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Farewell to HD Atlas | Boston Dynamics (www.youtube.com)
submitted 7 months ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Watching this robot land weird and shoot hydraulic fluid out of its knees makes me physically uncomfortable, but I gotta say it's pretty neat how similar the "panic motions" to regain its balance are to human attempts to regain balance.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Watching this robot land weird and shoot hydraulic fluid out of its knees makes me physically uncomfortable

It's more uncomfortable seeing the same thing happen with a human but maybe that's just me.

[–] PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Certainly, but with its "lifelike" movement I couldn't help but have a visceral response to seeing it's knee blow out. Not something I anticipated watching a fancy hunk of metal hop around.

[–] 65gmexl3@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

https://spectrum.ieee.org/boston-dynamics-atlas-retires

Now, if you’re wondering why Boston Dynamics is saying “it’s time for our **hydraulic **Atlas robot to kick back and relax,” rather than just “our **Atlas **robot,” and if you’re also wondering why the video description ends with “take a look back at everything we’ve accomplished with the Atlas platform “to date,” well, I can’t help you. Some people might attempt to draw some inferences and conclusions from that very specific and deliberate language, but I would certainly not be one of them, because I’m well known for never speculating about anything.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

So they have a non-hydraulic driven Atlas? I wanna see that shit.

Edit: I have seent it. It was scary 😱

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

https://youtu.be/dKjCWfuvYxQ related video

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