Randomness

[Coaster1]

For kickball fans.

Merry Christmas folks!

[mik]

Right, this just caused a full 30 seconds of

[mik]

OK - I am in the “CGI” camp - based on the lack of impact evidence on the (soft) mat floor. I’m not sure I would want to stake my life on it mind.....

[Mito Man]

Looks similar to those hard rubber interlocking garage floor tiles which don’t really deform unless you jack a car on them for a few hours. Cool robots though. Would love one to help around the house

[jamcg]

Looks similar to those hard rubber interlocking garage floor tiles which don’t really deform unless you jack a car on them for a few hours. Cool robots though. Would love one to help around the house

You can buy the 4 legged yellow one. $75k

https://shop.bostondynamics.com/spot

[ZedLeg]

OK - I am in the “CGI” camp - based on the lack of impact evidence on the (soft) mat floor. I’m not sure I would want to stake my life on it mind.....

I don't think it is CG, you can see the bipedal ones dig into the mat when the go onto the front or back of their feet. Also the wheeled one seems to sink into it more.

It would be weird for BD to do a cg video after spending years freaking people out with their spooky robots

[mik]

I’ve only looked on the phone - I should probably watch on a monitor instead.

[Rich B]

OK - I am in the “CGI” camp - based on the lack of impact evidence on the (soft) mat floor. I’m not sure I would want to stake my life on it mind.....

I don't think it is CG, you can see the bipedal ones dig into the mat when the go onto the front or back of their feet. Also the wheeled one seems to sink into it more.

It would be weird for BD to do a cg video after spending years freaking people out with their spooky robots

it would somewhat undermine the work they've spent decades doing!

[Beany]

It looks CG because it looks kinda uncanny valley with the hip movements and balance, which up till now has only really been possible in CG with motion capture.

I'm more interested to know how much of it is programmed dance moves (motion capture base presumably) and how much of it is internal fuzzy logic - balance and compensation etc. I mean, that's where the cool stuff is happening here.

[Gwaredd]

It must be quite galling to spend your life developing a robot so sophisticated it can dance and balance on one leg, only for someone on the Internet to call it fake as the assumed floor substance didn't deform as they expected

Next you'll be saying the incredibly complex and dangerous moon missions were fake as the shadows on the surface weren't exactly where you thought they should have been

[jamcg]

It must be quite galling to spend your life developing a robot so sophisticated it can dance and balance on one leg, only for someone on the Internet to call it fake as the assumed floor substance didn't deform as they expected

Next you'll be saying the incredibly complex and dangerous moon missions were fake as the shadows on the surface weren't exactly where you thought they should have been

And the flag moved! It moved with wind and there’s no atmosphere on the moon!!

[ZedLeg]

Ah but you know you couldn’t have taken pictures in space. The radiation would’ve ruined the film

[Beany]

Ah but you know you couldn’t have taken pictures in space. The radiation would’ve ruined the film

Pfft, the Van Allen belts would have killed them first, didn't you know?

(Narrator: Van Allen himself says this is utter bobbins)

[Rich B]

To be fair, being accused of being fake is probably the ultimate complement. It is absolutely bonkers.

[mik]

Talking about the moon....

[mik]

I guess when English isn’t your first language, whoa-Lee shit is an entirely reasonable surprise response.

[Mito Man]

Random recommended video



The van drivers seem to be a special kind of stupid

[jamcg]

Let’s just hit it full speed to guarantee we fill the air intake with water

[ZedLeg]

You can tell the people who live locally and the folk who are just visiting

[mik]