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Kibayasu
Mar 28, 2010

Necrosaro posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3KWM1kuAw

These Boston Dynamics robots are getting too good. It's starting to get scarey.

That song was not the first place my mind went to when Boston Dynamics posted a video titled “Do you love Me?” More in the vein of a robot posing for a hug and then getting hit with a car.

Edit: Also unless I’m out of date I think “carrying stuff” actually is one of the main goals of these robots?

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Dick Trauma
Nov 30, 2007

God damn it, you've got to be kind.
They missed an obvious music choice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQY-uzzm7GA

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

my kinda ape posted:

It's technologically impressive but ultimately doesn't seem very useful to me. I guess they would be good for carrying heavy loads in rough terrain if you can't bring a donkey or camel for some reason? They'd probably be pretty handy if you were walking around in the mountains on Mars, but anywhere on earth you'd be better served by a wheeled vehicle, a pack animal, or a quadcopter.

Using a human body designed to do so many things as a basis for a killing machine is silly. A drone and a small payload is just as effective and costs basically nothing.

They're good for interfacing with human infrastructure. As Robocop showed us, robots suck at stairs. You won't get a quadcopter past a closed door. You won't get a treaded vehicle up a stair well.

Dillbag
Mar 4, 2007

Click here to join Lem Lee in the Hell Of Being Cut To Pieces
Nap Ghost

LifeSunDeath posted:

it's funny because drones already made humanoid robot soldiers pointless. the real use will be as private security for the rich.

i see you've seen Elysium

e. actually, that's a pretty OSHA movie. Matt Damon doesn't tag out his nuclear oven and that sets off the plot. Also,

https://i.imgur.com/6SOnFU8.gif
:nms: for movie gore

Dillbag fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Dec 30, 2020

LifeSunDeath
Jan 4, 2007

still gay rights and smoke weed every day

Dillbag posted:

i see you've seen Elysium

e. actually, that's a pretty OSHA movie. Matt Damon doesn't tag out his nuclear oven and that sets off the plot. Also,

https://i.imgur.com/6SOnFU8.gif
:nms: for movie gore

yes that movie is amazing and sometimes it's better than district 9 in terms of overall awesome.

Pacra
Aug 5, 2004

sound on

https://i.imgur.com/ygltzI6.mp4

Ornamental Dingbat
Feb 26, 2007

Kibayasu posted:

That song was not the first place my mind went to when Boston Dynamics posted a video titled “Do you love Me?” More in the vein of a robot posing for a hug and then getting hit with a car.

Edit: Also unless I’m out of date I think “carrying stuff” actually is one of the main goals of these robots?

Munitions is stuff.

`Nemesis
Dec 30, 2000

railroad graffiti
“Never cut someone’s lock”

“ok boss”


Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

`Nemesis posted:

“Never cut someone’s lock”

“ok boss”




I really hope someone won third prize over that

RandomBlue
Dec 30, 2012

hay guys!


Biscuit Hider

The audio is exactly the same as the captions.

FuturePastNow
May 19, 2014


The first humanoid robot used in warfare will roam the battlefield, seeking out enemy soldiers and suplexing them

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


Dillbag posted:

i see you've seen Elysium

e. actually, that's a pretty OSHA movie. Matt Damon doesn't tag out his nuclear oven and that sets off the plot. Also,

https://i.imgur.com/6SOnFU8.gif
:nms: for movie gore

Anything with Sharlto Copley is great. Doubly so if you combine with Neill Blomkamp. Where they are now is a true tale of looking after someone who helped you when you were nothing.

quote:

Sharlto Copley was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, to Linda Stocks and Bruce Copley, a former university professor. His childhood dreams of acting were put on hold for many years when his television production company was one of few in his native South Africa granted licensing to create content for broadcast. Rather than acting in front of the camera, Copley found himself the businessman running the production behind the scenes, becoming South Africa's youngest television producer at age 25. It was during this time that he met a then-teen-aged Neill Blomkamp, who worked at Copley's company in exchange for use of the computers to pursue his talent for design. Blomkamp would many years later go on to direct Copley in his star-making debut as nervous bureaucrat Wikus van de Merwe in the Oscar nominated science fiction hit District 9 (2009)
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1663205/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

champagne posting
Apr 5, 2006

YOU ARE A BRAIN
IN A BUNKER

`Nemesis posted:

“Never cut someone’s lock”

“ok boss”




Does it at least fail safe when cut off?

ekuNNN
Nov 27, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Nenonen
Oct 22, 2009

Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa

Uthor posted:

Using a human body designed to do so many things as a basis for a killing machine is silly. A drone and a small payload is just as effective and costs basically nothing.

You can't make a drone sexy, they have no buttocks.

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


Nenonen posted:

You can't make a drone sexy, they have no buttocks.

My missus drones on about all sorts of poo poo constantly. Her butt is sexy.

schmug
May 20, 2007


Holy poo poo. The tempo is spot on for this as well. It's set to "Stuck in the Middle" if you didn't click. You should click.

Rad-daddio
Apr 25, 2017

Thomamelas posted:

https://twitter.com/bilalfarooqui/status/887025375754166272

The company that makes them sadly has a tiny customer base or we'd see more great pictures. Mostly the stories about them are people attacking the robots. But they keep raising money thanks to Jim Cramer.

-Zydeco-
Nov 12, 2007


Pretty slick until the 2 min mark
https://mobile.twitter.com/cctv_idiots/status/1343122287315267587

LifeSunDeath
Jan 4, 2007

still gay rights and smoke weed every day

wow great job, so you did it in 1/4 the time, so I guess that means you have to do 4x as more for the same pay, and now that you've set the standard, you've made 2 guys lose their job, and also you're now too slow to meet expectations cause of repetitive stress injuries. awesome, work faster not smarter.

PathAsc
Nov 15, 2011

Hail SS-18 Satan may he cleanse us with nuclear fire

PISS TAPE IS REAL

LifeSunDeath posted:

wow great job, so you did it in 1/4 the time, so I guess that means you have to do 4x as more for the same pay, and now that you've set the standard, you've made 2 guys lose their job, and also you're now too slow to meet expectations cause of repetitive stress injuries. awesome, work faster not smarter.

:capitalism:

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
The guy chopping a little past two minutes in is just bad. There are faster and safer techniques.

Platystemon fucked around with this message at 17:10 on Dec 30, 2020

Computer viking
May 30, 2011
Now with less breakage.

What is that fruit/vegetable at the end, and what kind of spices/sauce is that?

Boxman
Sep 27, 2004

Big fan of :frog:


Computer viking posted:

What is that fruit/vegetable at the end, and what kind of spices/sauce is that?

Reasonably certain its tajin on mango

zedprime
Jun 9, 2007

yospos
The noodle and the mango give off serious beginner who think they are good vibes.

Computer viking posted:

What is that fruit/vegetable at the end, and what kind of spices/sauce is that?
Looks like mango, tajin, and citrus juice. Its like the fresh version of mexican mango candies

LifeSunDeath
Jan 4, 2007

still gay rights and smoke weed every day

Boxman posted:

Reasonably certain its tajin on mango

this is a seriously good combo. also jicama and tajin.

insta
Jan 28, 2009

LifeSunDeath posted:

this is a seriously good combo. also jicama and tajin.

Name something tajin doesn't make better and I'll emptyquote a post where you're provably wrong.

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT

LifeSunDeath posted:

this is a seriously good combo. also jicama and tajin.

With lime

EvenWorseOpinions
Jun 10, 2017
Manramp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0zA1gvCyfs
Skate videos are low fruit I guess

Goreld
May 8, 2002

"Identity Crisis" MurdererWild Guess Bizarro #1Bizarro"Me am first one I suspect!"

LifeSunDeath posted:

wow great job, so you did it in 1/4 the time, so I guess that means you have to do 4x as more for the same pay, and now that you've set the standard, you've made 2 guys lose their job, and also you're now too slow to meet expectations cause of repetitive stress injuries. awesome, work faster not smarter.

All I see in those videos is ‘crippling arthritis injuries and disability at age 40’

And yeah, it’s also dumb because no matter how impressive stupid human tricks are, a mechanical device would be able to do the same job at thousands or tens of thousands the rate that a human can.

BMan
Oct 31, 2015

KNIIIIIIFE
EEEEEYYYYE
ATTAAAACK


I'm pretty sure that person at 30 seconds' job could be replaced by a piece of bent metal

Space Kablooey
May 6, 2009



Whenever things like these get posted I keep thinking that it's cheaper to have people do these repetitive tasks than it is to have a machine and a technician looking after a bunch of similar machines.

:capitalism:

Drone_Fragger
May 9, 2007


The guy pinging those... drawn sheet metal tubes, or whatever they are, is clearly meant to be inspecting them as well as they come off the line, and is simply not doing that to save time. That’s why it’s so “fast” and why they’re not using a ramp to just lift them off the sockets.

Computer viking
May 30, 2011
Now with less breakage.

zedprime posted:

The noodle and the mango give off serious beginner who think they are good vibes.

Looks like mango, tajin, and citrus juice. Its like the fresh version of mexican mango candies

A-hah. I should mention that I'm in northern europe; "Mexican mango candy" (or the concept of fruit spices) is not a thing that has made it over here. Sounds kind of nice, though.

champagne posting
Apr 5, 2006

YOU ARE A BRAIN
IN A BUNKER

Space Kablooey posted:

Whenever things like these get posted I keep thinking that it's cheaper to have people do these repetitive tasks than it is to have a machine and a technician looking after a bunch of similar machines.

:capitalism:

Only until the next recession hits and factories close for any period of time, then suddenly automation is the name of the game.

Kith
Sep 17, 2009

You never learn anything
by doing it right.


https://i.imgur.com/ioRhdwE.mp4

crabrock
Aug 2, 2002

I

AM

MAGNIFICENT






don't shovel or plow while it's still snowing and there is snow on the road. it's just a waste of time. during BIG FUCKOFF SNOW MONTH in 2015 once i went out and shoveled half way through a storm thinking i'd be smart and do half at a time but everywhere i shoveled had filled in with almost just as much snow as the surrounding areas.

then i bought a plane ticket and went to california for two weeks because gently caress it

ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



It’s better for my back to shovel early in a big storm and then again a few hours later if it’s heavy enough. But then again, I’m not doing a sidewalk next to a god drat thunder dome of plows

sharkytm
Oct 9, 2003

Ba

By

Sharkytm doot doo do doot do doo


Fallen Rib

ethanol posted:

It’s better for my back to shovel early in a big storm and then again a few hours later if it’s heavy enough. But then again, I’m not doing a sidewalk next to a god drat thunder dome of plows

Shovel early, shovel often.

If it's not shovel-able, out comes the blower.

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priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.
Yeah nothing sucks more than attempting to shovel a sidewalk that has been walked on a bunch and compacted/iced over. At that point it’s often just better to toss grit/salt on it and get out there to scrape it if things warm up to soften it.

The bylaws here say you have to clear the walks by 10 am the morning after a snow and so many people don’t and it’s annoying.

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