Qualche cifra estrapolata dal sito della BD:
http://www.bostondynamics.com/img/BigDo ... 8-2008.pdf
"BigDog weighs about 109 kg (240 lbs), is about 1 meter tall,
1.1 meters long, and 0.3 m wide.
Travel speed for the crawl is about 0.2 m/s, for the trot is
about 1.6 m/s (3.5 mph), for the running trot is about 2 m/s
(4.4 mph) and BigDog briefly exceeded 3.1 m/s (7 mph) while
bounding in the laboratory.
We have tested BigDog travelling in mud and snow and on
inclines with a variety of surfaces, including rutted trials,
rocky, and loose scree. BigDog has also jumped about 1.1
meters. and carried various loads. On flat terrain BigDog has
carried 340 lbs (154 kg), although loads of 50 kg are more
typical. We are working on a redesign of BigDog to climb
with larger loads.
BigDog's longest continuous operation was a 10 km hike (6.2
miles) that lasted 2.5 hours."
Anche se riuscissero ad aumentare il carico utile, mi sa che non lo useranno solo come animale da soma...
P.S.: Anch'io sono per il partito della biada!
Con questo trabiccolo è già qualcosa capire dove sta la testa e dove la coda...
