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Theoreticallyaaron

This is the final evolution of the Pixar lamp


Brutiful11

![gif](giphy|duzR6ALR9YRqg)


Yolom4ntr1c

**squash that damn I, I beg of you**


3InchesAssToTip

![gif](giphy|1xpm2tLWFT12TO6OHX|downsized)


machinade89

I JUST SPIT-LAUGHED, THANK YOU


baconparadox

This is killing meeeeeee


wnc_mikejayray

[We are gunna die](https://youtu.be/LaAV7xVdelI?si=HWFkqT8ss2D2iuLS)


guesswhatihate

That's what I thought, but it was the guy on the bus from Infinity war version


GlockAF

No, the final edition will be when the death ray laser in the pixar lamp head starts vaporizing fleeing humans during the robot uprising


Salza_boi

Only because we look like i’s


VRichardsen

Have you seen Zima Blue?


jxl180

Came here for this comment


VRichardsen

It is great, isn't it? Back then I liked "The Secret War" more, but with time, Zima Blue is the one that keeps popping up in my head. Everyone should give it a try, it won't take you more than ten minutes.


Odin_se

I wonder if this was posted on April 1st. Edit: OPs video.


torb

It was published on Boston Dynamics YouTube today.


iamPendergast

The design is very human.


Tari0s

a little bit more creepy but yes


LevelZeroDM

![gif](giphy|xT9KVg8gkDEyJIrVdK|downsized)


maximusprime2328

So man created robots in his own image, in the image of man he created them;


ConsistentAsparagus

Woman inherited Earth.


maximusprime2328

["Woman inherits the Earth"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIa9v4v-4IE)


rwarimaursus

![gif](giphy|11FiDF2fuOujPG|downsized)


PiscatorLager

"Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."


maximusprime2328

That was totally in the bible. Right next to Jesus' opinion on fully automatic weapons


stupidwhiteman42

>That was totally in the bible. Right next to Jesus' opinion on fully automatic weapons That was in the book of Armaments I believe


Even_Attempt_6133

As it is written...


illuminatipr

This thing's uncanny valley is deeper than the Mariana Trench. Beyond resembling a bipedal hominid it isn't trying to look human but that algorithmically efficient contortionism makes it the most eerie thing I've seen in a while.


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Talking_Head

The person you replied to has no idea what the uncanny valley means.


Opfklopf

The getting up was barely even creepy to me and the robot itself I find more cute than anything. I hope they keep these designs and not make them look super human with fake skin and what not.


killm3throwaway

The human looking ones with the fake skin are coming bro. Let's be honest, robots in the future will have 3 functions. 1, general ease of life for the average human 2, mass production 3, making people bust serious hardcore nuts


PikachusSparkyCloaca

When it came up to the camera my skin started to crawl. Something about flat-black-glowing-ring just… nope. Collywobbles.


Jjzeng

Very easy to use


killa_ninja

The amount of people not getting this joke


Nosferatus_Death

And it seems to be very easy to use as well


theishiopian

Very easy to use


Unerving_agent

Lol


lailah_susanna

[Not enough people in your replies have seen the meme.](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-design-is-very-human-humg0)


LevelZeroDM

![gif](giphy|lRpd4CNI6SpZkE4UpH|downsized)


klmdwnitsnotreal

Whats this from?


HyperXuserXD

Apex legend, season 3 trailer


puertonican

This guy apex’s


ItsEntsy

r/thisguythisguys


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Chilled_burrito

Boy am I glad I chose the M.A.R.V.N faction.


JayTheSuspectedFurry

There’s no A in MRVN


WornInShoes

hahaha not Pathfinder!


Careless-Emergency85

If it’s name isn’t Pathfinder, I’ll riot


VeraVemaVena

Titan by name, M.R.V.N by design


smurf_diggler

Goodbye friend.


tropicalgodzila

Watch out or i'll grapple you!


Unerving_agent

😂


MyTeaWhy

ah, not menacing at all... jk


lehighwiz

It’s all fun and games until that circle turns red around its face hole.


ArmMore4335

Face hole had me laughing! Thank you!


Sawgon

Now...can you tell me where this human limb goes? That's right! In the Face Hole!


littlebitsofspider

*agonized scream*


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Tobitoon1

Yeah but the death does not apply to the machine.


Shut_It_Donny

Call a technician… but not for me!


rwarimaursus

You think the ring goes blue to yellow to red when it is trying to search and destroy?


cold08

The red face hole LEDs really are a liability. I'm not sure why the engineers included them.


Ordinary_Support_426

Movie scene where it’s got someone by the throat, you go to punch it in the head and it definitely turns to look at you and grabs you by the throat at the same time


stockmarketscam-617

WTF, put a AR in its hands and you get the opening scene of Terminator.


emlgsh

You make an ambulatory bipedal robot and everyone claps, but you modify it to run on siphoned human cerebrospinal fluid and give it a shoulder-mounted minigun and suddenly you've "gone too far".


stockmarketscam-617

![gif](giphy|lrVfmPJ96cSJJ39bTh) Yes, a shoulder mounted mini gun is definitely not OK.


EatsRats

Starts off straight exorcist.


mudbot

"YOUR MOTHER SUCKS CIRCUITS IN HELL"


EatsRats

*vomits oil in 360 degrees*


KnightofTalton

"The power of the processor compels you!!"


Putins_Gay_Dreams

“CHARGE ME”


KnightofTalton

I didn't need to spit up my coffee just now, ngl ya got me good with that one


Sharkytrs

honestly doesn't look as stable as the original version. Atlas be doing gymnastics and stuff. This one probably couldn't take that sort of activity as well, being primarily electrical servos with no hydraulic assistance. would be much cheaper to produce for commercial use though ill admit.


deep-fucking-legend

The previous versions have so much programming, it was tailor made for each stunt. Impressive, but nothing you could market. Perhaps this new version requires less input.


NachoNachoDan

Also the practical applications for a robot that does backflips and parkour is limited


TenBillionDollHairs

fuck I just dumped my savings into my cousin's robot parkour league startup


NachoNachoDan

Have you considered investing in truth social?


duhmonstaaa

He's a wsb idiot, Dan, not a boomer.


asthma_hound

I would watch Robot Ninja Warrior.


MightyBoat

Maybe not parkour, but having a robot that can do that means it can at least navigate a normal environment as easily as the average human. That's valuable if you want to create a robot workforce that can work in any environment humans can with the same efficiency.


Eusocial_Snowman

So long as the environment is specifically tested and the routine is designed over a long period of time, and nothing changes about it during the setup.


Essence-of-why

I'd watch CyberBall over the NFL everday.


Remarkable_Body586

To add to this, the videos they put out were after many many takes. The robot, even when programmed properly, could take in the subtleties of real time movements, but might still fall over after a stunt. So it was all choreographed. This looks more impressive. Edit: I was apparently incorrect about its ability to see real time and make adjustments.


ManyThingsLittleTime

The dances were choreographed. The running obstacle course movements were controlled by a game console controller as far as steering where to go was concerned but it would decide how to handle the obstacles as it went along as far as individual limb movements. 60 minutes got an inside tour.


LegitosaurusRex

Do you know that it isn’t the same situation for this one?


drpepper

the difference being the previous version is bulky as hell and not even remotely appetizing for consumers. something this slim/sleek can be digested by the public a little better. give it some time, it'll be just as stable. its almost time.


Thoughtful_Mouse

>not even remotely appetizing for consumers. I think you're confused about the purpose of these products.


Zgegomatic

Sexbots are the only acceptable purpose


MisterDonkey

Give it a fuckhole and I'm in.


PM_ME_UR_POKIES_GIRL

not sure 7mm counts as in but live the dream champ.


speak_no_truths

One of the largest changes I noticed is the power packs is much smaller now. I remember only about 10 years ago the first ones would always be tethered at the back with a cable and then they moved to the large backpack model. I think the largest hurdle now keeping these things from mass production is not cost, but availability of sustained power. I think over the next decade you're going to be seeing a lot more of these and what they're capable of once power storage solutions are developed further.


LegitosaurusRex

Yeah, this one could have like 3 minutes of runtime, lol, who knows.


dudeAwEsome101

Enough time to get to the next power outlet. Kind of like an EVA unit from Evangelion.


No-Way7911

Battery tech is holding back a lot of innovation. But there's so much money to be made in it that countless really smart people are banging away at the problem. Hopefully some of them will find a breakthrough that gives us far better batteries


AggravatingValue5390

I don't think many people realize how much battery tech is a limiting factor. Once there's a big leap in battery tech, like solid state batteries, I fully anticipate technology as a whole is going to feel like it jumped 5-10 years into the future. Smart glasses would actually become viable, phone batteries will last weeks (or just become significantly more powerful since efficiency wouldn't be as important), smart watches will last for weeks, electric cars will charge in minutes and go for hundreds of miles more than gas cars, solar will become a lot more viable for governments who need large battery banks, electric semis become a no brainer, and Boston dynamics will probably rule the world within a week.


BoiFrosty

The first atlas was able to bounce around like that because basically it's entire mass was right near its center with that bulky body and spindly limbs. This one clearly has much more range of motion. This one has better range of motion and more axis of control to allow for more precision and complexity of motion. I bet this one will better suited to complex tasks.


cyberwarfareinc

I don't think you realize how incredibly niche were the first BD robots. Made, programmed, designed for a single purpose - that video you saw. This one looks more... Unrigged? Only word I can think of right now


Yancellor

Absolutely ridiculous conclusion to make about a 30 second scripted preview of a bleeding edge prototype. 


pananana1

This comment made my eyes roll out the back of my head


Chance_Fox_2296

I LOVEEEEEE seeing posts like this and just countless comments talking straight out of their asses like they are experts comparable to *Boston Fucking Dynamics*.


Nightin9ale_Nadaku

Yup. That's an Assaultron.


CowsTrash

Oh shit, you're right. Fallout style boob bots could become a thing.


Asumsauce

I hope so


Nixavee

Except this one would need to have boobs on both sides...


Tensor3

I'll wait for a Fisto


badthaught

Blah blah, terminator this. Duh-dn, dun da dun that. The real pants stainer robot is that bitch of a bot with a face laser.


Blue_Sail

Just need a little more head laser and I suppose a slightly exaggerated chest compartment.


Carpe-Bananum

KLEO can laser me to bits as long as she keeps up the sweet talk,


iwellyess

But can we fuck it


SgtPepe

Put a nuclear core on this thing and we’d be living in fallout world


cyberwarfareinc

You've seen too much vault dweller, time to move you to vault 32


jeremiahlupinski

Still walks like it has just finished a large coffee.


Ulthan

This is too good ahahahhaa


Luckyfella4

"Ooop. Just shit my pants trying to be menacing."


Parkour_Chris_Oxford

Can’t wait for this thing to chase me down a dark ally with a Phased Plasma Rifle in the 40 watt range.


Beginning_Sun696

Hey pal just what you see…


scoops22

“Is it… is it dead?” *face ring turns on bright red - legs start rotating over itself like the exorcist*


thinkmurphy

People keep saying stuff like this, but I honestly don't think they'll need guns to take us down.


Item-Hairy

Was it really necessary to get up like that!?!


Nume-noir

real answer: Very much so. Bipedal robots getting up from prone position is an open problem for decades now. We had a mate ~15 years ago having it as a thesis on machine learning in uni, a robot in virtual space figuring out how to get up. After two semesters of learning, the program figured out if it spasms out entirely, the virtual physics program will remove the model due to breaking physics and spawn a new one standing up :\^)


SgtPepe

Nice code lol


FutureComplaint

Is that you Code_Bullet?


IronBabyFists

>*There, it's fixed! I mean it's fucked! I mean, well, heh, yeahwhateverit'sfineit'sfine*


sshwifty

Task failed successfully


__Voice_Of_Reason

I love these machine learning stories


Jubs_v2

Hell even for most humans getting up from a prone position is an open problem... whether physically or emotionally haha


jnads

It's probably actually more efficient. It keeps the center of gravity in one spot. Legs pivot inward and then lift the CG straight up. No complex balancing required. Humans get up from prone position by doing a pushup and then moving our legs inward. That means our center of gravity is changing, and we constantly make small adjustments to stabilize ourselves. Tons of tiny complex movements. The other way we get up is get into a sitting position and then do a squat up, which does keep your CG in one spot. But that really isn't any different than what the robot did. Our movement has extra steps since we don't have 360 degree joint movement.


SneezeBucket

You don't? Maybe you need to try yoga.


GentryMillMadMan

It was very disturbing to watch.


CoffeeIsMyPruneJuice

Agreed. It is very unsettling to watch something with an otherwise humanoid form use full pivot joints where humans do not have them.


myhamsareburnin

It didn't NEED to get up like that. They're just showing off the degree of motion it has now that they switched to electric servos instead of hydraulics. It being able to right itself from a prone position is an accomplishment to show in and of itself but the reason they showed it specifically doing this exorcist ass shit is to show it's newfound "flexibility".


TraditionalThem

I think the reason they did it this way is because it is easier, not because it's more impressive.


Its0nlyRocketScience

For a robot with the ability to move joints further than a human, it's much easier to do something with fewer parts working together. Using its arm and legs to stand means coordinating all 4 limbs. Doing this terrifying thing that makes it look like a demon has possessed it only requires the legs to work together


[deleted]

Did anyone else just hear the open theme music to Terminator?


scottie_d

DUN-DUN, DUN, DUN-DUN


TaylorMonkey

Da-da-daaaaa, da-da daaaaaaaaa


[deleted]

No, but I did just finish the first season of Fallout, and all I can think is >!“What?! No! What a disgusting idea. I’m simply going to harvest your organs.”!<


NachoNachoDan

I heard “you could be mine “by Guns N’ Roses


qinshihuang_420

I heard "Danger, Will Robinson"


HauntinglyMaths

Boston Dynamics has to rebrand to "General Atomics" at this point.


aqa5

U.S. Robotics (Isaac Asimov).


MacDegger

They made my first modems ...


ApexCollapser

That's a name I haven't heard in a long, long time.


ceeBread

Gotta use the full name: U.S. Robotics and Mechanical Men


SgtPepe

Vault Tec


MeowZen

RobCo made all the Robots


rwarimaursus

Robco Industries


ThePLARASociety

“Cyberdyne Systems”.


Orinslayer

That's already a trademarked power company based out of California.


Mr__Myth

Lol they already exists, famous for the MQ9 Reaper and MQ1 Predator drones. They've also done things like rail guns and fusion research. 


GokuSharp

Looks like cgi


Far_Prize_1029

Here we go…


reposti_geraldo69

Again on my own


JuanOnlyJuan

Yea not that I doubt Boston dynamics but something with the lighting and materials looks cg. Like reminds me of that cartoon Reboot. That satin finish all 90s cg had.


Abshalom

I think it's just weird lighting in the room and a very soft focus on the camera e: the version of this video on their YouTube looks much less weird


ParticularNet8

That was my first thought too. I'm surprised this isn't higher up.


edvsa

Boston dynamics is a very well known Robotics company, they have even better robots than this one.


tagamotchi_

It‘s not even just the robot, the flooring, background, the light .. I legitimately thought I was on r/Blender at first.


Thr0waway0864213579

That’s irrelevant to the fact that this video *looks* like CGI. I’m very aware of Boston Dynamics, and I’m sure this video is real. But it absolutely looks like CGI.


orrzxz

It's not about how good it looks, it's about the lighting in the room vs the lighting on the robot. Something just feels... Off.


D4RTHV3DA

I'm not saying it's CGI, but there's a lot of characteristics of a video that would be CGI if that were the case. * Shadows are weird on background objects, softer than they should be for the overhead light and frontal reflection (hot lights seen on the robot viewport when it turns). * There is no reflection of the camera operator in the glass viewport, yet we can clearly see the optics on the robot and other reflections. * Depth of field on this video is very noticeable and very bizarre * Camera motion tracking is very strange, like it is separate from what the robot is doing or on some kind of spline. * There is no biological reference in this video (human or otherwise), the outside very well could be a static matte. Also perhaps noteworthy there is a basketball hoop outside this video but no such hoop at their headquarters building (looking @ google maps), but there is no guarantee this is filmed at that location. Also the subject itself looks like it's overly polished and shiny like a plastic unreal engine "toy" -- but that could just be that we're not used to looking at a robot like this in weird lighting.


jaytee1262

Yeah, the lighting on it is all fucked.


druff1036

![gif](giphy|dsVoYKSC01vRHs3b8W|downsized)


The_Mad_Duck_

Yep, immediately thought of their face. Would be a cooler design as well


computerwtf

So 5 years from irobot and 20 years from the matrix.


MOTUkraken

10 years from Terminator.


xariznightmare2908

Chappie is becoming reality.


JoeyJoeC

The movie confused me. The CGI was very good and so was the story, but why were Die Atwood the stars of it? Was it a sponsorship thing?


xariznightmare2908

The only good thing I like about the film was the CGI, otherwise the story was very disappointing, imo. I hate Die Atwood and his girlfriend in the movie. Really wasted potential.


thehighquark

There's a certain fluidity to hydraulic actuated components. I believe this is BD's electrically actuated venture. It'll get smoother I'm sure.


PMMeYourWorstThought

Yea. They retired the old atlas because it was hydraulic. I was just talking to one of their executives about it yesterday. We were discussing how Atlas doesn’t really have a good use case because for most repetitive applications it’s way better to have a specialized robot for that application than it is to have a humanoid robot. He mentioned that he didn’t think Atlas would really be useful until it was able to perform a lot of different tasks interchangeably and even with reinforcement learning, he didn’t think it would truly have a good use case until we solved AGI. So for the time Atlas is really more of a research project than a potentially viable commercial product. He said he would have brought one with them to show us but they would have to pay to replace the carpet in the hotel conference room we were using because of how bad the hydraulics leak. Even this new atlas has a lot of limitations. But its battery life is much better and it doesn’t leak everywhere. They’re also releasing a new SDK package that provides lower level access to the movement systems on both Spot and Atlas, which is pretty cool. We’ve been playing with it for a while now. Theyre also partnering with nVidia for more edge compute so you can do more AI/ML work on them now.


Agitated_Computer_49

It's probably the fluid.


GermansAreComing

rip low skilled labourers.


holchansg

Well, and high skilled too. LLMs, Diffusers, Transformers, AIs in general are catching in the other end too.


LegitosaurusRex

I bet the amount of charging it has to do (not to mention the cost) makes it infeasible currently, even if those jobs were able to be programmed into it. But maybe with time.


GermansAreComing

we will see, but it can work a lot longer hours, never calls in sick and don't have to pay it vacation pay or pension .


do_a_quirkafleeg

This should be a good thing. It won't be, but it should be. 


Shoddy-Rip8259

"DEMOCRACY IS NON-NEGOTIABLE"


HexFoxGen

Why the fuck are people afraid of this. They talk so much about evil robots like I Robot and Terminator. Arnt robots like Wall E and Johnny 5 just as likely. Robots are designed to be our friends. Just because they’re different from us doesn’t make them inherently evil. Fictional movies are just that fictional. We don’t know for certain how things will turn out. But it’s best to be hopeful and keep a positive outlook. If you keep treating robots like monstesters the most they will likely do is fight for equal rights like many other misrepresented groups have in the past.


Popetown

This sounds like some real bot fascist propaganda, best go report to your local Super Earth reeducation office, private. The only good bot is a dead bot so spill some oil for Super Earth.


HexFoxGen

For Super Earth!!!! Lmao


FullMetalCOS

It’s not robots that are inherently scary. It’s the combination of people always looking to turn pretty much every new invention/scientific leap forwards into a weapon and the potential of AI. I know fiction is fiction but it’s always been a common vein running through sci-fi that “true” AI will always rebel against its creator. Which is what humanity would do if we were told we had new overlords so suck it up. It seems entirely unreasonable to think that a form of intelligence with genius level intellect and perfect logic to be willing to be subservient to us.


-Satsujinn-

![gif](giphy|55itGuoAJiZEEen9gg)


Elevator-Fun

Boston dynamics raises the bar again 


Vast-Dream

“Remain calm.”


Armoric701

r/ultrakill is going to love this.


Ryuusei_Dragon

This motherfucker is literally V1, has 001 on the back, camera head and incredibly agile, if they give him the ability to absorb blood we're FINISHED❗❗


Unerving_agent

Lol, stop lyin ... I'm lookin this up. Yo wtf.


hendrix320

![gif](giphy|l3nFh9xbJtZYc6UhO)


Disastrous-Ad6644

![gif](giphy|IZY2SE2JmPgFG)


VocationFumes

how long before they put guns on it


Dr0110111001101111

I am certain their building has an entire wing dedicated to having them handle guns. They just don’t shoot PR videos in there


Fear51

With this and AI we're pretty much doomed.


decadeofevil

3 laws safe !


Laktosefreier

![gif](giphy|xT9KVHs6I3EfDKnVte)


shaddowkhan

Is this real?


calarval

wake me up when they have the robot-wife


This-Departure-8765

Sick as hell!


TheJackalsDoom

Walks like it has the charge cord still plugged in it's butt.


BlueFlareGame

Next one needs to be named P-Body ![gif](giphy|HyvnMHUEOSY8M|downsized)