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    Grand Master hogthrob's Avatar
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    New video from them. It's all good fun till the flame thrower starts.


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    Quote Originally Posted by hogthrob View Post
    New video from them. It's all good fun till the flame thrower starts.

    I eagerly await their entry for next year's One Man and His Dog.

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    Black mirror! anyone?


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    Quote Originally Posted by deerworrier View Post
    Black mirror! anyone?

    That episode is terrifying!

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    Having just watched the complete Battlestar Galactica once again, this is slightly worrying.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ventura View Post


    Absolutely fantastic - I've been following Boston Dynamics for years.
    So clever my foot fell off.

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    I didn't realise Hyundai have got have purchased them. Interesting upcoming info here:
    https://youtu.be/1daVNQTwC-M

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    Wow, though I'm surprised a non-US company was allowed to buy Boston Dynamics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ventura View Post
    Wow that's brilliant! Just love the way it develops!
    Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.

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    Mr. Bezos must be rubbing his hands frantically...no more toilet breaks and 24/7/365 shifts

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    I too have been following Boston Dynamics for some years. I remember watching a video of someone dressed in military gear and a BD robot clanking along beside him. Stealthy it was not, and that's the biggest problem with these. They have come on in leaps and bounds. There was a clip of the dog type robot slipping on a banana skin a while back.

    Did you see what I did there?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ventura View Post
    Amazing and I want one of those "dogs" perhaps be able to teach my two something :)

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    They don't always work, sometimes they fail, then get in a strop, then fall over


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    A paint ball to the eye will stop 'em.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hogthrob View Post
    A paint ball to the eye will stop 'em.
    If you think they're creepy...meet some crawling learning for robots, BBC Link.

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    I presume these things aren't autonomous?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hogthrob View Post
    New video from them. It's all good fun till the flame thrower starts.

    We use these robots in the industry I work in. Perfect for hazardous situations where humans would be at safety risk.

    I was sitting in the office one day and a couple walk past me being controlled by a person with a hand held device. Very impressive.

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