Originally published at: Bipedal robot combines multiple sci-fi franchises - Boing Boing
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Give a toilet plunger.
“Daleks do not climb stairs, we level buildings!”
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With the right feet this could have a much friendlier Silent Running vibe.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5_C5NIUu6FM&pp=ygUVc2lsZW50IHJ1bm5pbmcgcm9ib3Rz
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Cute? Sure, 'cause the blasters are well hidden.
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(s25e01 Remembrance of the Daleks 1988. is it concerning that I knew immediately which serial it was?)
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How long until they arm it?
That appears to be the destiny of every mobile robot.
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Stairs. The secret weapon against the machines.
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A bit of a retcon, once they had SFX that would let Daleks go places that weren’t tricycle-accessible. In the Third Doctor days, they destroyed a Dalek by luring it across an apparent bridge over a chasm that was really some coats covered with sand.
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Reminds me of the perky little MkII from MGS4
Huge amount of money going into cooking up robot dev platforms right now.
When the big tech companies have run out of untainted internet to feed into their multimodal neural networks, plan c is to send a bunch of these lil guys out into the world to chill, do amusing acrobatics and data-mine the ever living fuck out of reality…
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“…is actually — dare I say — cute.”
Sure… considering its subliminal smile, revealed below. But the “cute” bot looks as if it could land a pretty decent ostrich-kick right on your nuts if it so desired.
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They put it in First Order colours so that Disney Star Wars kids wouldn’t fear it. At first.
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“What if we start work on the torment nexus technology but, you know, as a self-referential joke.”
I assume that all these videos show them kicking the bot to show that it could deal with the recoil of a weapon…
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guess its called “TRON1” for a reason.
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I mean, it’s cute because it’s waist-high. If it were 15 feet tall that thing’d be terrifying.
“…and it’s only $15,000!”
“Okay, cool! So what all can it do?”
“Not fall down.”
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ok, after actually watching the video; whats the point of this robot, besides the hefty pricetag of $15,000?
e/ @anon3894935; I saw you writing while I dragged.
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What’s that from?
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season 2, episode 8-9
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