Hyundai Cars + Boston Dynamics Robots = Transformers?
Hyundai Construction Equipment does large hydraulic equipment, at the very least I hope to see some Mechs out of this acquisition.
Hyundai to acquire Boston Dynamics
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Re: Hyundai to acquire Boston Dynamics
#82It's shame it's Hyundai Motor Company and not Hyundai Construction Equipment.
Insightful comment. The demand for robotics in industrial machinery is growing and the sales cycle is faster.
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
Doing what you want works until the money runs out.
If your potential grows faster then the money runs out, you can play this game indefinitely. Source: River in Brazil
Pardon my ignorance. What is 'River in Brazil'? I tried googling a phew phrases to find something to no avail.
Re: Hyundai to acquire Boston Dynamics
#84It's shame it's Hyundai Motor Company and not Hyundai Construction Equipment.
I assumed the headline meant the conglomerate parent Hyundai Motor Group until you pointed this out. I figured it made more sense to be aligned with their other defense and heavy industry subsidiaries.
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#85I wonder how this will factor into the military contracts that Boston Dynamics has/will have.
Didn't Google exit those?
Re: Hyundai to acquire Boston Dynamics
#86I wonder how this will factor into the military contracts that Boston Dynamics has/will have.
Hopefully they'll all be cancelled. BD military robots call to mind the terrifying introduction to the first "Terminator" movie.
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#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
If your potential grows faster then the money runs out, you can play this game indefinitely. Source: River in Brazil
Pardon my ignorance. What is 'River in Brazil'? I tried googling a phew phrases to find something to no avail.
I think the poster is referring to Amazon
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#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Apps have added a lot more value to my life than BD ever has. This thinking will never take humans on Mars! Someone must work on hard, expensive problems. Human race does won't move forward with a chat but with the hard work of scientist, engineers etc ...
A lot of the hard work of scientists and engineers is enabled by chats, though.
"On the joyous and satisfying occasion of this, our first successful journey to Mars, we think back not only on all those who died along the way, but also on the Slack clone that allowed us avert disaster on this mission..."