Boston Dynamics continues to bring us one step closer to Skynet

yea, having a robot point a loaded gun at a real person, then make the decision to shoot the mannequin in the face was a bit too far to be believable. Though I am not sure it's unrealistic.

 

Bosstown Dynamics. Very clever.

 

That's a visual effects YouTube channel. Not to mention --

 

Hate to tell everyone but these things don’t need bathroom breaks

 

Looked pretty strong too. The steel brontosaurus with the suction cup head seems to be a design nature missed

 

Isn't that what they were going for in The Sandlot?

A movie truly ahead of it's time

 

EVERYTHING THEY RELEASE IS TERRIFYING

 

Is it just me or are those boxes all like 1 pound. Wonder what the weight limit is.

 

It pulled one of those robot dogs out. I'm sure those aren't light.

 

Before you ask yourself if you can always ask yourself if you should

 

Now they just need a robot ship captain and the logistics industry will really be disrupted.

 

Yeah I'm guessing that thing weighs at least 100lbs

 

It’s all fun and games until that vacuum head tries to pick up styrofoam and blows it apart with those staticky pieces flying everywhere and sticking to everything.

 

They are lighter than you'd expect. I'd guess around 50-60lbs

 

Four years ago while visiting Salzburg I was fascinated by a street crew in the Old Town that was using a suction device to move around granite paving stones

 

I had a panic attack just thinking about that.

 

Jeff Bezos creamed his pants at that “can lift 100 lb crates” slide.

 

These guys are really good at building awesome robots that also terrify me.

 

How many years till these are hunting people

 

Where will you be when The Great Robot Wars commence?

 

The Marlins about to break their attendance record.

 

They need to be destroyed immediately.

 

Watch out Messi and Ronaldo, your days are numbered.

 

Great!

 

They're not gonna forget that shit

 

"It will be cool to have affordable healthcare"

"We made a robot run a 5k!"

 

I’m already judging the robots with “26.2” bumper stickers on their ass.

 

Walking is repetitive and boring

 

Will it temporarily function as a canoe? If not hard pass.

 

That robot is desperately trying to get to the bathroom before it makes a mess

 

Admittedly I have no clue what goes into making a robot walk, but after almost 10yrs of these videos I expected more. Not impressed.

 

Guy I know from college has a robot start up and just raised a bunch of money. They trained it to ‘make coffee’

 

It won't be long before all fast casual restaurants, especially Starbucks, are mostly robots. Will cut down on prep time and eliminate waste.

 

People been saying this for decades

 

imma put a virus on that robot and watch Starbucks crumble

 

Robot breakdown, maintenance, etc. seems expensive. And they won’t make your mocha Frappuccino espresso blend oatmeal milk shit quickly or efficiently

 

I’d say at least 10 years before the business is even 25% automated.

 

FTFY

The earliest job will be food delivery, from BoH to table. Even then, it'll require a lot of acceptance from human workers...

 

People be arguing - imagine the frustration that will take place on robots. One day it’s delivering pizza, the NEXT day it’s getting it’s head replaced. you fucked up my goddamn order you METAL PIECE OF SHIT

 

There are solutions for this now, I actually think this type of stuff will fail/not be widely used based on what I’ve seen.

 

I'm not fighting the robot at my door. I don't care what's wrong with the pizza.