Behold "WildCat": Four Legs of Galloping Mechanical Terror

[Andy Chalk]

Behold "WildCat": Four Legs of Galloping Mechanical Terror

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When the robots rise against us, this is the machine that will run you down.

When the day comes that machines turn against humanity - and they will - the lucky ones will go quickly, consumed without warning in nuclear fire. Those few who survive will spend their remaining days looking over their shoulders and listening for the sound of the WildCat, a four-legged robot foolishly being developed by Boston Dynamics, with funding from DARPA.

WildCat is still in development and yet already it can outrun you, and displays alarming maneuverability, too. The simple act of rising to its feet just screams of menace and malice; now imagine it with a minigun and shoulder-mounted tasers, facial recognition technology and absolutely zero interest in Isaac Asimov. This is the way the world ends, people: Not with a bang or a whimper, but with a buzz, a metallic hoofbeat and the melancholic knowledge that we brought it all upon ourselves.

Source: YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE3fmFTtP9g]


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[Terminate421]

Something about these things just terrifies me. Maybe its some human instinct bullshit.i

 

[Stupidity]

I like its adorable little bounding motions as it circles at the start. Makes me imagine it running someone down and circling the body like a good doggie.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Another mechanical terror. At least we'll hear them coming when they turn on us. Of course it'll also be the last thing we hear.

 

[Somebloke]

I wondered why it was moving backwards, until I counted the joints.

 

[TheIceQueen]

Looks like it's not so good at making sharp turns. I'll have to keep that in mind for the future.

 

[rofltehcat]

How heavy is that thing? It isn't big but I bet it has quite some mass. Maybe pump it up a bit, put armor plating on it and then commence crashing through (thin) walls, glass fronts and doors.

 

[Miss G.]

Its still in development, how do we know these guys aren't capable of making a stealthier version that works against our ever increasing unawareness of our surroundings, like a real wildcat? Scary.

 

[-Dragmire-]

Make a bigger version that can carry people, I wanna ride it!

 

[Evil Smurf]

A killer robot kitty! D'awwww

 

[Angelous Wang]

Looks like it's not so good at making sharp turns. I'll have to keep that in mind for the future.

Doesn't look a though it can self right ether, it has turtle weakness.

 

[Vivid Kazumi]

That thing Buzzes so loud they should name it Lightyear instead.

boooooooo*throws tomato's*

 

[TheIceQueen]

Looks like it's not so good at making sharp turns. I'll have to keep that in mind for the future.

Doesn't look a though it can self right ether, it has turtle weakness.

There's hope for the future. We can overcome the robots. We might sustain losses, but we will survive.

 

[Machine Man 1992]

Good god, I can only imagine the terror of the completed model. Probably going to look like a robot panther with a camera and Metal Storm cannons for a head.

 

[weirdee]

whenever i see this thing in every successive generation, it keeps reminding me more and more of the search and destroy dogs from fahrenheit 451

 

[Kasual13]

Getting awfully close to MGS Gekko territory here...

 

[Ragsnstitches]

I found the starting moment hilarious, as it rears itself up off the ground in a very intimidating fashion, slowly lifting it's weight, legs spread and ready to lunge...

Then it instantly brings its legs together and starts this quirky hop before taking off.

Also, I couldn't be the only one who thought it was going backwards at first.