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Watch Google's terrifying humanoid robot running through a forest as firm pledges it will soon [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | August 17, 2015 | Mark Prigg

Posted on 08/17/2015 1:38:28 PM PDT by C19fan

It may have fared badly in the recent robo-olympics, causing hilarity with a series on unexpected falls, but Google has revealed its humanoid robot has been set free in the woods to learn how to run through terrain. The Atlas robot created by Google-owned firm Boston Dynamics is a formidable figure at 6ft 2in tall and weighing in at 330lb. In the video, it is shown struggling to stay upright - but managing to traverse a forest path without falling.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Science
KEYWORDS: robot; robotics; robtics; skynet; technology
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

While interesting, some day some will use this to hunt-down and “eliminate” others. That should give some pause.


21 posted on 08/17/2015 2:02:08 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Black Agnes
BIGFOOT!!!

They'd be perfect for pizza deliver in high crime neighborhoods

22 posted on 08/17/2015 2:02:10 PM PDT by ken5050 ("Hillary Clinton is the NY Jets of American politics"......Salena Zito)
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To: hal ogen

Sarah Conner?


23 posted on 08/17/2015 2:02:52 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
To the contrary, cover it with displays & cameras - give it [somewhat] viable "cloaking" camo, displaying what's on the other side. Won't be completely invisible, but could seriously mess with visibility.


24 posted on 08/17/2015 2:04:20 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The world map will be quite different come 20 January 2017.)
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To: ken5050

Or for Jones the nextdoor neighbor, whose tired of your dog peeing in his hard, to track you down on your morning jog.


25 posted on 08/17/2015 2:05:45 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: C19fan

Whatever became of ‘dog’ robot somebody was developing?


26 posted on 08/17/2015 2:08:35 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: VanDeKoik

I’m really enjoying that show. That actress is my dream woman. I would marry her human, or synth.


27 posted on 08/17/2015 2:15:49 PM PDT by catbertz
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To: Black Agnes

Good point.


28 posted on 08/17/2015 2:28:05 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: C19fan

Later


29 posted on 08/17/2015 2:44:19 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: GeronL
"Imagine these armed and chasing down humans."

It will be a while before they go far without the power leash, but imagine the many ways to catch them and use them.


30 posted on 08/17/2015 2:46:48 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: VanDeKoik

What show is this?


31 posted on 08/17/2015 2:47:10 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Black Agnes

bump


32 posted on 08/17/2015 2:47:47 PM PDT by GeronL (Cruz is for real, 100%)
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To: C19fan
Cool! One more day closer to our Terminator dystopia.
33 posted on 08/17/2015 2:49:58 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: C19fan

But can it put out fires .


34 posted on 08/17/2015 2:50:50 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: C19fan

Wow! That’s amazing.


35 posted on 08/17/2015 2:50:55 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: blueunicorn6

No doubt about that.


36 posted on 08/17/2015 2:52:51 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: gaijin

Humans on AMC.

Just finished up the first season. Very well done American/British sci-fi show that explores a sort of future (year isn’t defined) where humanoid robots are a normal part of everyday life.

There is a bigger story arc, but that’s the base of it.


37 posted on 08/17/2015 2:55:24 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: C19fan

The Atlas robot created by Google-owned firm Boston Dynamics is a formidable figure at 6ft 2in tall and weighing in at 330lb.

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They could call it the First Lady robot.


38 posted on 08/17/2015 2:56:23 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: catbertz

She pull off that role so well I forgot that it was a real person on occasions.


39 posted on 08/17/2015 2:56:31 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Vigilanteman

In the original specifics on Steve Rogers / Captain America - he was 6’8” and 348 lbs and could run up to (for short distances) 45 mph. - that’s a badass right there


40 posted on 08/17/2015 2:56:40 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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