The Boston Dynamics bipedal robot can run now

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/05/10/the-boston-dynamics-bipedal-ro.html

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Hmmm but how fast?

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This sends a cold shiver of fear down my spine.

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The Boston Dynamics bipedal robot can run now

Ok, now that’s a problem. I can’t run faster than it, that’s a real problem.

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Just gotta run faster than all your ‘friends’

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Roger That!

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Shit! He jumped over a log too! Yikes…

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And the popup ad right below the article starts “The next cyberattack is coming…”

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Peace in our time.

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Maybe not as fast as me but I bet he can keep running for longer.

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I’ve recovered footage of Boston Dynamics’ 2035 model; seen here conducting peace operations.

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Wow, they sure have come a long way with these in a very short amount of time.
Impressive.
I wounder if they have created a DARPA initiative yet.

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This remains the best (and in this context, also most relevant) Inspirbot image I’ve generated yet:

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It’s a little slow jumping over that log. It needs to work on its Parkour a bit.

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Yeah, but it has terrible posture.

Your shoe’s untied.

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I doesn’t matter. It won’t get tired. We’re f***ed.

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Interesting technique on the jump. The followthrough with the arms is before the jump, the knees lowered to almost touch the ground. I wonder if it would topple over if it did it differently.

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Why are humans manifesting our own obsolesence?

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People will die, so people have children. Humanity will die, so why can’t we have a say in what comes after?

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