Boston Dynamics Atlas Mk2

[FourWheelDrift]

The new one, now things start to get scary in a kill all humans sort of way.



The old one

[C5_Steve]

The new ones getting very i-robot isn't it.....

Does make you wonder the stuff they're working on they DON'T show you.

[SpudLink]

C5_Steve said:

The new ones getting very i-robot isn't it.....

Does make you wonder the stuff they're working on they DON'T show you.

Actually the first thing that came to mind was Terminator 3. I'm pretty sure that's exactly how the T-X moved.

[C5_Steve]

SpudLink said:

Actually the first thing that came to mind was Terminator 3. I'm pretty sure that's exactly how the T-X moved.

Ah you might be right it's been a long time since I've seen that! But the general flipping limbs and head around is creepy af!

[pocketspring]

I like it! The ring light will make all tik ttters and instascammers want to buy it and then the machines will kill them, getting rid of the human waste this planet doesn't need.

[ajprice]

C5_Steve said:

SpudLink said:

Actually the first thing that came to mind was Terminator 3. I'm pretty sure that's exactly how the T-X moved.

Ah you might be right it's been a long time since I've seen that! But the general flipping limbs and head around is creepy af!

I'm sure there are bits of the film that show the movement better than this, but searching I'm just getting these two.





The first time I watched the new Atlas video and it curled its legs over, I wasn't sure which way it was going to go next, the way it did get up was cool but creepy. You think it should bend the same way as a human, when it does something else it's very weird.

[wyson]

Boston Dynamics and the ilk are "just" waiting on some high capacity battery tech now. The run time of these robots on current battery tech is measured in minutes, not very useful yet.

[SpudLink]

ajprice said:

C5_Steve said:

SpudLink said:

Actually the first thing that came to mind was Terminator 3. I'm pretty sure that's exactly how the T-X moved.

Ah you might be right it's been a long time since I've seen that! But the general flipping limbs and head around is creepy af!

I'm sure there are bits of the film that show the movement better than this, but searching I'm just getting these two.





The first time I watched the new Atlas video and it curled its legs over, I wasn't sure which way it was going to go next, the way it did get up was cool but creepy. You think it should bend the same way as a human, when it does something else it's very weird.

I probably misremembered. I think seeing the T-X twist ‘the wrong way’ was memorable enough that my brain exaggerated it.

The uncomfortable feeling we get watching the Boston Dynamics robot is a good argument for not making them too ‘humanoid’. I know it makes sense to build a bipedal design so that it can function in environments designed for humans, but it just feels ‘wrong’.

[55palfers]

The "face" is a bit disconcerting.

[KingGary]

New one still walks like it’s pooed itself so cannot be taken seriously.

25 seconds in, does the old one grab its nuts when it falls off the balance beam?

[fatbutt]

From Code 8, a Netflix film (pretty good one at that)

[FourWheelDrift]

Just an extra bit, here's a TV series/film idea in the making.

[98elise]

SpudLink said:

I probably misremembered. I think seeing the T-X twist ‘the wrong way’ was memorable enough that my brain exaggerated it.

The uncomfortable feeling we get watching the Boston Dynamics robot is a good argument for not making them too ‘humanoid’. I know it makes sense to build a bipedal design so that it can function in environments designed for humans, but it just feels ‘wrong’.

Uncanny Valley. We don't like things that look near human.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

Edited by 98elise on Monday 29th April 21:59

[FourWheelDrift]

But we all love fluffy blue robot dogs, killing all humans, nah, he just playing.

[andburg]

It will be the end of us

Already walks like a a football hooligan after 5 pints

[hidetheelephants]

FourWheelDrift said:

But we all love fluffy blue robot dogs, killing all humans, nah, he just playing.

Fluffy blue flamethrowing dogs.

[Terminator X]

The answer is always #BurnThem

TX.

[RDMcG]

I had not realized than Boston Dynamics is owned by Hyundai.........

[Hoofy]

Making them look like dogs doesn't make me feel safer. I've seen the War of the Worlds series. https://www.channel5.com/show/war-of-the-worlds-cd...

[Kowalski655]

Terminator X said:

The answer is always #BurnThem

TX.

User name checks out