You all have long been familiar with the robot BigDog. But now we are acquainted with the new generation of robots of this design, which called Petman. Its design represents a human body to the waist. A robot developed by Boston Dynamics, is – the same company that produced and BigDog. First they started to do this chassis robot. He will be able to move freely, to crawl and do different gymnastic actions.

And he does it with high speed (3.2 mph) and the stability, simulating the human gait.
Robot Petman primarily intended for military purposes and testing of military development. Today it is used for the U.S. Army to test protective gear.

Petman will walk, crawl and make the motion under the influence of various chemicals. Petman also imitirovuet human physiology (the proper temperature, humidity and sweating, both in real terms). Yes, if, suddenly, I’ll walk in the park and see that the robot will walk their Petman BigDog I was not surprised.

By the way, Swiss scientists have been using sweating mannequin robot that helps them to improve sportswear. The crux of the idea – to conduct long-term tests sportswear without direct human intervention and, if possible, in conditions as close as possible to the real