BigDog's goal is to be the world's most advanced quadruped robot for outdoor applications. BigDog is aimed at the mission of a mechanical mule - a category with few competitors to date: power autonomous quadrupeds capable of carrying significant payloads, operating outdoors, with static and dynamic mobility, and fully integrated sensing. BigDog is about 1 m tall, 1 m long and 0.3 m wide, and weighs about 90 kg. BigDog has demonstrated walking and trotting gaits, as well as standing up and sitting down. Since its creation in the fall of 2004, BigDog has logged tens of hours of walking, climbing and running time. It has walked up and down 25 & 35 degree inclines and trotted at speeds up to 1.8 m/s. BigDog has walked at 0.7 m/s over loose rock beds and carried over 50 kg of payload. We are currently working to expand BigDog's rough terrain mobility through the creation of robust locomotion strategies and terrain sensing capabilities.
Conference Committee Involvement (10)
Unmanned Systems Technology XVI
6 May 2014 | Baltimore, MD, United States
Unmanned Systems Technology XV
1 May 2013 | Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Unmanned Systems Technology XIV
25 April 2012 | Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Unmanned Systems Technology XIII
27 April 2011 | Orlando, Florida, United States
Unmanned Systems Technology XII
6 April 2010 | Orlando, Florida, United States
Unmanned Systems Technology XI
14 April 2009 | Orlando, Florida, United States
Unmanned Systems Technology X
17 March 2008 | Orlando, Florida, United States
Unmanned Systems Technology IX
9 April 2007 | Orlando, Florida, United States
Unmanned Systems Technology VIII
17 April 2006 | Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States
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