Wish the robots would hurry up and start exterminating us... I can't stand the news anymore.

For a second there near the 2:40 mark, I was secretly hoping that it would do the crane kick from The Karate Kid. I'll be supremely impressed when robots can do that!

It's an impressive feat, but not as impressive as it seems. The robot wasn't made to respond to any novel dynamic circumstances. It just preformed preprogrammed poses, on a smooth, flat surface. I guess it did a little object tracking too. The real challenge in robotics is dealing with the dynamics, which is why the "big dog" videos by Boston Dynamics are so impressive. Everyone laughs at how it slips on ice, or has trouble getting its footing, but if you put this thing in the same circumstances, it would be a pile of broken circuit boards in no time. Granted, the big dog is quadrupedal, while this is bipedal, which is a much harder problem. Still, it doesn't seem as though they even make an effort to give it dynamic stability. I'm not sure they'll ever get to a decent humanoid robot until they start incorporating more muscle inspired actuators. The servos on these things just don't have the sort of mechanical compliance that allows our sloppy movements to be so forgiving.

And a new fetish is born.

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>> ^robv:

And a new fetish is born.


That is an old, tried-and-true fetish.

I am better than him.

Install a Fleshlight and we're good to go!

Not impressed. Get 2 more pink balls, have it catch them and start juggling, and then I'll be impressed.

It even moves like a Cylon...

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