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  • R R Giskard Reventlov

    Atlas, The Next Generation - YouTube[^]

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    jeron1
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    They should program it to shovel snow, mow the lawn, and wash the car, you know, useful stuff. :)

    "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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      I wanted it to hit the guy with the hockey stick - he would have deserved it... ;)

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      They just cut out that part of the video.

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        They should program it to shovel snow, mow the lawn, and wash the car, you know, useful stuff. :)

        "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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        Kevin Marois
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        jeron1 wrote:

        They should program it to shovel snow, mow the lawn, and wash the car bring me a beer, you know, useful stuff

        FTFY

        If it's not broken, fix it until it is

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          That thing is just creepy... :~

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          Amarnath S
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          :thumbsup: Can't have that creepy thing as a colleague :-)

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            jeron1 wrote:

            They should program it to shovel snow, mow the lawn, and wash the car bring me a beer, you know, useful stuff

            FTFY

            If it's not broken, fix it until it is

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            jeron1
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            Kevin Marois wrote:

            They should program it to shovel snow, mow the lawn, and wash the car, AND bring me a beer, you know, useful stuff

            FTFY :)

            "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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              Kevin Marois wrote:

              They should program it to shovel snow, mow the lawn, and wash the car, AND bring me a beer, you know, useful stuff

              FTFY :)

              "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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              Kevin Marois
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              :cool:

              If it's not broken, fix it until it is

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                jeron1 wrote:

                They should program it to shovel snow, mow the lawn, and wash the car bring me a beer, you know, useful stuff

                FTFY

                If it's not broken, fix it until it is

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                Kyle Moyer
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                That's what the missus is for. Certainly didn't marry her for her cooking! :laugh:

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                • K Kyle Moyer

                  That's what the missus is for. Certainly didn't marry her for her cooking! :laugh:

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                  jeron1
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                  I we don't hear from you again, we'll know why! ;P

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                  • R R Giskard Reventlov

                    Atlas, The Next Generation - YouTube[^]

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                    very impressive but I can't help feeling we'd be a lot further on if a little less effort was wasted on human-like characteristics (bipedal walking is a really stupid way of getting around, let's face it). All that work on recovering from stumbles that it really doesn't need to make could surely have been better spent?

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                      very impressive but I can't help feeling we'd be a lot further on if a little less effort was wasted on human-like characteristics (bipedal walking is a really stupid way of getting around, let's face it). All that work on recovering from stumbles that it really doesn't need to make could surely have been better spent?

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                      R Giskard Reventlov
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                      Because Skynet?

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                      • 9 9082365

                        very impressive but I can't help feeling we'd be a lot further on if a little less effort was wasted on human-like characteristics (bipedal walking is a really stupid way of getting around, let's face it). All that work on recovering from stumbles that it really doesn't need to make could surely have been better spent?

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                        Super Lloyd
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                        I dunno about bi pedal, maybe 3 or 4 leg would be a good idea... although bi pedal use less space, smaller surface on the ground so it's not a complete waste.. But recovering from stumble is essential! What's the point of a robot which can't do anything because it can't reach its destination and break fragile stuff as it falls (all the time)?!

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                          very impressive but I can't help feeling we'd be a lot further on if a little less effort was wasted on human-like characteristics (bipedal walking is a really stupid way of getting around, let's face it). All that work on recovering from stumbles that it really doesn't need to make could surely have been better spent?

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                          Stefan_Lang
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                          They actually tried a 4-legged robot but found it to be too noisy. They decided to go with only two legs, then, because it would be less conspicuous distracting.:cool:

                          GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)

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                            They actually tried a 4-legged robot but found it to be too noisy. They decided to go with only two legs, then, because it would be less conspicuous distracting.:cool:

                            GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)

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                            Paddington Bear
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                            and besides, it is more difficult to make a four legged version walk round as if it were terminally constipated.

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                            • R R Giskard Reventlov

                              Atlas, The Next Generation - YouTube[^]

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                              Plamen Dragiyski
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                              I don't find it creepy. Robots intelligence (created by us) is so less sophisticated that they cannot perform simple walking (until now). Still I think it is kinda slow, since it falls from a push (humans react really fast and do not). And I don't think that energy system is autonomous like ours. And I don't even imagine high-level intellectual functions. We are so far from "intelligent" robots.

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                                They should program it to shovel snow, mow the lawn, and wash the car, you know, useful stuff. :)

                                "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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                                piyush_singh
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                                :thumbsup:

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                                • R R Giskard Reventlov

                                  Atlas, The Next Generation - YouTube[^]

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                                  I kept waiting for it to get pissed off and hit the guy.

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                                    I kept waiting for it to get pissed off and hit the guy.

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                                    Alexander DiMauro
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                                    Yeah, seriously. It looked like the robot left pissed off...which is exactly how the Terminator is born...thanks hockey stick guy, you just doomed the world... :doh:

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                                      I dunno about bi pedal, maybe 3 or 4 leg would be a good idea... although bi pedal use less space, smaller surface on the ground so it's not a complete waste.. But recovering from stumble is essential! What's the point of a robot which can't do anything because it can't reach its destination and break fragile stuff as it falls (all the time)?!

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                                      9082365
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                                      Recovering from a stumble is only essential if you have a robot that stumbles - which all bipedal robots do (see some of the hilarious footage from robot trials around the world!) My point was that the effort should be going into finding inherently stable configurations which don't stumble rather than slavishly adhering to the bipedal method just because it looks more human. This needn't take up much more space especially if the centre of gravity can be kept low.

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                                        Recovering from a stumble is only essential if you have a robot that stumbles - which all bipedal robots do (see some of the hilarious footage from robot trials around the world!) My point was that the effort should be going into finding inherently stable configurations which don't stumble rather than slavishly adhering to the bipedal method just because it looks more human. This needn't take up much more space especially if the centre of gravity can be kept low.

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                                        vtokar
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                                        I would guess the problem is the battery use. Because bipedals need several times less energy on the same distance than 4-legged creatures. At least, that's what I read about why humans are bipedals.

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                                          very impressive but I can't help feeling we'd be a lot further on if a little less effort was wasted on human-like characteristics (bipedal walking is a really stupid way of getting around, let's face it). All that work on recovering from stumbles that it really doesn't need to make could surely have been better spent?

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                                          Paul Kemner
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                                          Make Tachikomas instead?

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