Atlas now has a bipedal robot... What could go wrong?

[joeactor]

A new version of Atlas, designed to operate outdoors and inside buildings. It is specialized for mobile manipulation. It is electrically powered and hydraulically actuated. It uses sensors in its body and legs to balance and LIDAR and stereo sensors in its head to avoid obstacles, assess the terrain, help with navigation and manipulate objects. This version of Atlas is about 5' 9" tall (about a head shorter than the DRC Atlas) and weighs 180 lbs.

[Tank]

Nothing! As long as we obey our robot overlords.

[Guardian85]

I have no problem with robots, as long as they don't put a gun on it. That would be a bad fucking idea!

[Ecurb Noselrub]

Program them all to be Amish - they never hurt anyone.

[joeactor]

Program them all to be Amish - they never hurt anyone.

Plus, they'd make great cheese...

[Claireliontamer]

Program them all to be Amish - they never hurt anyone.

Plus, they'd make great cheese...

Do the Amish make good cheese?

[xSilverPhinx]

1:27

So, when 's the part when the robot finally feels pissed off and laser beams come out of it's "eyes"? 

[Tank]

Program them all to be Amish - they never hurt anyone.

No. But they would loath themselves as technology!

[joeactor]

Program them all to be Amish - they never hurt anyone.

Plus, they'd make great cheese...

Do the Amish make good cheese?

Yes! I used to live near some communities. They're very friendly. Did some computer work for a company that makes leather goods for horses. Mostly Amish staff. Lots of buggies in the parking lot.

[Crow]

I for one welcome our new android overlord. Now lets hope they don't watch that video from 1.30 mins on otherwise we are fucked.

[Biggus Dickus]

Awesome video, thanks for posting that Joe...that's one to share.

I like how it lifts properly, as one should, by bending at the knees, and coming straight down up with the box rather that the back as some many of us primates do which can seriously mess with your back. It was interesting to see how perfect it performed that simple task.

I also like how it would stumble in the snow, and then sort of transfer it's weight to one side of the other so as to maintain it's balance...almost looked drunk a couple times.

I also couldn't help but have a visceral reaction when the dude with the hockey stick was either knocking the box out of the robots grasp and then pushing it away from it, or when hockey stick dude actually pushed him over...what a very human reaction. Not sure if anyone else here felt that. I almost wanted the robot to grab the hockey stick dude and thrash him.

I could see some humans finding pleasure in that...teasing or humiliating robots in a similar fashion, maybe that will be the tipping point in the future for AI, as they become conscience and aware, and they start fighting back against robot abuse.

Would make a good movie maybe?

[joeactor]

Hey Bruno,

I had very similar reactions to both the lifting positions and to the "taunt the robot" sections... great minds?

[xSilverPhinx]

Let us hope then, that nobody ever has the brilliant idea of giving wobbly man toys an artificial brain. 

[xSilverPhinx]

https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/23/spotmini/

[Asmodean]

I have no problem with robots, as long as they don't put a gun on it. That would be a bad fucking idea!

Would it though..? In them weird wars of the Middle East, I'd rather sacrifice robots than NATO soldiers.