12 Responses:

1. Charles Stephens says:

   11 years ago at 3:46 pm

   Well, we're boned. I'm glad I took out that policy with Old Glory Insurance:
   

2. DFB says:

   11 years ago at 9:35 pm

   The obvious problem here is that you would need external sensor recon to keep from wasting jumps and power on inappropriate trajectories.

3. David M.A. says:

   11 years ago at 10:51 pm

   Boston Dynamics is just staffed by a couple dozen of those Battlebots nuts, isn't it? Nice to see those of them who weren't Will Wright getting honest work.

   • jwz says:

     11 years ago at 10:53 pm

     No, it can't be. I have seen Battlebots in person and that was some amateur, incompetent bullshit. These people know what they're doing.

     • relaxing says:

       11 years ago at 1:18 pm

       A few successful high-profile DARPA contracts will do that.

4. skreidle says:

   11 years ago at 11:11 pm

   I just want to know how they contain and release that much propulsive power, repeatably, in that package..

   • skreidle says:

     11 years ago at 11:13 pm

     (And by "contain" I mean "generate and/or store".)

     • hattifattener says:

       11 years ago at 12:33 am

       CO2, and apparently the onboard reservoir has enough for 25 jumps.

   • jwz says:

     11 years ago at 11:14 pm

     That's what she said.

     • Ted Mielczarek says:

       11 years ago at 9:02 am

       Have you been drinking more lately while responding to blog comments? Your witty repartee to sarcastic snark ratio seems to have gone up.

5. Joe says:

   11 years ago at 9:34 am

   Looking forward to skateboards that incorporate this super-ollie technology.

6. Ted Mielczarek says:

   11 years ago at 9:04 am

   With a little more editing and a soundtrack, you could turn this into a passable human-free skateboarding video.