3 is funded by DARPA and the US Marine Corps.

LS3 - Legged Squad Support Systems
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Boston Dynamics has assembled an extraordinary team to develop the LS3, including engineers and scientists from Boston Dynamics, Carnegie Mellon, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Bell Helicopter, AAI Corporation and Woodward HRT.

LS3 - Legged Squad Support Systems
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LS3 - Legged Squad Support Systems
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Atlas - The Agile Anthropomorphic Robot

Atlas is a high mobility, humanoid robot designed to negotiate outdoor, rough terrain.

Atlas - The Agile Anthropomorphic Robot
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Atlas can walk bipedally leaving the upper limbs free to lift, carry, and manipulate the environment.

In extremely challenging terrain, Atlas is strong and coordinated enough to climb using hands and feet, to pick its way through congested spaces.

Atlas - The Agile Anthropomorphic Robot
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Articulated, sensate hands will enable Atlas to use tools designed for human use.

Atlas includes 28 hydraulically-actuated degrees of freedom, two hands, arms, legs, feet and a torso.

Atlas - The Agile Anthropomorphic Robot
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An articulated sensor head includes stereo cameras and a laser range finder.

Atlas is powered from an off-board, electric power supply via a flexible tether.

Atlas - The Agile Anthropomorphic Robot
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Several copies of the Atlas robot are being provided as Government Furnished Equipment for the DARPA Robotics Challenge program with delivery scheduled in the summer of 2013.

PETMAN

PETMAN is an anthropomorphic robot designed for testing chemical protection clothing.

PETMAN is an anthropomorphic robot designed for testing chemical protection clothing.
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Natural agile movement is essential for PETMAN to simulate how a soldier stresses protective clothing under realistic conditions.

PETMAN is an anthropomorphic robot designed for testing chemical protection clothing.
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Unlike previous suit testers that had a limited repertoire of motion and had to be supported mechanically, PETMAN balances itself and moves freely; walking, bending and doing a variety of suit-stressing calisthenics during exposure to chemical warfare agents.

PETMAN is an anthropomorphic robot designed for testing chemical protection clothing.
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PETMAN also simulates human physiology within the protective suit by controlling temperature, humidity and sweating, all to provide realistic test conditions.

PETMAN is an anthropomorphic robot designed for testing chemical protection clothing.
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The PETMAN system was delivered to the user’s test facility where it is going through validation experiments.

Boston Dynamics' partners for the program are MRIGlobal, Measurement Technologies Northwest, Smith Carter CUH2A (SCC), SRD, and HHI Corporation.

PETMAN is an anthropomorphic robot designed for testing chemical protection clothing.
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CHEETAH - Fastest Legged Robot

The Cheetah robot is the fastest legged robot in the World, surpassing 29 mph, a new land speed record for legged robots.

The previous record was 13.1 mph, set in 1989 at MIT.

CHEETAH - Fastest Legged Robot
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The Cheetah robot has an articulated back that flexes back and forth on each step, increasing its stride and running speed, much like the animal does.

The current version of the Cheetah robot runs on a high-speed treadmill in the laboratory where it is powered by an off-board hydraulic pump and uses a boom-like device to keep it running in the center of the treadmill.

CHEETAH - Fastest Legged Robot
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The next generation Cheetah robot, WildCat, is designed to operate untethered.

WildCat recently entered initial testing and is scheduled for outdoor field testing later in 2013.

Cheetah robot development is funded by DARPA's Maximum Mobility and Manipulation program.

CHEETAH - Fastest Legged Robot
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BigDog - The Most Advanced Rough-Terrain Robot on Earth

BigDog is a rough-terrain robot that walks, runs, climbs and carries heavy loads.

BigDog - The Most Advanced Rough-Terrain Robot on Earth.
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BigDog is powered by an engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system.

BigDog has four legs that are articulated like an animal’s, with compliant elements to absorb shock and recycle energy from one step to the next.

BigDog - The Most Advanced Rough-Terrain Robot on Earth.
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BigDog is the size of a large dog or small mule; about 3 feet long, 2.5 feet tall and weighs 240 lbs.

BigDog's on-board computer controls locomotion, processes sensors and handles communications with the user.

BigDog - The Most Advanced Rough-Terrain Robot on Earth.
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BigDog’s control system keeps it balanced, manages locomotion on a wide variety of terrains and does navigation.

Sensors for locomotion include joint position, joint force, ground contact, ground load, a gyroscope, LIDAR and a stereo vision system.

BigDog - The Most Advanced Rough-Terrain Robot on Earth.
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Other sensors focus on the internal state of BigDog, monitoring the hydraulic pressure, oil temperature, engine functions, battery charge and others.

BigDog runs at 4 mph, climbs slopes up to 35 degrees, walks across rubble, climbs muddy hiking trails, walks in snow and water, and carries 340 lb load.

BigDog - The Most Advanced Rough-Terrain Robot on Earth.
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Development of the original BigDog robot was funded by DARPA.

Work to add a manipulator and do dynamic manipulation was funded by the Army Research Laboratory's RCTA program.

BigDog - The Most Advanced Rough-Terrain Robot on Earth.
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SandFlea - Leaps Small Buildings in a Single Bound

Sand Flea is an 11 pound robot that drives like an RC car on flat terrain, but can jump 30 ft into the air to overcome obstacles.

SandFlea - Leaps Small Buildings in a Single Bound.
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That is high enough to jump over a compound wall, onto the roof of a house, up a set of stairs or into a second story window.

The robot uses gyro stabilization to stay level during flight, to provide a clear view from the onboard camera, and to ensure a smooth landing.

SandFlea - Leaps Small Buildings in a Single Bound.
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Sand Flea can jump about 25 times on one charge. Boston Dynamics is developing Sand Flea with funding from the US Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF).

Earlier versions of Sand Flea were developed by Sandia National Laboratory with funding from DARP) and JIEDDO.

SandFlea - Leaps Small Buildings in a Single Bound.
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RiSE: The Amazing Climbing Robot

RiSE is a robot that climbs vertical terrain such as walls, trees and fences.

RiSE is a robot that climbs vertical terrain such as walls, trees and fences.
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RiSE uses feet with micro-claws to climb on textured surfaces.

RiSE changes posture to conform to the curvature of the climbing surface and its tail helps RiSE balance on steep ascents.

RiSE is a robot that climbs vertical terrain such as walls, trees and fences.
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RiSE is 0.25 m long, weighs 2 kg, and travels 0.3 m/s.

Each of RiSE's six legs is powered by a pair of electric motors.

An onboard computer controls leg motion, manages communications, and services a variety of sensors, including joint position sensors, leg strain sensors and foot contact sensors.

RiSE is a robot that climbs vertical terrain such as walls, trees and fences.
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Boston Dynamics developed RiSE in conjunction with researchers at University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley, Stanford, and Lewis and Clark University.

RiSE was funded by DARPA.

RiSE is a robot that climbs vertical terrain such as walls, trees and fences.
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DI-Guy

DI-Guy is software and content for adding lifelike human characters to real-time visual simulations.

DI-Guy characters look realistic, respond to simple high-level commands, and travel about the environment as directed.

DI-Guy characters make seamless transitions from one activity to the next, moving naturally like real people.

DI-Guy is software and content for adding lifelike human characters to real-time visual simulations.
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DI-Guy is available as an integrated suite of COTS software products:

• DI-Guy SDK is a software library that lets you quickly integrate humans into your real-time visual application.

• DI-Guy Scenario is an interactive 3D visual application for authoring human performances.

• DI-Guy AI adds artificial intelligence to the characters, enabling them to autonomously navigate and react to their changing environment.

• DI-Guy Roleplayer and Lifeform Server stations are authorable human-centric training solutions designed for both single player use and distributed simulation populations.

DI-Guy is software and content for adding lifelike human characters to real-time visual simulations.
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DI-Guy has always been designed to work in distributed simulations.

Our DIS and HLA solutions let you network your human entities with unparalleled fidelity and precision.

DI-Guy is software and content for adding lifelike human characters to real-time visual simulations.
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DI-Guy is used by all branches of the US Armed Forces and by leading organizations worldwide such as:
Raydon, Presagis, VT MÄK, Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, SAIC, BAE Systems, CAE, Rockwell-Collins, General Dynamics, Honeywell, Alion, Flight Safety, BMW, Daimler, Chrysler, Ford, RUAG, Elbit, Rafael, BVR, Kongsberg, EADS, Hitachi, Mitsubishi . . .

DI-Guy is software and content for adding lifelike human characters to real-time visual simulations.
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For more information email us at diguy@diguy.com

or visit our website www.diguy.com

About Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics is an engineering company that specializes in building dynamic robots and software for human simulation.

The company began as a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where National Academy of Engineering member Marc Raibert and his colleagues first developed robots that ran and maneuvered like animals.

They founded the company in 1992, and their ground-breaking work continues to inspire several of the company's activities.

Today the company creates a variety of innovative robots, including BigDog, a quadruped robot for travel on rough-terrain, PETMAN, an anthropomorphic robot for testing equipment, RISE, a robot that climbs vertical surfaces, SquishBot, a shape-changing chemical robot that moves through tight space, and many others.

The company also develops tools for human simulation.

DI-Guy is a human simulation product used for simulation-based training, UAV training, law-enforcement training, mission-planning and many other applications.

DI-Guy has become the defacto standard for human simulation as used in military applications; it is used by leading organizations world-wide, including all branches of the US Armed Forces.

Digital Biomechanics is a physics-based human simulation product used to design and evaluate equipment used on the human body, such as backpacks, helmets, body armor and the like.

Boston Dynamics has an extraordinary technical team of engineers and scientists.

The team seamlessly combines advanced analytical thinking with boots-in-the-mud practicality.

We pride ourselves in building machines that are both innovative and actually work.

Contact

Boston Dynamics
78 Fourth Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts
02451-7507, US

General Information:
Phone: 617.868.5600
Fax: 617.868.5907
Email: info@BostonDynamics.com

Robot Sales:
Email: sales@bostondynamics.com

Media Inquiries:
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Video
LS3 - Legged Squad Support System

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ezXBEBE6U

Video
BigDog Evolution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqMVg5ixhd0

Video
LittleDog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIipbi0cAVE

Video
PETMAN Prototype

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67CUudkjEG4

Video
DARPA's Cheetah Bolts Past the Competition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S8qik5Nzqk

Video
Sand Flea Jumping Robot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b4ZZQkcNEo

Video
Cool New Autonomous Robot - The Beginning of Skynet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtRnzlO7m_M

Source: Boston Dynamics

http://www.bostondynamics.com/

ASTROMAN Magazine - 2011.02.27

Boston Dynamics is an equal opportunity employer

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