<b>Boston Dynamics PETMAN</b> PETMAN, created to test protective clothing for extreme situations, has become so much more. He&#8217;s able to walk like a man, run like a man, and even jump like a man. You can push the big fella and he&#8217;ll balance himself out to keep on walking. We suspect he&#8217;s made for more than clothes testing &#8211; perhaps a future race of robot soldiers who don&#8217;t like being pushed about? Yes, that&#8217;s much more exciting.
 

Boston Dynamics PETMAN PETMAN, created to test protective clothing for extreme situations, has become so much more. He’s able to walk like a man, run like a man, and even jump like a man. You can push the big fella and he’ll balance himself out to keep on walking. We suspect he’s made for more than clothes testing – perhaps a future race of robot soldiers who don’t like being pushed about? Yes, that’s much more exciting.

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In Pictures: 12 of the best real-life robots

by Luke Edwards  |  10 Aug 2012  |  Comments

Robots in films and TV are all good and scary, but for real amazement and potential we have plenty of robots right here in reality, from Curiosity to the Swumanoid.
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