Boston Dynamics unveils 'nightmare-inducing' hybrid robot (video)

theguardian.com ^ | Alex Hern

[Tax-chick]

Tom the Son totally rocks the Givenchy outfit, etc.

Anything your killer robot can do, Tom the Son can do it to more terrifyingly nightmarish effect.

[null and void]

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At no point in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason ~ nully's son

The biggest killer of mankind

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...

[Darksheare]

But it is morally wrong to clone and mas produce Tom.
Mass producing the bots isn’t currently morally unacceptable.

[Monkey Face]

Consider yourself threatened. But rather than turn you into the Mods (what a hideous thought, two or more of you as a mod) I’ll invite you to sit in the ramada to visit with the Peeps while we toast the remains of Chuck.

So please, oh please, add me to this nut-job conspiracy ping list. Surely I fit ONE of those categories... ;o]

[Delta 21]

Can you txt me your sub-routine for sammich making? My robot still cant seem to get the mustard logarithm right.

[Monkey Face]

My day was ruined almost from the moment I got out of the shower.

Now I’m going to go to Smith’s and see what I can find for a wholesome lunch that isn’t frozen. They may have some fresh hugh chicken enchiladas. If so, I can share them with Charlie.

[Monkey Face]

And hot chocolate (laced with rum, if you prefer, and Irish Whiskey in the coffee for the Irish, since this is March) and as always, warm chocolate chip cookies. They are all waiting for you on the mezzanine, on the way to the library.

And now, I can unpack and get settled until the next time we move. (If we’re lucky enough to do it in a month...)

[Don W]

Not a movie fan for the most part, but I really enjoyed Ex Machina. Was there a bit of a moral tale in there as well?

[Monkey Face]

EEEEP!!! We’re all gonna DIE!

(What a scary thing a household robot is...) :o|

[Delta 21]

And she told me that she remembered playing with dolls when she was a kid(?)

Pretty wierd stuff, I know, coming from a brand new robot I wonder how long the warrantee is good for?

[avenir]

Yes. Definitely.

[Nifster]

All the love of technology is not well thought out

[glock rocks]

I don’t even trust my Keurig. They all belong to the same union.

[Tax-chick]

Sorry about your day! I survived going to Mass with five Offspring. Sally is still at Jamie’s getting her hair worked on. Latest report is that Jamie isn’t happy with how the ends look and wants to do them again. She’s a perfectionist at her craft.

[Dead Corpse]

I want one. I will call it “Fluffy”.

[Dead Corpse]

My robot will kill your robot... Then my dog will pee on what’s left over...

Life goes on.

[ArGee]

Did someone put them in the same room?

I’m lost and there’s a life-form I don’t recognize tugging at my leg.

[HKMk23]

Fahrenheit 451

[ArGee]

She WAS cute, wasn’t she.

[HKMk23]

4-legs. Wheels. NINE WHOLE mph.

BUT — and this is THE Seminal Question: Can they be taught to play cricket?