DARPA and Boston Dynamics unveil a new humanoid robot
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DARPA and Boston Dynamics unveil a new humanoid robot
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Re: DARPA and Boston Dynamics unveil a new humanoid robot
#2I'm getting tired of extremetech blogspam and sensationalism. This source video was posted yesterday by me and didn't really make it anywhere. It seems I should get a voting ring and embellish my titles a bit more.
If anyone wants to read up on the DRC the two latest press releases are here: http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2013/07/11.aspx http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2013/06/27.aspx.
Re: DARPA and Boston Dynamics unveil a new humanoid robot
#3The stuff that Boston Dynamics is doing with DARPA funding feels like a current-generation parallel to how DARPA funded the early efforts at building the Internet.
I suspect we will look back on these guys as some of the early pioneers of the yet-to-come ubiquitous robotics era.
Re: DARPA and Boston Dynamics unveil a new humanoid robot
#4Now all we have to do is scale it up and we'll be ready for when the kaiju attack.
Re: DARPA and Boston Dynamics unveil a new humanoid robot
#5I'm getting tired of extremetech blogspam and sensationalism. This source video was posted yesterday by me and didn't really make it anywhere. It seems I should get a voting ring and embellish my titles a bit more. If anyone wants to read up on the DRC the two latest press releases are here: http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2013/07/11.aspx http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2013/06/27.aspx .
I know what you mean. If it doesn't scream READ ME it doesn't get anywhere...
However that's just how our brains work.
Unlike ATLAS... we're only Human
Re: DARPA and Boston Dynamics unveil a new humanoid robot
#6I'm getting tired of extremetech blogspam and sensationalism. This source video was posted yesterday by me and didn't really make it anywhere. It seems I should get a voting ring and embellish my titles a bit more. If anyone wants to read up on the DRC the two latest press releases are here: http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2013/07/11.aspx http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2013/06/27.aspx .
I don't know. This pretty much looks like the Terminator to me. It just needs some good software and a gun. Google's self-driving car technology could be adapted into a formidable killing machine brain.
Re: DARPA and Boston Dynamics unveil a new humanoid robot
#7Now all we have to do is scale it up and we'll be ready for when the kaiju attack.
Congratulations on making me snort tea up my nose :)
Re: DARPA and Boston Dynamics unveil a new humanoid robot
#8The current geek want it, the future geek with the robotic gun in his head don't.
Re: DARPA and Boston Dynamics unveil a new humanoid robot
#9What is the point of having it be bipedal?
Would not the dog/four legged system work out better? You could still have it manipulate items with forelegs if you wanted but keep the inherit stability
Re: DARPA and Boston Dynamics unveil a new humanoid robot
#10Disaster recovery, assistance and space applications (asteroid mining?) are the only real applications of these robots.
This is not going to be useful in the military. The only advantage it may have over humans is increased accuracy, and even then, a mobile gun platform on wheels will do a much better job.
This robot is less mobile, less reliable, less endurable, much less smart and much less flexible than any average soldier. The only applications I can think of are extreme weather conditions (i.e. Antarctica and the Sahara desert), and even then it would probably fail fast.
I don't think it's complete garbage, it's just that I don't see it being close to useful in real military applications this century.