i think we are in deep shit. there is no way that such robots paired with artificial intelligence do not take over the world. we are a few years away from it. humans will self destruct not by killing each other, but by creating robots that will be out of control.
New Video of BigDog Quadruped Robot Is So Stunning It's Spooky
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#12You know, I knew there was something weirdly familiar about watching that video. Then someone remarked that it reminded them of a Hunter from Half-Life 2. Now I'm scared.
That was exactly what I thought too. It looks just like the new Hunters. Good thing it's being built for the U.S Military and not the Combine....
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#13I love this robot. It is the right way to do legged locomotion.
Leave it to "a few guys in a garage" to crush Honda's 15 year effort with Asimo. Granted, those few guys were key in the MIT leg lab...
Note that BDI is all about the mechanics. They haven't done much work on the perception side of things. If you work in that area, contact them.
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#14i think we are in deep shit. there is no way that such robots paired with artificial intelligence do not take over the world. we are a few years away from it. humans will self destruct not by killing each other, but by creating robots that will be out of control.
Don't forget the sharks that shoot lasers from their eyes.
Or the dogs with the bees in their mouths, and when they bark, they shoot bees at you.
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#15I can't decide if the bit where he tries to kick it over or the bit on the ice is best.
I think the ice part is better--I doubt any animal would have recovered from that without falling on its side. What I really want to see is a bloopers reel from early in the project.
It seems that it is much easier to stay up with three or four legs than two. Just lock them into a slightly outward direction and you cannot fall. If you're on one or two though, you've really got to balance the rest of the system much more carefully.
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#16i think we are in deep shit. there is no way that such robots paired with artificial intelligence do not take over the world. we are a few years away from it. humans will self destruct not by killing each other, but by creating robots that will be out of control.
Well, only if we give them the ability to be self-powered and reproduce without any help. The first is feasible, but the second is so difficult that I can't see it happening by mistake, or being worth the added complexity compared to just making non-self-reproducing robots on an assembly line (on Earth, at least).
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#18It's getting scary.
It's not that we're going to have robots going haywire and killing people on its own. It's that the elite crust of humanity is going to use it againstt us. Think blackwater is bad now? How about when they're not even human beings?
The thing keeping the elites in check for all of human history has been that they can't get too crazy or their own soldiers will mutiny. Hitler was a study in charismatic leadership. He was able to commit atrocities only because the german populace liked him so much. WHat attrocities will be possible when it is impossible for your soldiers to disobey?
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#19Wow! Amazing.
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#20It actually makes me think of a robot horse more than a dog.
Does that mean in 20 years we'll all be riding robot horses around?
Once again, the Japanese are way ahead of us... http://www.absoluteanime.com/saber_rider/index.gif
