Terminator Scenario

[bill]

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto: Exoskeletons Helping Our Soldiers Go the Distance

The Raytheon XOS 2 is a military-grade bio-mechanical exoskeleton that demonstrates the culmination of over a decade of research in improving soldiers' load-bearing capacity without sacrificing speed, strength, and endurance.  The Raytheon XOS 2 is designed to assist soldiers with strenuous activities by taking an enormous amount of stress off the muscles and bones of its operator.  Bottom line:  the suit will enhance average human capacity in both strength and endurance.   Soldiers will soon be able to perform their duties more efficiently and over longer periods of time, while requiring shorter and less frequent rest periods

[rcjordan]

Debbie says read this article:

http://www.peakprosperity.com/blog/80454/siren-song-robot

[rcjordan]

nffc, do not read page 2

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/05/robots-artificial-intelligence-jobs-automation?page=1

[rcjordan]

Wait! There's hope yet...

(mute your speakers) the action heats up around 1:45

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjOWpwbnmTw#!

[Chunkford]

Always thought Google would have something to do with Skynet
http://gizmodo.com/google-and-nasa-are-building-the-future-of-ai-with-a-qu-507376295

[bill]

I wonder if these will be ready in time for Xmas...

Japan's robot suits now closer to reality with Power Jacket MK3

The frame of the exoskeleton is made of aluminum and carbon fiber, keeping it light enough at 25 kilograms. The robotic suit is tall at over 7 feet, and it uses a master-slave system where the users' limbs are strapped to motorized robotic joints. As the user moves, the movement drives the motion for the suit's corresponding joints and limbs. The Power Jacket MK3 has a total of 14 servo motors, and the design for the arms is pretty robust, able to lift as much as 15 kilograms. Sagawa Electronics are, however, limiting the lifting at 2 kilograms for safety reasons. The suit's construction is also strong enough to handle a quick jog, and the robotic hands' action and feel are delicate enough to pick up an egg without cracking it.

[littleman]

That would be fun to play with, though 15 kilograms isn't very much.  If you are going to strap on a robot suit you'd think you'd be able to have some super-strength to mess with.  Matt Damon is wearing a similar suit  in the new movie Elysium.

Edit: That was a hilarious video at the bottom of the page.

[IrishWonder]

Can I just have half of me replaced with metal parts

[thesaintv12]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24397880

'Terminator' self-assembling cube robots revealed by MIT

[rcjordan]

remember the clunky, lurching Big Dog bot?

sweet sweat dreams, nffc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE3fmFTtP9g

[Chunkford]

lol, they've even got the wailing war scream going on there.
Run everyone, RUN! it's coming!

But then maybe we could escape on one of these bad boys - http://myscienceacademy.org/2012/08/23/hover-bike-star-wars-technology-brought-to-life-video-photos/

[thesaintv12]

Too realistic!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22083337

And if you think it might be held up by those wires -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24427821

[grnidone]

The Cheetah, sibling to Big Dog and WildCat, runs 28+ MPH...scary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chPanW0QWhA

[grnidone]

After watching the bipedal robots, it really surprises me that the feet and ankles of these machines are so clunky.  It's like they ignored them and just put flat stumps on the end of the legs.

The human foot and ankles are a marvel of evolutionary design.  Just the big toe alone helps us to walk and run forward.  I can't believe these machines don't have toes to push them forward and ankles to move them over rough terrain. 

I suspect they will have machines with hips and knees that wear out easily.

[dogboy]

boom

http://www.today.com/video/today/53283556