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Related: About this forumBoston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Does Backflips Now and It's Full-Tilt Insane
But theres a case to be made for Atlas and the other bipeds like Cassie (which walks more like a bird than a human). We live in a world built for humans, so there may be situations where you want to deploy a robot that works like a human. If you have to explore a contaminated nuclear facility, for instance, youll want something that can climb stairs and ladders, and turn valves. So a humanoid may be the way to go.
If anything gets there, itll be Atlas. Over the years, its grown not only more backflippy but lighter and more dextrous and less prone to fall on its face. Even if it does tumble, it can now get back up on its own. So its not hard to see a future when Atlas does indeed tread where fleshy humans dare not. Especially now that Boston Dynamics is part of the Japanese megacorporation SoftBank, which may have some cash to spend.
...https://www.wired.com/story/atlas-robot-does-backflips-now/?mbid=social_fb
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)for those of us who grew up with HAL, Cylons, and other artificial life forms who never cared for Asimov and his robotics laws.
Moostache
(9,895 posts)What is going to kill us off first? Trump and nuclear war or robots and AI?
I think Trump is the clear leader at the turn...but backflipping robots just added to my "dread list"...
Virtual Burlesque
(132 posts)If we are done in, it will be because of the ignorance of a quasi human raised to importance through artificially enhanced voting.
rickford66
(5,524 posts)It probably wont be long before the engineers will account for random heights. Hats off to these people.
progressoid
(49,991 posts)cstanleytech
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(49,991 posts)sl8
(13,787 posts)Handle is a robot that combines the rough-terrain capability of legs with the efficiency of wheels. It uses many of the same principles for dynamics, balance, and mobile manipulation found in the quadruped and biped robots we build, but with only 10 actuated joints, it is significantly less complex. Wheels are fast and efficient on flat surfaces while legs can go almost anywhere: by combining wheels and legs, Handle has the best of both worlds.
Handle can pick up heavy loads while occupying a small footprint, allowing it to maneuver in tight spaces. All of Handles joints are coordinated to deliver high-performance mobile manipulation.
Beartracks
(12,816 posts)Still... Incredible.
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Corvo Bianco
(1,148 posts)Billb93
(22 posts)Think of this video the next time someone complains about immigrants taking all the jobs.
Nitram
(22,813 posts)I swear it looks like that's actually a human inside a robot suit. Very impressive!
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)Nt
Bucky
(54,026 posts)Like a dinosaur laughing at how puny those little rats look