I thought obtaining driver's license was supposed to be a proof that a person is qualified to drive. As we all know, that doesn't really work...Do you think it would be any different with pilot's license? I will agree with autonomous flying vehicles.
General / Off-Topic Boston Dynamics - Atlas
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I thought obtaining driver's license was supposed to be a proof that a person is qualified to drive. As we all know, that doesn't really work...Do you think it would be any different with pilot's license? I will agree with autonomous flying vehicles.
The technique will be at the top when we shall have two teams of 11 robots which will play at the perfection a real soccer match
Just hope you don't live in times where it's chasing you down the street with a flamethrower.
The technique will be at the top when we shall have two teams of 11 robots which will play at the perfection a real soccer match
And this will be the audience
Thanks for posting. I used to follow what Boston Dynamics were doing quite closely but must confess I'd forgotten about them. Wow ... that's pretty damn impressive! Probably should have bought shares in them about 10 years ago!
I remember reading an article about a robot lawnmower that powered itself by eating slugs and digesting them with its robot stomach. Presumably a robot as large as Atlas would have to eat the corpses of its victims. They're probably waiting till the last stages of development to add the glowing red eyes and giant fangs.
This is why i suspect battery technology is one of the most important technological secrets of our time.
A nation with access to a battery/supercapicitor that can store and release huge amounts of energy, is a complete game changer, militarily. Thats before we even look at the civilian applications.
Submarines, Aircraft, ships & land vehicles would all be more effective, even having the capability to charge themselves up to extend their range.
New devices such as Mechs/powered armour suits would become vaible
So would energy based weapons such as particle accelerators, rail guns and laser weaponry.
Minonian
Banned
You still kiss goodbye the budget.It was my thought
I suppose it depends on whether you want to live in a Paul Verhoeven film or not.
I would NOT want to be the guy with the beard and glasses in this next video. They're gonna find him dead with only the handle of that hockey stick still visible!
[video=youtube_share;rVlhMGQgDkY]https://youtu.be/rVlhMGQgDkY[/video]
(fast forward to 1:25).
[video=youtube_share;rVlhMGQgDkY]https://youtu.be/rVlhMGQgDkY[/video]
(fast forward to 1:25).
we are getting to the point where the physical mobility of these robots is approaching that of a human in protective gear (fire fighting, hazmat etc).
At that point they really start to be come viable as "disposable" rescue personnel who can go into environments you would want to send a human.
That could become a game changer for a lot of situations.
At that point they really start to be come viable as "disposable" rescue personnel who can go into environments you would want to send a human.
That could become a game changer for a lot of situations.
Wouldn't an autonomous drone (or swarm of them) be better in nearly all circumstances? They fly, they're faster, they're smaller, more reliable, cheaper?
Minonian
Banned
Indeed it is.This is seriously impressive. Must say I am amazed at their rapid development. And a bit scared.. [big grin]
(oh and watch till the end for a recreation of my last time having to many drinks and deciding I could 'get over that table', thank god many years ago
https://youtu.be/fRj34o4hN4I