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February 28, 2017, 01:36 PM
smschulz
Yeah but can it make a hamburger?
February 28, 2017, 01:37 PM
ScorpionBoy
the things coming out of BD labs are terrifying.
February 28, 2017, 01:45 PM
OneWheelDrive
I can't wait for the mounted Police to be riding these.
================================================ Ultron: "You're unbearably naive." Vision: "Well, I was born yesterday."
February 28, 2017, 01:49 PM
bigdeal
One word...Skynet.
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February 28, 2017, 01:51 PM
dEX_RX
quote:
Originally posted by ScorpionBoy: the things coming out of BD labs are terrifying.
Robot, run me 2500 rounds of 45 Auto on the Dillion.
February 28, 2017, 02:28 PM
saigonsmuggler
quote:
Originally posted by ScorpionBoy: the things coming out of BD labs are terrifying.
Don't worry, it will have a directive to never harm a human being.. unless harming a human will save many other humans.
February 28, 2017, 02:32 PM
KMitch200
Very impressive.
Does it have a "rib cage" to stick a homemade pipebomb in just in case?
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February 28, 2017, 03:26 PM
MooneyP226
Clarior Hinc Honos
BSA Dad, Cheer Dad
February 28, 2017, 06:57 PM
Keystoner
Is that made by a publicly traded company?
Year V
February 28, 2017, 07:01 PM
Copefree
_______________ Mind. Over. Matter.
February 28, 2017, 07:12 PM
MooneyP226
From their website:
"Boston Dynamics is wholly owned subsidiary of Google, Inc. We began as a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where National Academy of Engineering member Marc Raibert and his colleagues first developed robots that ran and maneuvered like animals. They founded the company in 1992, and their ground-breaking work continues to inspire much of our work. Boston Dynamics has an extraordinary technical team of engineers and scientists. The team seamlessly combines advanced analytical thinking with boots-in-the-mud practicality. We pride ourselves in building machines that are both innovative and actually work."
Coupled with the other thread about the Google browser database, Skynet isn't too far off...
Clarior Hinc Honos
BSA Dad, Cheer Dad
February 28, 2017, 07:39 PM
Lord Vaalic
quote:
Originally posted by smschulz: Yeah but can it make a hamburger?
Yes it can. I programmed robots that could make burgers and crack eggs 20 years ago. Robotics are quite amazing and flexible, they can do surgery, so pharmacy work, weld, pretty much anything we can. The ability is there, they just lack the decision making skills and that is being worked on
Don't weep for the stupid, or you will be crying all day
February 28, 2017, 08:29 PM
Rey HRH
Wow. Pretty impressive.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
February 28, 2017, 08:50 PM
kornesque
quote:
Originally posted by David Lee: Robot, run me 2500 rounds of 45 Auto on the Dillion.
"OK Google, *insert command*"
10yrs later...
"OK Skynet..."
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February 28, 2017, 08:52 PM
a1abdj
Really interesting technology. I couldn't help they showed it going down stairs and down hills. I wonder how well it does going up.
