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pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 02:55 PM Mar 2013

Skynet AKA Boston Dynamics is at it again

"I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords!"



BigDog handles heavy objects. The goal is to use the strength of the legs and torso to help power motions of the arm. This sort of dynamic, whole-body approach to manipulation is used routinely by human athletes and will enhance the performance of advanced robots. Boston Dynamics is developing the control and actuation techniques needed for dynamic manipulation. The cinderblock weighs about 35 lbs and the best throw is a bit more than 17 ft. The research is funded by the Army Research Laboratory's RCTA program.
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Skynet AKA Boston Dynamics is at it again (Original Post) pokerfan Mar 2013 OP
Oh shit! Iggo Mar 2013 #1
They better get cracking on the three laws pokerfan Mar 2013 #2
I strongly endorse your proposal. R. Daneel Olivaw Mar 2013 #3
laws are way behind - One issue left out of the drone debate is what happens when a drone crashes? Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #5
Here is a compilation. Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #4
We live in the science fiction of our youth pokerfan Mar 2013 #6
I'm scared of these robots. limpyhobbler Mar 2013 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Why Syzygy Mar 2013 #9
Awesome! Why Syzygy Mar 2013 #10
That is some scary shit. nt OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #11
We will all be screwed, blued, and tattooed in less than 10 years. AAO Mar 2013 #8

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
2. They better get cracking on the three laws
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 04:11 PM
Mar 2013
  1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
  2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
  3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

 

Paul E Ester

(952 posts)
5. laws are way behind - One issue left out of the drone debate is what happens when a drone crashes?
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 04:36 PM
Mar 2013

Do operators have the right to go on your property to retrieve their craft?

If a drone lands on the roof of your house, do you have some obligation to retrieve it for the owner?

I saw some drone footage where his UAV got caught up in a tree. He called the fire dept to retrieve it. Is that something we should be paying for as tax payers?

If a drone crashes causing extensive injury or damage, there is no link to the operator, they must voluntarily identify themselves as the liable party.

As these drones and robots become ubiquitous we'll need to catch the laws up with the technology.

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
6. We live in the science fiction of our youth
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 05:11 PM
Mar 2013

Does it strike you, Mr. Keller, that we live every day in the science fiction of our youth? -Robert Charles Wilson, Divided by Infinity (p. 172)

Response to Paul E Ester (Reply #4)

Why Syzygy

(18,928 posts)
10. Awesome!
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 02:30 AM
Mar 2013

That sand flea was a surprise!

I hope there are medical applications for these technologies.

I don't know why that little box with the curved blades reminded me of a homing pigeon.

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