# Robo Mule **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 13, 2009, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762 "2009-05-13T09:44:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/1 "2009-05-13T09:44:42Z")
This thing is crazy scary looking… [ame=“[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZj9qKXetwg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZj9qKXetwg)”]YouTube - Boston Dynamics Big Dog FtBenning Report Feb 2009[/ame] [http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/05/robo-mules-to-afghanistan-not-yet/](http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/05/robo-mules-to-afghanistan-not-yet/) ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/2 "2009-05-13T10:21:53Z")
yep, that thing is pretty serious… I seen it about a year ago and was amazed at how it recovered from being kicked and jumping. [ame=“[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww)”]YouTube - Boston Dynamics Big Dog (new video March 2008)[/ame] I cant remember if I posted it or not ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/3 "2009-05-13T10:37:12Z")
awesome ---
**Author:** ![flyinglow57](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/flyinglow57/32/5978_2.png) [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/4 "2009-05-13T10:50:17Z")
atleast its quiet ---
**Author:** ![stinkbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@stinkbox](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stinkbox)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/5 "2009-05-13T11:16:43Z")
I think thats pretty awesome. That is funny how loud the 2 stroke engine is but im sure it could get developed with some elctric hydrolic’s. First step. Cool that someone is thinking outside the box. ---
**Author:** ![4doors5gears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4doors5gears/32/6006_2.png) [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/6 "2009-05-13T12:08:48Z")
Just another step towards machines being too smart and turning against their makers… Just wait. ---
**Author:** ![jph102900](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jph102900/32/6049_2.png) [@jph102900](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jph102900)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/7 "2009-05-13T12:21:04Z")
![http://imagecache.allposters.com/images/pic/GBEU/FP2070~The-Terminator-Posters.jpg](http://imagecache.allposters.com/images/pic/GBEU/FP2070~The-Terminator-Posters.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![steelcitysix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/steelcitysix/32/5992_2.png) [@steelcitysix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/steelcitysix)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/8 "2009-05-13T14:17:20Z")
That is genius… ---
**Author:** ![tegSimple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@tegSimple](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tegSimple)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/9 "2009-05-13T19:43:50Z")
it’s actually pretty freaky to watch in the second video. good thing someone wouldn’t be able to hear it from a mile away. ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/10 "2009-05-13T20:00:48Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/40325/6): > > Just another step towards machines being too smart and turning against their makers… Just wait. it may not happen like in the terminator. ( where a computer controls our entire defense network then runs amock) but I def see something happening ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/11 "2009-05-14T05:31:34Z")
This shit just further solidifies my theory that human beings are nothing more than robots designed by some sort of alien life form. ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/12 "2009-05-14T09:33:37Z")
> [@Anyone here transport cars?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-here-transport-cars/40328/9): > > This shit just further solidifies my theory that human beings are nothing more than robots designed by some sort of alien life form. I thought God made us and everything else in the world in 7 days? aliens, what a crazy idea. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/13 "2009-05-14T14:58:29Z")
> [@12/15, is everyone getting their drift on?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/12-15-is-everyone-getting-their-drift-on/40323/20): > > I thought God made us and everything else in the world in 7 days? aliens, what a crazy idea. > > 😃 is that what you thought? 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/14 "2009-05-14T15:45:48Z")
> [@mad l33t purchase](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mad-l33t-purchase/40294/30): > > it may not happen like in the terminator. ( where a computer controls our entire defense network then runs amock) but I def see something happening It sounds so freaking crazy to say it out loud…but you see something like that…and it makes you wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/15 "2009-05-15T07:02:15Z")
> [@Happy Bday MaximaChris!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/happy-bday-maximachris/40331/6): > > It sounds so freaking crazy to say it out loud…but you see something like that…and it makes you wonder. think of the level of sophistication our society was at 50 years ago. think of what it is now. think of what it will be like 50 years from now. Wanting to stick around to see just how crazy shit gets is one of the biggest reasons I want to quit smoking. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/16 "2009-05-15T07:55:51Z")
> [@Guys who have demodded to sell the car inside](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guys-who-have-demodded-to-sell-the-car-inside/40335/4): > > is that what you thought? 🤣 that’s how I was raised to think, but once I figured out how to think for myself… It will be neat to see what kind of crazy shit we come up with in the next 50 years. ---
**Author:** ![Russell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@Russell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Russell)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/17 "2009-05-16T14:07:53Z")
when you think we went from cars to the moon in 70 years, imagine the next 100 ---
**Author:** ![EXTtoG35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/67e7ee/32.png) [@EXTtoG35](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EXTtoG35)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robo-mule/202762/18 "2009-05-16T14:26:04Z")
thats some metal gear shit.