Introducing Handle – Boston Dynamics [video] • Hacker News Board

Re: Introducing Handle – Boston Dynamics [video]

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Post by modeless » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 10:15 PM UTC

bryanlarsen wrote: post #117

modeless wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually it looks to me as though the legs cannot move sideways at all, only forward/back/up/down. If that's true it would be nearly impossible for Handle to stand on one leg or even raise one leg for long enough to perform a decent kick without falling over.

In the video where Handle is moving in a circle quickly while crouching you can clearly see one leg moving out to the side.

Nope. The legs are still pointing in exactly the same direction relative to the body, the only difference is the body is tilted. Relative to the body the legs have different vertical extension but the horizontal distance between them is the same.

Re: Introducing Handle – Boston Dynamics [video]

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Post by nikofeyn » Wed, Mar 01, 2017, 3:15 AM UTC

jpm_sd wrote: post #38

return0 wrote: post #10

Has boston dynamics put these things to some real usage? They 've been showing impressive videos for 7, 8 years?

Unfortunately there is no practical application for them. They're incredibly capable, but they're also expensive, fragile, and difficult to maintain. This is, in a nutshell, why Google decided not to hold on to the company - no consumer market whatsoever.

that is not why google decided to "not hold on to the company". it was far more due to culture and direction conflicts. in general, it seems google does not really understand what to do with the companies it purchases.

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-google-and-boston-dynamic...

Re: Introducing Handle – Boston Dynamics [video]

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Post by ThrowawayR2 » Thu, Mar 02, 2017, 10:03 PM UTC

supergreg wrote: post #80

ThrowawayR2 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Someone still has to man the lengthy manufacturing and supply chains to build these things and their consumables plus someone needs to be deployed into the theater of operations to perform logistical support and maintenance to keep your hypothetical killbots in action. (Automated manufacturing is one thing, automated diagnosis and repair is quite another.) Someone also has to have acquired enough military expertise t…

Plenty of videogames have trained people for that. The lower end of the technical elite.

>Plenty of videogames have trained people for that. The lower end of the technical elite.

This is a prime example of the disdain for the military I was talking about. Actual warfighting is far more complex than noob tubing and zerg rushes, I assure you.