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Re: An electric new era for Atlas

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Post by micromacrofoot » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 1:49 PM UTC

oh wow, this looks much more like a commercial product — quite uncanny

I bet it talks

Re: An electric new era for Atlas

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 1:50 PM UTC

unsupp0rted wrote: post #27

prime09 wrote: post #25

They found the bottom of the uncanny valley and started digging.

That was my first thought. Shock value PR stunt? Moving the Overton window for the general public’s aversion to what comes next?

Marketing. It's attention grabbing.

Re: An electric new era for Atlas

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Post by defrost » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 1:50 PM UTC

beezlebroxxxxxx wrote: post #24

Are there any Boston Dynamic robots currently in use? Specifically the biped ones, but I'm also interested in the quadrupeds, which they seemed to be pushing for military/search and rescue/packhorse uses.

The quadrupeds saw use in Singapore during COVID (2020) to remind people about social distancing, today (2024) they're being used in car manfacture plants to "fetch" for other fixed robots.

https://www.thestreet.com/automotive/boston-dynamics-robot-d...

so they do have non-military applications.

Re: An electric new era for Atlas

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Post by jack_riminton » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 1:50 PM UTC

A hill I'm willing to die on: bipedal robots are an evolutionary path that machines don't need to go down, we have lovely bearings and wheels that work perfectly with electric motors.

Yes obviously there are limitations i.e. stairs and uneven terrain but there are wheeled/tracked solutions for those too

Most of these robots will be used in factories that have very nice flat concrete floors

Re: An electric new era for Atlas

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Post by r0ckarong » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 1:52 PM UTC

beezlebroxxxxxx wrote: post #24

Are there any Boston Dynamic robots currently in use? Specifically the biped ones, but I'm also interested in the quadrupeds, which they seemed to be pushing for military/search and rescue/packhorse uses.

New York and Los Angeles at least use them (Spot) already. Nestle and AB InBev in their facilities apparently. Paris uses it for Metro inspections.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFRcle4Szo4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Y52zjZYXo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9pZQ29RSz4I https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XPOpnJSldUg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p535RRR5MqM

Re: An electric new era for Atlas

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Post by michelb » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 1:53 PM UTC

Fantastic movement, not bound to human anatomy.

Re: An electric new era for Atlas

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Post by dcchambers » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 1:58 PM UTC

Lmao of course they had to make him get up off the ground in the creepiest way possible.

Re: An electric new era for Atlas

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Post by seatac76 » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 1:58 PM UTC

Looks like they were able to miniaturize a lot of the components. Looks much cleaner and the dexterity looks much improved too.

Re: An electric new era for Atlas

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Post by Mizza » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 1:59 PM UTC

Jesus fuck. I guess the war machine is hungry again so they've fired all the people who made the cute dancing videos and brought in the nightmare engineers.

I'm thinking more and more that that "Terminator" was the most accurate of all the sci-fi dystopias.

Re: An electric new era for Atlas

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Post by zzzeek » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 1:59 PM UTC

The circular screen is supposed to display the words "PLEASE DISPLAY YOUR PAPERWORK, CITIZEN", otherwise what's the point really