If I'd seen this in a horror movie 10 years ago, I'd probably have laughed. There is something about it being real that truly terrifies me.
Imagine this thing coming at you at full speed.
Introducing Handle – Boston Dynamics [video]
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Re: Introducing Handle – Boston Dynamics [video]
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is there still going to be a "theirs" standing after a first power deploys massively "our" robots?
Allow me to ask you a rhetorical question: Do you see many Raytheon engineers telling the front lines who and where to shoot?
The moment those drones are given a degree of discretion in target selection, yes.
Re: Introducing Handle – Boston Dynamics [video]
#83Now if it just yelled "I'm free!" during that last jump :-) More seriously, this is a very agile robot I am very sure I would never want to be in the same room with it when it was being tested. That said, the 100 lb basket it a bit disappointing. I was thinking "Ok this could be an offload/onload robot for freight" but maybe not. It is remarkably quiet which is something the original Bigdog discovered really put the…
Something human-sized and untethered which is capable of lifting a 40kg load and running with it? It's not going to replace a container crane but (as you mention) it'd be a very versatile warehouse bot.
Re: Introducing Handle – Boston Dynamics [video]
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#85Much creepier version of this, video of it was actually surfaced about a month ago. [1] [1] https://youtu.be/giS41utjlbU?t=52s
Heh, last time I missed the piece flying off the robot as it landed the jump. I wonder what broke?
Re: Introducing Handle – Boston Dynamics [video]
#86I can't wait for weapons to be attached to this thing so it can be used against us in the future. Imagine the part where it was spinning, but instead with a firing automatic weapon. What prevents democracy from collapsing when a certain technical elite control the most powerful autonomous weapons and keep tabs on everyone's daily lives?
Chances are, you don't live in a democracy anyway. Most "western" world is either a representative republic or the same mixed with a monarchy. Switzerland is the only country that gets close to a democracy - they let their citizens vote on many issues.
A representative democracy is still a democracy.
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#87I wonder how many cars in the parking lot have been trashed at this place while working out quirks with these robots. I think I would be parking down the road a bit. ETA: I guess that's skin in the game. They probably have an agreement that everyone involved with the project parks their car in the parking lot for the first parking lot run.
> I guess that's skin in the game
Should be a requirement in most engineering/maintenance fields IMO. When I used to be a pilot, the engineer who signed off on the maintenance manifest after a major aircraft service was always required to go up on the check flight with the flight crew.
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#88I can't wait for weapons to be attached to this thing so it can be used against us in the future. Imagine the part where it was spinning, but instead with a firing automatic weapon. What prevents democracy from collapsing when a certain technical elite control the most powerful autonomous weapons and keep tabs on everyone's daily lives?
yes, things are finally getting interesting around here.
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#89I'd like to see it fall and recover. These videos just aren't what they used to be since they stopped kicking them robots.
IDK, seemed pretty capable when it hit that ice/snow patch coming down the hill.
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#90I can't wait for weapons to be attached to this thing so it can be used against us in the future. Imagine the part where it was spinning, but instead with a firing automatic weapon. What prevents democracy from collapsing when a certain technical elite control the most powerful autonomous weapons and keep tabs on everyone's daily lives?
Guess we should be building our own ... to respond in kind.