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Boston Dynamics' newest creepy robot is here

Wyndstryker

Wyndstryker

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Oct 25, 2017
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Wait till these guys show up with weapons and the black glass "face" is asking you to surrender or die
 
I am a Bird

I am a Bird

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Oct 31, 2017
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m_shortpants

m_shortpants

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Oct 25, 2017
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They know what they're doing with that intro, lmao.

There are some great PR and marketing folks at Boston Dynamics, that's for sure.
 
Spacejaws

Spacejaws

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Oct 27, 2017
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Scotland
Everything about that sequence reminds me of waking up and pulling my drunk ass off my friends floor at 5am because I'd pissed myself while him and his roomate made out on the couch in front of me.
 
Version 3.0

Version 3.0

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Oct 27, 2017
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This would be cool if we lived in the timeline where these robots were going to serve us, instead of the one where they kill and/or replace us.
 
Instant Vintage

Instant Vintage

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Oct 25, 2017
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Let me ask you: does a machine like yourself ever experience fear?

Kill it now. Don't greenlight SHIT, Boston Dynamics.
 
crienne

crienne

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Oct 25, 2017
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I want to believe it's sped up a bit because those rotational movements looked way too smooth and if that's real speed, I'm suitably creeped out.
 
Gravidee

Gravidee

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crienne said:
I want to believe it's sped up a bit because those rotational movements looked way too smooth and if that's real speed, I'm suitably creeped out.
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Probably real. Unlike the previous Atlas, I believe this is meant to be the type of model they want to sell to consumers, similar to Spot. So whatever abilities this thing has, ought to be genuine.
 
shockdude

shockdude

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Oct 26, 2017
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The new rotating joints seem to let Atlas turn around with "simple" rotations instead of shuffling its legs around like a human. Really cool.
 
Doug Dimmadome

Doug Dimmadome

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Jan 20, 2022
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What's the use case of these things? Boston Dynamics' website proudly states they'll never weaponize their robots. So what is their aim for developing them? even if they did want to, the military has this weird dilemma where they receive an absolute ass-load of money each year, yet are famously stringent. And these things must be incredibly expensive
 
refusi0n1

refusi0n1

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Oct 27, 2017
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Can two of them get a couch up some flights of stairs, a door entryway, and into an apartment living room though?
 
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