Robotic Overlords (and dogs)

[tig]

Oh. My. God.

https://youtu.be/fRj34o4hN4I

[geordi]

Oh. My. God.

https://youtu.be/fRj34o4hN4I

Nah... thats Greg Louganis

[davintosh]

Oh. My. God.

https://youtu.be/fRj34o4hN4I

Now they're just showing off.

I came here looking for this thread to post the same video. You beat me to it.

[Mike W.]

Oh. My. God.

https://youtu.be/fRj34o4hN4I

Yeah, no shit. Watching it a bit I think I'm more impressed with the programming that must have to go into it than the mechanics of it.

[a]

Does it run on gas?

[tig]

I was worried before. Now, I'm just fucking scared shitless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUyU3lKzoio

I'm also kinda excited to see how this all turns out for us.

[Mike W.]

Never gave it a thought before that a doorknob would be more robot proof than a lever. Of course at the rate they're progressing it's probably only a matter of time anyway.

[tig]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJc61TEuDPo

[Das_Prachtstrasse]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJc61TEuDPo

My thoughts exactly.

[davintosh]

I'll start to worry when they're able to improvise and figure out how to overcome obstacles without having to bring in a buddy with an extra limb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuyQljqD5nQ

[MicahO]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuyQljqD5nQ

That's impressive. Growing up, my lab could open our screen doors - the ones with push-lever latches that opened outwards. Manipulating a round knob with a tool!?!?! Wow.

The recent ski-robot-challenge was pretty funny.

[Kenny Blankenship]

Big deal. I won't be scared until they come up with a robotic cat that coughs up furballs.

[tig]

[Karl Grau]

Working for good instead of evil (at least that's what they want us to believe).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do2q3f30eag

[davintosh]

Time to start stockpiling bananen.

[davintosh]

Anyone watch the Black Mirror episode, Metalhead on Netflix?
I just did; not encouraging. At. All.

http://ew.com/tv/2017/12/29/black-mirro ... interview/



Best that we wipe them out before they’re smart enough to do the same to us.

[Mike W.]

The movements are getting so fluid I'm expecting one to lift a leg and let go.

Hmmm, so if a robot dog could piss, what would it piss?

[tig]

Anyone watch the Black Mirror episode, Metalhead on Netflix?
I just did; not encouraging. At. All.

http://ew.com/tv/2017/12/29/black-mirro ... interview/



Best that we wipe them out before they’re smart enough to do the same to us.

Love that show. Haven't gotten to that episode yet though.

[davintosh]

I hate snakes.

https://youtu.be/8VLjDjXzTiU

[Mike W.]

Spot mini due to go on sale next year.

Boston Dynamics' robots keep getting smarter -- and soon they'll be available for purchase.

At a TechCrunch robotics event on Friday, Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert announced its robotic dog SpotMini is currently in "pre-production." The company will start selling the robots in 2019.

It's unclear who will be able to buy them, and the cost has not yet been revealed.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/20 ... story.html

[davintosh]

Too bad they cut the video before he did the jump & flip to get back to ground level.

https://youtu.be/LikxFZZO2sk

[Mike W.]

Where's the emoticon for jaw drop? I should be used to it by now but somehow it's always a wow.

[a]

Heh heh. Cek's sexy ski boots and this creation got me thinking. Could it ski, snow board? Sky dive? Surf? skate board ? Ice skate? I made a service call to that building back when they were messing with dog sized tracked thingies. Thats an impressive amount of mechanical and hydraulic stuff. What does it run on? For how long?

[tig]

We are so fucked.

https://youtu.be/fn3KWM1kuAw

[Bonsaibacker]

First time I had checked out this thread- ignorance was bliss. Applications are endless.

[Mike W.]

Everytime CEK posts an update I'm absolutely dumbfounded. And I tell you this, those robots can dance a whole lot better than I can. Of course that's not saying much.

The movements are so fluid and lifelike, I wonder how they programmed them. My guess is they put about 18 different motion sensors on some guy, had him dance, took that data, programmed it into the robot, then finished it with some detail tweaking. Curious too, how similar to human proportions the robots are, all the way down to the feet. I wonder how much was because it worked well, and how much is marketing. Speaking of, I believe Boston Dynamics was sold recently, though I forget the details.

[vinceg101]

^^^Google a few years ago.

[Adam W in MN]

Wow that video was scary and impressive. When will we have a servant robot society like in I Robot?

[vinceg101]

^^^Google a few years ago.

Which should be even more terrifying.

[davintosh]

All we gotta do is knock out the control ship and they all go limp.

Saw this one yesterday; Ford & Agility Robotics are working on a delivery robot. Really creepy seeing the things walking with the knees bending the wrong way. I don't see how that can be an improvement over the original.
(yes, I see that the "knees" are higher up, attached to a shorter "thigh", like a horse's hind leg. But the appearance of the thing is just, unnatural!)



Just keep the damned thing off my lawn.