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Re: Extreme parkour with legged robots

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Post by presidentender »

dclowd9901 wrote: post #62
fuelfive wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Glad to see our universities making progress in this important area of national security.

What a naive statement. Do you really believe no other nation is capable of making such a thing? This doesn’t improve our national security at all. Just ups the ante for robotic infantry, whatever the hell that ends up meaning. Like advancements in war technology has ever been a positive in the world.

Unfortunately war is kind of a Red Queen scenario where the technology advances everywhere.

Re: Extreme parkour with legged robots

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Post by johnthesecure »

foderking wrote: post #56
noelwelsh wrote: post #29

I'm sure this is impressive for an autonomous robot. However, as a fan of real parkour its kinda annoying to see some modest jumps and walking on a slope labelled "extreme parkour". What the robot demonstrates I'd expect any healthy 10 year old to be able to equal.

its actually hard for robots to compete with 10 year olds

Two years ago, the Boston Dynamics Atlas could do mid-air somersaults - that's better than most 10-year-olds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4DML7FIWk

Re: Extreme parkour with legged robots

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Post by the__alchemist »

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Re: Extreme parkour with legged robots

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Post by Prickle »

croes wrote: post #48
gumby wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are vehicles that can navigate terrain a wheeled vehicle cannot. So they could do anything from operate as pack "animals" for infiltration teams to be armed drones that creep along the ground, harder to detect than a flying one.

Once again, how does this improve national security? That's offense not defense. It worsens the national security of your opponent but doesn't strengthen your own.

How does it not?

Consider terrain such as the mountain ranges along the side of California. Or the entirety of Japan.

Wheeled and tracked vehicles generally have problems in that terrain.

Legged robots don't. Suddenly your troops intended to operate in mountainous terrain have a reliable robot donkey to use as a packmule.

Many countries (US, Germany, France, Italy, etc) still use horses and donkeys for transport in bad terrain.

Re: Extreme parkour with legged robots

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Post by Prickle »

croes wrote: post #77
XorNot wrote: post #53

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What do you think defense actually is in the current technological era? You don't defend territory with static defense's or force fields or walls.

Yeah, but do you think these technology can't be copied by others? Drones and robots made attacks easier, did that help national security? Countries like Russia or China won't attack because of nuclear weapons but groups like ISIS don't care.

> Drones and robots made attacks easier, did that help national security?

Large flying drones make patrolling a border easier. You don't have to worry about the pilot's fatigue level. Only fuel/battery.

The war in Ukraine clearly shows that smaller drones also help in attacking and defending. Attacking, by dropping bombs or spotting targets. And defending, via spotting incoming enemy forces; spotting enemy artillery that is shooting at you, etc

Re: Extreme parkour with legged robots

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Post by nico »

dclowd9901 wrote: post #62
fuelfive wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Glad to see our universities making progress in this important area of national security.

What a naive statement. Do you really believe no other nation is capable of making such a thing? This doesn’t improve our national security at all. Just ups the ante for robotic infantry, whatever the hell that ends up meaning. Like advancements in war technology has ever been a positive in the world.

This topic is somehow explored in the movie The Creator

There’s a lot of wholes in the plot, but the overall premise and scenario seem eerily plausible

Re: Extreme parkour with legged robots

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Post by lusus_naturae »

Mistletoe wrote: post #45
mcbutterbunz wrote: post #30

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Its my assumption that biology inspired robots would adapt better to a biological world. It might also be easier to solve problems by copying those who have already figured out a solution.

Nature can’t really make a nice wheel and free wheeling hub though. Blood vessels would get ripped off, cartilage etc.

Nature does it own version of a "wheel", mainly in flagella: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotating_locomotion_in_livin...

Re: Extreme parkour with legged robots

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Post by lusus_naturae »

mytailorisrich wrote: post #6

This gives me Black Mirror-fueled nightmares... not least because those videos suggest that a Black Mirror scenario may not be that far off and what probably saves us for now is battery capacity.

Ideally, the panacea to such nightmares is democracy. In practice, history shows that greedy people with power often don't understand anything other than force (sadly).
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