Saturday, September 8, 2012

U.S. Government Creates Its Very Own BaCUE/LaGOWE....I mean Decepticon [News via IGN.com]

DARPA really loved Transformers 2 because they made their own Ravage.
[News via IGN.com]

The U.S. government's DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) has created a cat-like robot capable of outrunning Olympic champion and fastest man alive Usain Bolt.
The robot, developed and tested by Boston Dynamics, is dubbed the Cheetah, which we really hope stands for Chasing Hunting Exterminating Eradicating Terminating Android Holy s**t machine.
"DARPA states on its website that it hopes to use the Cheetah robot in emergency responses, humanitarian missions and other defense missions," according to CBS News.
As you can see from the DARPA video below, its design is reminiscent of the cat-like Decepticon named Ravage from Transformers. 
Image of Ravage from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen*
Perhaps when this cat-like robot technology matures, we can see a bigger version of it, to be piloted by humans.... just like the LaGOWE & BaCUE from the Gundam TV Series 'Gundam SEED'.
*Image of the LaGOWE & BaCUE from Gundam SEED*

News via IGN.com

6 comments:

  1. Metal Gear Solid is finally a reality...

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  2. I'd be more scare if this guy turned out to be Transmetal 2 Cheetor..lol

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  3. It still going to take awhile because it's fast on a treadmill and not on uneven terrain in the real-world. Still the Cheetah is awesome to see.

    Anything on the size of a LaGOWE and BaCUE is impractical because IEDs and mines can cripple them. They are superior on land in CE but in the real-world I don't see them faring well against tanks which have a smaller profile thus easier to hide, equipped with accurate long range cannon and armor penetrating rounds like those that contain depleted uranium.

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  4. It reminds me of Crying Wolf's mobile armor from Metal Gear Solid 4.

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  5. If anyone has read Snow Crash..DARPA just built the Rat Thing.

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  6. how have none of you made the connection to ZOIDS

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