They won't be teasing/shoving Atlas any more

[rcjordan]

BTW...

Hyundai takes control of Boston Dynamics in $1.1B deal - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/11/22167835/hyundai-boston-dynamics-aquisition-consumer-robotics


>AI

Somewhere, I've read that some are pursuing Motion Capture (tracking dots on suits) and AI to 'teach' robots how to perform movements.

[littleman]

>Hyundai

It will be interesting to see how that ends up.

>> Evolutionary algorithms

I think you are probably right Ergo.  I'm sure there are lots of sensors in those bots that assess their placements and the physics exerted on them when they do their movements and on the fly adjustments need to be made in real time.

That's an amazing video.

[rcjordan]

Atlas: 2013 vs 2021

https://old.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/qo1hrf/i_wonder_what_atlas_will_be_like_in_coming_10/

[ergophobe]

For now, we're safe, because Atlas can't go very long at all on a charge. That presents us with a quandary.

If battery tech does not improve, we face planetary disruption and dislocation from climate change.

If battery tech does improve, we face planetary disruption and dislocation from the robot apocalypse.

[rcjordan]

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