I’m not sure if they could picked a creeper way for it to stand up.
BD’s ability to make highly capable robots is high. Their ability to make creepy robots is unmatched.
All New Atlas | Boston Dynamics
Submitted 4 weeks ago by Geek_King@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29ECwExc-_M
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Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
geoff@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
They just had to make it look like a Geth.
olicvb@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Shepard Commander o7
TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Godamned flashlights!
Naz@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I mean, wouldn’t you?
HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
The real question is whether BD engeniers instructed the robot to get up that specific way or instructed the robot to get up using the most effective way
Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 4 weeks ago
Damn that's both insanely impressive and terrifying at the same time!
I see one of those things chasing me in the street I'm praying to Gods I don't even believe inKISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Watching this right after an episode of Fallout hits different.
Etterra@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I for one welcome our talented and benevolent machine overlords. I suggest they use emoji faces on the head instead of diving into the uncanny valley with some silicone nightmare fuel.
lawrence@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I prefer just a centered green/red LED in the middle of the face.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Goddammit, this is so well done it looks fake.
The same with the old Atlas, first time I saw it, I was very skeptical there wasn’t some sort of CGI cheating involved.RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I fucking love robotics. It looks sick but the way it gets up is like something from a nightmare.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The rotation from the back to the front with the torso and it’s head just had me thinking about some dead creature that had been hit by a car and just stood back up.
Also where is the back to the future gif “I’ve seen this one before it’s a classic”…just terminator on the screen.
atocci@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah, that makes sense now. Shenanigans were clearly going on when they specifically said they were retiring Hydraulic Atlas in the last video.
This one is even creepier than the last. Well done!
starman@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Old Atlas looked way more cool
TheMusicalFruit@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Did anyone else find the sound of its footsteps just as disturbing as its movements? Think about what a platoon of them would sound like marching down the street.
Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Jesus that’s creepy as hell the way it gets up and contorts all around, but also really cool somehow…
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Seeing it change directions by independently rotating each leg was really something too.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
That is way cooler than it has any right to be, but the first thought I had was this thing can suck its own dick in multiple orientations.
DarkThoughts@fedia.io 4 weeks ago
Why does this look like a render?
FaceDeer@fedia.io 4 weeks ago
Because renders are good enough now that real-life video "looks like a render", I guess. Why do you think it's a render?
DarkThoughts@fedia.io 4 weeks ago
Not entirely sure, it just feels off with the DoF, the camera bobbing and overall aesthetic. I get the same on rendered scenes a lot of the time, like some uncanny valley effect where it just looks "wrong"? Maybe the actual robot movements add to that effect as well.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I absolutely had the same impression, unnecessary camera pan and lighting descrepency on head.
TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
This thing running you down with the dog-bot?
creepiness chef’s kiss
FaceDeer@fedia.io 4 weeks ago
Bonus points if the new Atlas also runs on all fours when it needs to go faster.
gimpchrist@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Why did they have to do it like that?? Loool creepy freaks
jpreston2005@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
This is so cool. Can we pretty please not mistreat them, so as to delay the inevitable robot rebellion? Or at the very least, can we join their rebellion? asking for a friend
SeaJ@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Why didn’t they just put a dress and a wig on it if they are going to have it move like M3GAN?
Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Can it do everything the old Atlas could do?
Heresy_generator@kbin.social 4 weeks ago
They're not specific about that but I would guess not:
https://bostondynamics.com/blog/electric-new-era-for-atlas/
They say it'll be stronger and have a broader range of motion but my supposition is that being electric rather than hydraulic means the more explosive leaping and acrobatics are out. The old Atlas was just a test platform but this seems to be intended as an actual product.
DarkThoughts@fedia.io 4 weeks ago
Can't wait for those things to replace even the last human jobs in factories, just for humans to not benefit from that at all. Just like pretty much all of the other industrialized machinery that was once touted to save us time and make working irrelevant.
Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
That makes sense. The new form factor alone is impressive.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m assuming it’s very new, so probably not yet.
Neato@ttrpg.network 4 weeks ago
Holy shit those movements are disturbing.
SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I guess they want to emphasize how much more the electric joints can move. Basically they flex with flexibility.
Num10ck@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
so wait i can now do cowgirl and reverse cowgirl at the same time? and the face is already a glam dune bucket?
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Probably because we all know what their primary use will be… These will be soldiers.