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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot goes electric
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/boston-dynamics-atlas-humanoid-robot-goes-electric/As the camera pans around the robots back, its legs bend at the knees. Its a natural movement, at first, before crossing into an uncanny realm, like something out of a Sam Raimi movie. The robot, which appeared to be lying on its back, has effectively switched positions with this clever bit of leg rotation.
As Atlas fully stands, it does so with its back to the camera. Now the head spins around 180 degrees, before the torso follows suit. It stands for a moment, offering the camera its first clear view of its head a ring light forming the perimeter of a perfectly round screen. Once again, the torso follows the heads 180, as Atlas walks away from the camera and out of frame.
A day after retiring the hydraulic version of its humanoid robot, Boston Dynamics just announced that like Bob Dylan before it Atlas just went electric.
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(8,328 posts)....for these glorified toys?
Ocelot II
(115,806 posts)Don't know what I'd do with it but it's cool, though kind of creepy.
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(8,328 posts)Hugin
(33,177 posts)Gaugamela
(2,496 posts)Imagine a dozen of those breaking down your door at 4am.
DARPAS GROUNDBREAKING ACE PROGRAM AND X-62A BECOMES FIRST AI-CONTROLLED JET TO DOGFIGHT AGAINST MANNED F-16 IN REAL-WORLD
In an unprecedented achievement, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), in collaboration with the U.S. Air Force, has announced that through its ACE program the X-62A VISTA has become the first autonomous fighter jet in the world to successfully engage in aerial dogfighting maneuvers against a manned F-16.
The X-62A Team demonstrated that cutting-edge machine learning-based autonomy could be safely used to fly dynamic combat maneuvers, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall said in a video released by DARPA marking the achievement. The team accomplished this while complying with American norms for safe and ethical use of autonomous technology.
https://thedebrief.org/darpas-groundbreaking-ace-program-and-x-62a-becomes-first-ai-controlled-jet-to-dogfight-against-manned-f-16-in-real-world/
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(8,328 posts)...for those specialized purposes that human form though.
Happy Hoosier
(7,367 posts)... work considered dangerous or too arduous for people.
For example, operating in environments not healthy for people. They will largely do rote work. So... think warehouses without the need for air conditioning, or even good lighting. That kind of thing. So... to save a buck.
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(8,328 posts)I suspect there could probably be a better design for those specialized purposes that human form though.
getagrip_already
(14,816 posts)Pretty much anything you'd pay people to do today that's either unsavory, unethical, or dangerous.
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(8,328 posts)I suspect there could probably be a better designs for those specialized purposes that human form though.
getagrip_already
(14,816 posts)I don't think they are meant to be useful beyond being lab rats.
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(8,328 posts)...just glorified toys.
BradBo
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(23,649 posts)patphil
(6,196 posts)It appears to be on the verge of being able to do meaningful work.
Add AI, and you've got "I Robot"; or even, "Just what do you think you're doing Dave?"
AllaN01Bear
(18,327 posts)automaic controll please noooooo!
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