Did they have to make it as horrifying as a possessed person in a movie?
All New Atlas | Boston Dynamics - YouTube
Submitted 7 months ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to technology@beehaw.org
https://youtube.com/watch?v=29ECwExc-_M
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Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 months ago
mozz@mbin.grits.dev 7 months ago
This needs to have a voiceover at 0:18, quietly asking "Do you have stairs in your house?"
pbjamm@beehaw.org 7 months ago
“grandpa is protected at the bottom of the stairs”
mozz@mbin.grits.dev 7 months ago
😀
DdCno1@beehaw.org 7 months ago
It was kind of inevitable that sooner or later, their impressive robots would fall deep into the uncanny valley. I suspect they knew this particular aspect about the new Atlas robot would be the most controversial, which is why they posted it separately to judge reactions and for it not to distract from the main video showing its other capabilities later on.
mozz@mbin.grits.dev 7 months ago
I suspect that they deliberately played into the creepiness to make a more effective viral video
BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Or it’s just to show off the joint rotational abilities the thing is capable of compared to the hydraulic limitations that were part of Atlas.
Or both…
pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
wonder why those elbows lock out instead of having 270 degrees of freedom. would be even more creepy.
The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 7 months ago
Can’t tell if it’s real or CGI…lol
BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Boston Dynamics’ videos seem to make us disbelieve a lot, but so far it’s all been real.
sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 7 months ago
😂 I saw this earlier and thought it was CGI, it’s only when I saw some tech reviewers do videos about it that I thought it was safe to post
DdCno1@beehaw.org 7 months ago
Always check the source. This is Boston Dynamics’ YouTube channel - and they are not in the business of faking things.
HubertManne@kbin.social 7 months ago
this reminds me a bit of robosimian.
Sleekly@beehaw.org 7 months ago
Oh my god they could not have made that more creepy