Following on from the
Battlefield Extraction Assist Robot (BEAR) (aka
Johnny Five) the US military are developing yet another robot to do helpful things on the battlefield like run amok and kill everyone carry the soldiers' kit. It's called 'BigDog', presumably because 'K-9' was already taken.
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It really is weird to watch, isn't it? Especially when it loses its balance.
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And yes, the way the legs move is uncanny - it alters from moving like people waling forwards to people moving backwards and back again... and as you say, when it loses its balance it reacts like Bambi.
*wibbles*
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