marsman Posted April 17, 2019 #1 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Quote Watch pack of Boston Dynamics robot dogs pulling full-sized lorry to show off strength Robotics firm Boston Dynamics wanted to demonstrate the sheer strength of its SpotMini dogs https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/boston-dynamics-spot-mini-truck-a4119976.html Quote alternative source if you cant see the vid https://mashable.com/video/boston-dynamics-spot-robot-pull-truck/?europe=true&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mashable%2Ftech+(Mashable+»+Tech) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted April 17, 2019 #2 Share Posted April 17, 2019 27 minutes ago, marsman said: Watch pack of Boston Dynamics robot dogs pulling full-sized lorry to show off strength I thought it would be just 3 or 4. Not the robot version of a beer hauling team. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimalists Posted April 17, 2019 #3 Share Posted April 17, 2019 (edited) As Darth Vader once said and I quote "Impressive.Very impressive." end quote. Edited April 17, 2019 by Alien Origins 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaldon Posted April 17, 2019 #4 Share Posted April 17, 2019 5 hours ago, Alien Origins said: As Darth Vader once said and I quote "Impressive.Very impressive." end quote. Hmm, I remember it as "Impressive. Much impressive" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaldon Posted April 17, 2019 #5 Share Posted April 17, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Chaldon said: Hmm, I remember it as "Impressive. Much impressive" Oh, just checked it: it was "Most impressive". Edited April 17, 2019 by Chaldon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimalists Posted April 17, 2019 #6 Share Posted April 17, 2019 10 minutes ago, Chaldon said: Oh, just checked it: it was "Most impressive". Been a long time since I seen the movie..Thanks for the correction though.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Wellington Posted April 17, 2019 #7 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Its only a matter of time before they take over and turn us into their slaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiff Posted April 17, 2019 #8 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Cool as hell but the sound they make creeps me out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobolds Posted April 18, 2019 #9 Share Posted April 18, 2019 I still feel unconvinced , the way the robot dog move and the size of robot dog leg should not able to generate such a huge pull . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsman Posted April 19, 2019 Author #10 Share Posted April 19, 2019 18 hours ago, kobolds said: I still feel unconvinced , the way the robot dog move and the size of robot dog leg should not able to generate such a huge pull . why not? heres a real dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esoteric_toad Posted April 19, 2019 #11 Share Posted April 19, 2019 My question is this, what can they actually do other than look strange? What benefit do they have at this point? Sure they might look intimidating or cool but other than that I cannot think of a useful application as they are right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsman Posted April 20, 2019 Author #12 Share Posted April 20, 2019 (edited) 20 minutes ago, esoteric_toad said: My question is this, what can they actually do other than look strange? What benefit do they have at this point? Sure they might look intimidating or cool but other than that I cannot think of a useful application as they are right now. search and rescue....going into battle....guide dogs.....what purpose does a humanoid robot have? Edited April 20, 2019 by marsman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esoteric_toad Posted April 20, 2019 #13 Share Posted April 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, marsman said: search and rescue....going into battle....guide dogs.....what purpose does a humanoid robot have? Unless there's some sort of amazing power supply that's super duper top secret i cannot imagine that these things can run very long without recharging. Not a useful amount of time I would wager. Also I really don't believe the capability to use them in any way that requires true AI is possible yet. Robotics has certainly come a long way but, for the moment at least, I still think we are ways off from truly functional/over all useful robots. If they had such capabilities now they'd already be saturating the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsman Posted April 20, 2019 Author #14 Share Posted April 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, esoteric_toad said: Unless there's some sort of amazing power supply that's super duper top secret i cannot imagine that these things can run very long without recharging. Not a useful amount of time I would wager. Also I really don't believe the capability to use them in any way that requires true AI is possible yet. Robotics has certainly come a long way but, for the moment at least, I still think we are ways off from truly functional/over all useful robots. If they had such capabilities now they'd already be saturating the market. AI robot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted April 20, 2019 #15 Share Posted April 20, 2019 I'm pretty sure that one day robots will make up armies. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esoteric_toad Posted April 20, 2019 #16 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Just now, marsman said: AI robot I will bet that this robot is not autonomous and powered by batteries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esoteric_toad Posted April 20, 2019 #17 Share Posted April 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, XenoFish said: I'm pretty sure that one day robots will make up armies. I do not doubt that, just that we are still have some ways to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted April 20, 2019 #18 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Just now, esoteric_toad said: I do not doubt that, just that we are still have some ways to go. We'll probably develop some type of "power armor" first. The major issue as was pointed out is power supply. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorizBadinov Posted April 20, 2019 #19 Share Posted April 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, esoteric_toad said: Unless there's some sort of amazing power supply that's super duper top secret i cannot imagine that these things can run very long without recharging. Not a useful amount of time I would wager. Also I really don't believe the capability to use them in any way that requires true AI is possible yet. Robotics has certainly come a long way but, for the moment at least, I still think we are ways off from truly functional/over all useful robots. If they had such capabilities now they'd already be saturating the market. Considering not so very long ago the biggest hurdle for autonomous robots was walking 10 steps without falling over they have come a long way in a relatively short time. Battery tech has also come a long way and the future looks interesting with graphene if it lives up to the hype. https://www.graphene-info.com/graphene-batteries 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsman Posted April 20, 2019 Author #20 Share Posted April 20, 2019 11 minutes ago, esoteric_toad said: Unless there's some sort of amazing power supply that's super duper the voyager probes launched 40 odd years ago have batteries that still function......plus nowadays we have wireless recharging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsman Posted April 20, 2019 Author #21 Share Posted April 20, 2019 9 minutes ago, esoteric_toad said: I will bet that this robot is not autonomous and powered by batteries. give it time....one day these things will be part of everyday life 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorizBadinov Posted April 20, 2019 #22 Share Posted April 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, XenoFish said: We'll probably develop some type of "power armor" first. The major issue as was pointed out is power supply. Exoskeletons are already a thing. There was a paraplegic who designed a pair of assist legs so he could walk. This is one from Lockheed Martin. I am sure the military has a version. I remember reading about it some time ago. https://www.robrady.com/design-project/fortis-human-powered-exoskeleton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsman Posted April 20, 2019 Author #23 Share Posted April 20, 2019 On 17/04/2019 at 12:53 PM, Piney said: I thought it would be just 3 or 4. Not the robot version of a beer hauling team. see the BIG DOG vid above 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted April 20, 2019 #24 Share Posted April 20, 2019 20 minutes ago, marsman said: AI robot It's not a true AI. Just a algorithm with some freaky comments programmed into it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted April 20, 2019 #25 Share Posted April 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, BorizBadinov said: I am sure the military has a version. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powered_exoskeleton Again the problem comes down to power supply. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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