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DRZRM
03-19-2008, 02:27 PM
Who needs a bike when you can saddle this thing up. Thanks Boston Dynamics!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww
Bud_E
03-19-2008, 02:51 PM
Wow. I'll have nightmares that one of those things has me trapped and intends to have it's way with me.
Louis
03-19-2008, 03:07 PM
Impressive. I found myself rooting for it when it was in particularly difficult spots.

It helps you realize how complicated natural systems are when you try to duplicate them with machines.
DRZRM
03-19-2008, 03:08 PM
I almost feel bad for it when that guy tries to kick it over...and when it slipped on the ice. It's not hard for me to imagine that thing gaining artificial intelligence and taking over the planet.
Louis
03-19-2008, 03:12 PM
Z,

Our responses demonstrate a very human quality - how quick we are to empathize.

I wonder if they will program that into the robots also...
William
03-19-2008, 03:15 PM
Cool...but why?

Not like it's going to be able to sneak up on anything in travel mode. Sounds like it has a cox engine running it.



William
Onno
03-19-2008, 03:19 PM
Truly amazing. Genius! I hope they give it a quieter motor at some point.
dave thompson
03-19-2008, 03:46 PM
It looks like something you might see in a Star Wars movie.
mike p
03-19-2008, 03:53 PM
Something about that scares the hell out of me.

Mike
cadence231
03-19-2008, 04:00 PM
Needs to be a little louder.
Perhaps some castanets on the knees.
Fixed
03-19-2008, 07:27 PM
I almost feel bad for it when that guy tries to kick it over...and when it slipped on the ice. It's not hard for me to imagine that thing gaining artificial intelligence and taking over the planet.
me too bleeding heart cats
my bike talks to me
cheers
Lifelover
03-19-2008, 08:29 PM
WOW WOW WOW

If there is a way to invest in that technology it is a guaranteed winner.

That is the future.




The software, not the dog.
saab2000
03-19-2008, 08:34 PM
WOW WOW WOW

If there is a way to invest in that technology it is a guaranteed winner.

That is the future.




Correct. I am very impressed.
DRZRM
03-27-2008, 09:27 PM
I have to say, the Beta version is a lot less scary.

Please don't for a moment think that I had anything to do with this production, it's sad enough that I even found it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJZVZFRFJc
girlie
03-27-2008, 09:35 PM
ok I admit it I was dieing.....
capybaras
03-27-2008, 09:42 PM
That thing will blow your head off for sure. So pitiful you have to love it. And then it will shoot you.
julia
03-27-2008, 10:05 PM
But can it cha-cha?
inGobwetrust
03-27-2008, 10:16 PM
How long before Boston Dynamics changes it's name to Cyberdine Systems?

http://www.illusiontv.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/terminator36.jpg
BumbleBeeDave
03-28-2008, 05:56 AM
Sounds kind of like--a BUMBLEBEE!

I'm comin' to GIT all o' you! :beer:

BBD
JohnS
03-28-2008, 06:10 AM
I have to say, the Beta version is a lot less scary.

Please don't for a moment think that I had anything to do with this production, it's sad enough that I even found it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJZVZFRFJcObviously two men bent at the waist and facing each other.
ERDR
03-28-2008, 06:15 AM
that thing is creepy.
s.
davids
03-28-2008, 08:41 AM
It's interesting to me that their solution to traversing bad terrain is to duplicate a biological system (a four-legged animal). I wonder whether they started with duplication as the goal, or with the broader goal of creating something that could handle really bad, uneven surfaces.

Pretty impressive.