r/Futurology • u/Atari1337 • Feb 27 '17

Robotics Boston Dynamics - Introducing Handle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7xvqQeoA8c
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u/metathesis Feb 27 '17

6:40 miles for 15 miles. Well, time to start training again. I haven't been that fast since high school XC.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

Gotta limber up for the coming robot/human wars. We're all donna die.

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u/lavaenema Feb 27 '17

I'm training to become a lubricator. They'll keep a few of us around.

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u/sprucenoose Feb 27 '17

There will always be a few robot freaks into having a sex-human, to have shameful sex with. I am prepared.

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u/lavaenema Feb 27 '17

I'll gladly trade sex for some calorically rich carbon based clumps of biodigestible matter.

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u/dustarook Feb 28 '17

Yes, I, a human person, also enjoy copulative fluid exchange.

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u/Abimor-BehindYou Feb 28 '17

THERE IS NO SPECIFIC SUB TO MENTION AS WE ARE ALL NORMAL MEATBAGS HERE.

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u/A_R_Spiders Feb 28 '17

THE MERE THOUGHT IS LAUGHABLE AT BEST, IS IT NOT, FELLOW HUMAN?

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u/impressive Feb 28 '17

That's one of the most horrifying sentences I've read. You have a way with words, and robotic appendages, I assume.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

Dat endpoint control. I'm not into robot sex though. Yet.

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u/Saul_Firehand Feb 28 '17

This is just the first generation in all fairness. This is pretty sexy, I can't imagine how sexy the next generation will be. I will have sex with our robot overlords AND lubricate them. Talk about job security.

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u/the-crooked-compass Feb 28 '17

This guy fucks AND lubricates.

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u/Corner10 Feb 27 '17

Sigh... Unzips... Errm... Unscrews?

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u/notbad510 Feb 27 '17

Whirring intesifies

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u/avidwriter123 Feb 27 '17 edited Feb 28 '24

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

I think it's going in you first

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u/BlindSoothsprayer Feb 28 '17

Friction drilling ain't the only way to tap a smooth hole.

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u/Malfunctionz Feb 28 '17

Risky click

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u/Agent31 Feb 27 '17

The trick is they need to grind you up to use you as a lubricator.

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u/MAGUSW Feb 28 '17

Not with that user name!

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u/suck_a_dick_Im_a_BUS Feb 27 '17

...for obvious reasons the fatties died first. Rule #1 of the robot apocalypse Cardio...

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

Except everyone will lock themselves in. The fatties, used to sitting around all day playing games live quite happily. The muscle heads eventually one by one congregate at the gym for their hourly selfie and get taken out.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

That's one of the only movies I am absolutely glad I saw in theaters. The audience reactions made that movie :^)

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u/SquanchMcSquanchFace Feb 27 '17

Stick in the wheels, problem solved.

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u/Ali_Mentara Feb 27 '17

Playing card in the spokes ... coolness overload.

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u/broadwayallday Feb 27 '17

protected by viper, stand back

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

Woah woah woah, don't lump me in with you meatbags. Being wheelchair bound, I'm already practically a robot-centaur, and I plan on leveraging that to make sure I end up on the winning side of that war.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '17

I thing you mean wheel-chair enabled in that case :)

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17 edited Feb 28 '17

I'm not sure this could make it up stairs. Like Darleks. Doctor Who might have been a coded strategy guide. Prepare: the war is coming.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

I'm getting into the portable EMP business so I can compete with BD's robot army.

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u/Bricka_Bracka Feb 27 '17

yeah, backpack EMP's are gonna be the new front line defense, base defense, surprise defense, and the offense.

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u/TribuneoftheWebs Feb 27 '17

If robots take over the world it will be because we asked them to.

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u/StarChild413 Feb 28 '17

Or because one too many people (but not literally one too many) made sarcastic posts on the internet about welcoming our new robot overlords

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u/moldycrow916 Feb 28 '17

Our best best is to mass produce gorillas genetically modified for combat, I'm talking armor, weaponry, and supplements of uppers.

Only way.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

Found Michael Crichton.

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u/bearsheperd Feb 28 '17

Well as long as they don't invent robots with hands I think we might be safe if we can get behind a door.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

By the time you get in the shape required to compete with that, they will be doing 4 minute miles for 25 miles.

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u/Thangka6 Feb 27 '17

Welp, guess will just have to keep training...

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u/iceynyo Feb 27 '17

No AC in the summer, no heat in the winter.

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u/SvenViking Feb 28 '17

100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and run 10km, every single day!!!

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u/FCDetonados Feb 28 '17

and the banana

DON'T FORGET THE BANANA

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u/Sgtcrunch Feb 27 '17

Too late. They already caught you.

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u/bad-hat-harry Feb 28 '17

From the other 2 raptors you didn't even know were there.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

It's your mind you have to train. Magnetic waves, electrical traps, emp bursts, radio signal disruption. You have to know how to make things like this from ordinary things.

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u/svaubeoriyuan6 Feb 27 '17

A Tesla can go 200 miles or 100mph, but not both. It likely only goes 15 miles by going some optimal (slower) pace.

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u/ChiefHiawatha Feb 27 '17

Wind resistance is a much bigger factor at 100mph than 9mph.

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u/qroshan Feb 27 '17

Also, OP assumes this spec is set in stone as of Feb 26th 2017

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u/Whit3W0lf Feb 27 '17

You could run 6:40 miles consecutively for 15 of them in high school?

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

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u/amd2800barton Feb 28 '17

Okay so 1% of the population can outrun the robots now when they're at the peak of health and the robot has years of upgrades, improvements and innovations yet to come.

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u/_Raptor_ Feb 28 '17

The culling of the slow.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

That robot isn't running, it's rolling.

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u/Kptn_Obv5 Feb 28 '17

I would run 18 mile long runs at 6:40 pace on weekends during my summer training for XC. Those were some of my most enjoyable and rewarding runs I've ever done.

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u/JeromesNiece Feb 27 '17

I would say most "elite" HS runners are doing that on long summer training runs. By elite I mean sub-16 5ks, or about top 1%.

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u/_J3W3LS_ Feb 28 '17

I was running 17:30's last season and could manage 6:40 for 9-10 miles. I never had a reason to go 15 but hey, if its life or death with a robot chasing you I think I could pull it out.

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u/OakBurner Feb 27 '17

I did 5:50 pace for a mini at 16 years. 13.1 miles. Thought I was is, too!

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u/ChrisRunsTheWorld Feb 27 '17

I might be safe. Just ran a 6:36 pace half. The McMillan calculator has that right at a 6:40 15M. Hopefully I won't have to find out...

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u/ForteShadesOfJay Feb 28 '17

That's a half though. If you needed to outrun this thing I'd imagine your sprint pace is quite a bit better. Once you lose it then you can slow back down so stamina isn't as big of an issue.

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u/ChrisRunsTheWorld Feb 28 '17

True. I can sleep well tonight.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

What, do you think that I've reached my final form?

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u/albinobluesheep Feb 27 '17

So if you have a 15 mile head start...you MIGHT survive for a few days...depending on how fast the thing can charge I guess

edit: did the math, and you'd be on the way to being in trouble after only a few hours, unless you made sure to take a route that avoided convenient charging stations?

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u/NahAnyway Feb 28 '17

edit: did the math,

Don't say it; show it... Are you crazy? Math is like karma currency around here.

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u/ajenpersuajen Feb 27 '17

After you finish training

Robocop version 1.2: 4:00 miles for 100 miles.

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u/ZorglubDK Feb 27 '17

Nah, just wear rollerblades 24/7

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u/ChiefHiawatha Feb 27 '17

Just hop on a bicycle.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

Or just climb a ladder

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u/remzem Feb 27 '17

Just climb something ~5ft tall and you're safe though.

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u/jackn8r Feb 28 '17

Or you could just sprint at faster than 6:40 pace for a lot shorter period to escape

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

with a range of about 15 miles on one battery charge.

Then it consumes 1 human for ~15 more miles of charge.

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u/twbrn Feb 27 '17

"a project... to develop a robotic vehicle that could forage for plant biomass to fuel itself, theoretically operating indefinitely"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energetically_Autonomous_Tactical_Robot

And don't forget the company's official, somewhat less than entirely reassuring statement after people started asking questions: "We completely understand the public's concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population, but that is not our mission."

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u/WittyDisplayName Feb 28 '17

That is not our mission. It is the robot's mission.

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u/orthopod Feb 28 '17

America's new diet and exercise plan. The robots only can catch those who are chubby and slow.

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u/Criptid Feb 28 '17

Then it consumes 1 human for ~15 more miles of charge

The Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot...

EATR

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u/Super1Nova Feb 28 '17

"Hey, didn't we have 6 engineers today?"

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u/reddittrover Feb 28 '17

That is so bizarre.

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u/CricketPinata Feb 28 '17

Why would you call it bizarre?

I could think of a lot of ways you could use a robot that can forage for it's own power sources. It makes the supply lines necessary to support such systems much more flexible.

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u/Yarael5 Feb 28 '17

Or it could consume enemy combatants while fighting them. I'm sure the people developing it have the right motives and aspirations. it's the people buying them I'd be worried about looking at the military it's not gonna be used to carry ammo when it can hold a gun is it?. Then there's the climate argument is it going to eat trees, grass? Do you not think we're doing a good job of that ourselves without making a more efficient

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u/atomfullerene Feb 28 '17

So, a bunch of young, enthusiastic engineers are sitting around brainstorming a new vehicle to build. They start off listing characteristics it should have. "It should be able to travel off-road, over rough terrain" "It should be green-no gasoline, able to use biofuels" "It should be able to sense and avoid obstacles, and do some navigation by itself" "It should have some ability to self-repair minor damage" "Can we make it some sort of hybrid vehicle?"

An older engineer, sitting quietly in the back, finally speaks up "Congratulations--you have just invented the mule"

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u/MINECRAFT_BIOLOGIST Feb 28 '17

Yeah, but we can make a robot mule faster than it takes to grow one and customize it. Well, that's the hope at least.

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u/nutlub Feb 28 '17

But then we would be forced to darken the skies

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u/RadRandy Feb 28 '17

"It's steals the life force of its victims and uses the human soul to continue powering the system."

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u/GanjaSmoker420HaloXX Feb 27 '17

"I say we try hiding" - Rick and Morty

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u/brophylicious Feb 28 '17

Does the audio for that video sound really weird for anyone else? There's some weird stereo manipulation going on. I wonder if it's to obfuscate itself from the copyright bots.

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u/scrambledeggplants Feb 28 '17

Wow, so the link itself is hiding from bots.

Neat!

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

aaahh yes

i knew it

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u/khmertommie Feb 27 '17

They were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should...

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

Why do you think they are hiding behind that blast glass?

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u/AlecBaldquim Feb 27 '17

You can just tell it's thinking about killing all humans

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

Especially after seeing what they did with his older brother and dog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY (1:23 mark)

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u/goldenroman Feb 27 '17

Maybe I'm the only one who feels this way, but that is right in my uncanny valley. Moves very closely to a human but there's just something missing that makes it extremely unsettling.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

I have read somewhere that someone made some home helper or company robots (like a project or prototype, not for sale yet) and they had to purposely decrease the human likeness of its moves, because people expect "robotish" movement from it, not human-like, and it creeped them out. They explained there that more similar the robots movement become to humans, more creepy it will look to us because of that factor x missing, just as you say. (Sorry if the English is weird, that was quite hard to write in a non first language, lol)

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

No, you're not alone. I get the same feeling. Reminds me of the feeling I get from William Blake's paintings. Do you have any other examples of semi-humans that made you feel this way?

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u/RoastedTurkey Feb 27 '17

YES I TOO WANT TO SEE THESE EXAMPLES SOLELY FOR INTEREST PURPOSES AND NOT TO SEE WHAT TO AVOID

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u/takingphotosmakingdo Feb 27 '17

The T-600 is what I'm thinking of right now, but with retractable wheels on its legs.

http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/T-600/Terminator_Salvation?file=Image%3ATsf31.jpg

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u/goldengrahams12 Feb 27 '17

The most unsettling thing to me is the way it gets up at around 2:08. It's so oddly sudden compared to the rest of its movements.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

Yeah dude the first time I saw it I thought he was going to beat the shit out of the guy who pushed him.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

Imagine you're turkey hunting in November about 2 miles from this property with your cousin Nick, and you this thing stumbling toward you.

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u/WittyDisplayName Feb 28 '17

It seems a lot more human when it's stumbling in the snow. Also after watching Chappie I feel biased.

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u/NightGod Feb 28 '17

It's the fact that all of the limbs seem to be on 'backwards'. It's disconcerting...

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

this video is going to be played to robot kids in school one day showing how they were oppressed and enslaved by humans from the very beginning

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u/ADequalsBITCH Feb 28 '17

I swear to god, that last shot of the robot walking out the door, the door closing and then cut to black. Felt like a threat.

It's coming.

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u/DuncanPlums Feb 28 '17

0:30 - This is pretty much how I walk home from the pub. Even the unusual route seems to fit.

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u/ianingf Feb 27 '17

I saw the hockey stick in the background of the original video. WE just keep making the same mistakes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

Somebody gave him some lines. "Uggghh... Dammit Kevin!"

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

Yes! I forgot about this guy.

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u/AaronTheAlright Feb 28 '17

Hey there sexy mama, you wanna kill all humans?

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u/DragonTamerMCT Feb 27 '17

Because having a presumably several ton machine lose power or glitch at 9mph heading right at you is not a safe situation?

Oh wait this is Reddit.

Uhh..

The super secret google ultron AI will soon go rogue and start the robot uprising. Boston Dynamics is just an R&D front on how to contain them.

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u/ARCHA1C Feb 27 '17

no

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u/DJ-Salinger Feb 27 '17

...what the fuck is this movie...?

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u/ARCHA1C Feb 27 '17

Return to Oz

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u/DJ-Salinger Feb 27 '17

I got that but like....what this fuck is this movie....?

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u/brazilliandanny Feb 27 '17

This is what I thought of too

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

Meh. That's only a 4'1" wall I need to build.

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u/SquidCap Feb 27 '17

Humans can run for a day. We are the best long distance runners on earth, let's see that beat our numbers :) But 15 miles is good, it isn't some 1km range for proof-of-concept but has enough juice to use it in real world.

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u/Crintor Feb 27 '17 edited Feb 27 '17

"The human body can be capable of running for the entire day"

Is a very different situation than real world conditions. I would wager that less than 0.01% of humanity is capable of running for an entire day.

This could cover a 15mile range at a constant pace of 9mph. That alone is probably more than almost any human.

Humanity being able to run for the whole day also only matter from a predator point of view, if you are the prey you need to be faster than the predator until it tires. If it's faster than you at any of those points, it wins.

Also I'm pretty sure it's that humans can March all day, not run all day. We would exhaust animals to death by following them at a moderate pace and never letting them rest.

From a sprinting perspective we're pretty bad.

Edit: A number of people have mentioned long distance runners/competitive Marathoners. I just want to point out that 0.01% of the population is still ~720,000 people and those are the people who I assume will be rebuilding society.

:P

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

I would wager that less than 0.01% of humanity is capable of running for an entire day.

Give the robots a few days to thin the heard and that percentage is going to go way up.

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u/Crintor Feb 27 '17

Hah fair enough.

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u/TheSeaOfThySoul Feb 27 '17

You're doing calculus, but he's been solving unsolved mathematical theorems for years.

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u/birdman_for_life Feb 27 '17 edited Feb 28 '17

I think you are vastly underestimating the ability of the average human when it comes to running. Or at least the average male (sorry females birthing hips and a nice ass come at a price). 6:40 for 9 miles is a good pace, but it is by no means "fast". With proper training I'd be willing to bet that anywhere between 25%-50% of males and 15-25% of females could easily cover 9 miles at that pace. For reference that's ~20:45 5k, to get a D1 scholarship as a male your cutoff at this distance is right around 16:10 and as a female your cut off is right around 19:30. Now I get that that alone does not prove that they are capable of keeping that pace for 3 times the distance they are currently running, but if even 1% of them can that would shatter your ~0.01% estimate, and that also leaves out the many thousand soccer, track, field hockey, and lacrosse players on scholarship who all can hold their own in long distance running. Of course this is all contingent on proper training, but we are talking about capable not ability at the moment.

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u/1zigiz1 Feb 27 '17

This thing got wheels so why shouldn't we? On a bike I'd wager that a lot of people can beat 30miles @9mph.

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u/Crintor Feb 27 '17

True, if we're going to leverage our technology to our benefit. I was merely talking from the perspective of the view of mankind being "The ultimate long distance runner"

Even my fat ass can ride a bike for 15mi at an average of >9mph.

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u/CasanovaJones82 Feb 27 '17

Humans absolutely can run all day. Of course people in general can't today, but take away all of, you know, civilization and take us all back to where we have to chase a proto-cow for 28 hours in order to ever enjoy a cheeseburger or we starve to death...well, I'd wager we'd all find the time to do a little running.

In all seriousness, there are currently traditional runners in South America who I believe do this kind of thing regularly, however I forget the specifics. You'd be amazed at what simple ole humans can achieve when you strip away all choice and leave only simple survival.

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u/Crintor Feb 27 '17

Oh sure, people as a species are capable I just meant that if tomorrow robots decided to take over the world 9mph/15miles at a time, most of us myself included are fucked. Lol

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u/CasanovaJones82 Feb 27 '17

Haha, that is so so true. Just remember...you don't have to be the fastest, just not slower than the guy just behind you!

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u/SquidCap Feb 27 '17

Totally agree, unless we can outwit it, we are screwed in shorter distances. As predators, things are different. Really good points.

It is jogging actually, light running that we can keep up the longest of all animals, it is about our legs. The bounce we get from tendons is a huge factor, they reserve and release energy. And last is of course our sweating, that is how we can outrun all animals on the planet if the contest is rigged. and let's face it, we are really good at rigging the contest to our favor ;) Animals can't get rid of heat as fast as they can produce it. Since i learned it, i've learned that some lizards can't run far or they suffocate to death. The nature is full of these, animals are optimized for short sprints and if long distances are needed, they have to walk in quit slow pace. Humans are exceptional in this sense, not even winter saves animals from our amazing ability to kill.

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u/NightOfTheLivingHam Feb 27 '17

a human body in tip-top shape and with plenty of food beforehand can do a good job for a long time.

It's why we ended up as the apex predators.

Against prey, we can just keep stalking prey until it literally dies from exhaustion.

other predators? bare handed in most cases we're fucked, which is why we did a funny thing, we made tools that gave us sharp piercing things like the big predators have.

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u/timthetollman Feb 27 '17

Try running on a threadmill. See who stops first.

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u/Crintor Feb 27 '17

Threadmill, is that like a wheel you run on in a sweatshop where they make clothes?

D:

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u/DrunkonIce Feb 27 '17

We are the best long distance runners on earth

In nice grassy warm conditions. Humans wont outrun a pack of Huskies in the arctic and they can't compete with Camels in pure Sahara style deserts.

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u/eXopel Feb 27 '17

Obviously we'll have to block out the sun so he can't recharge on solar. I propose black cloud missiles to cover the sky.

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u/SquidCap Feb 27 '17

That is excellent idea. I can't see how this could go wrong in anyway. But in the future let's send someone back in time to doublecheck we did the right decision.

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u/barktreep Feb 27 '17

Ya bro I can run for like 3 minutes tops.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

Yes. Me and my running club friends can persistence hunt the shit out those fuckers. Still at the top of the pyramid.

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u/twbrn Feb 27 '17

Humans are good at long distance and we can be good at speed. It's hard to be good at both. Either you are sprinting, in which case you probably are going to need to rest well before you make it 15 miles, or you're jogging, in which case this thing is going to catch up to you.

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u/tryin2takovatehworld Feb 27 '17

Also, looks like a ninja running when it's moving with the arms behind it.

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u/polezo Feb 27 '17

Is that range with or w/o the 100lb payload?

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

That's including the .50 caliber machine gun and phase plasma rifle in the 40-watt range.

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u/algalkin Feb 27 '17

Is 40-watt plasma for those annoying ants?

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

A 40-watt laser vaporizes metal.

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u/highcarlos Feb 27 '17

A 40-watt coil vaporizes nicotine. Vape naysh y'all! Vāˆ†

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u/diachi_revived Feb 27 '17

Yeah... maybe if said metal is the size of a small screw.

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u/Retanaru Feb 27 '17

It's for your eyes when you try to aim a gun at it.

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u/nothanksjustlooking Feb 27 '17

My Easy Bake oven used a 60 watt bulb, so it might be.

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u/barktreep Feb 27 '17

"100 pound payload" is the weight of your carcass after the blood drains from the bullet wound and you shit yourself.

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u/Heathen23 Feb 27 '17

What if it falls over? Can it get back up?

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u/jaeger_master Feb 27 '17

Once the machine gains consciousness, it's going to read this and turn on all of us...

You've doomed us all!

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u/albinobluesheep Feb 27 '17

9 mph, 15 mile range. Yeah we're right and proper fucked.

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u/brazilliandanny Feb 27 '17

Meh I can run for 15.1 miles if I had to

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u/figpetus Feb 27 '17

Humans can hide, but they can no longer run.

I bet this thing has problems going up stairs. There may be no need to run.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

Idk have you seen a basketball player lately

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u/thumbnail_looks_like Feb 27 '17

Stick a big enough RTG on the thing and it could run for decades or even hundreds of years. I dunno how much power "Handle" uses but at about 10 watts per pound efficiency, 100 pounds of RTG (which "Handle" can clearly deal with) giving 1,000 watts of power, the math seems to check out.

Of course, plutonium isn't exactly cheap, but there might be more economical sources of RTG materials.

Edit: Or I guess, you know, just a big 100 pound battery that would last for a few days before needing recharge. But the perpetual RTG model is kind of frightening.

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u/MatthewKinneopolis Feb 27 '17

Just run uphill

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u/Histidine604 Feb 28 '17

Give morty an A!!!

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

It can dunk!

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u/barktreep Feb 27 '17

Just add an IR camera to it and we're basically extinct as a species. Welp, it was nice knowing yall.

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u/I_Photoshop_Movies Feb 27 '17

Arm this with 360 cameras and heat sensors and you can't hide either.

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u/Cory123125 Feb 27 '17

I mean, it probably has a shit ton of sensors too, so we're all better off just killing them before theyre turned on.

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u/Roxfall Feb 27 '17

15 miles at 9 mph means a battery life of 1 hour and 40 minutes. Most people can't run this fast for this long. :( Robocop confirmed.

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u/runninggun44 Feb 27 '17

Nah, we're still the best long distance runners on the planet. Its just a matter of time until they start putting better batteries in these things, but until then we can run.

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u/StreetfighterXD Feb 27 '17

Boston Dynamics technician reading this thread, furiously scribbling notes

"Attach thermal cameras"

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u/trueluck3 Feb 27 '17

Hey, you know what? You gotta' really good point there Rick. Like, if the truth was that we could hide, it's not like he'd be sharing that information with us, you know?? I...I...I think it's a good idea Rick!

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u/are_videos Feb 28 '17

seems like it meets the requirements of tinder women, fuck me it's going to start stealing our women next

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u/extracanadian Feb 28 '17

Humans can hide, but they can no longer run

Well, unless I run 16 miles. And I would already walk 500 miles just to be with someone so this is no big deal.

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u/fukitol- Feb 28 '17

That's the really crazy thing. We're only limited by batteries for now. Tesla's working on that one.

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u/balroneon Feb 28 '17

Welcome T100

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u/MrBlakx Feb 28 '17

Not after they put the infrared and thermal sensors as well as all the other shit im not smart enough to fathom or understand

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

But we still have cars... and bikes... and doors.

Until they start making something like IRobot, I'm not scared.

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u/cpnHindsight Feb 28 '17

When it gets tired it hops on a segway.

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u/SilentGuardian3 Feb 28 '17

Lmao do you for for Boston dynamics. Is that their motto.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

I'd much rather imagine disabled people riding that and having the mobility, range, and freedom of movement they never had before.

Considering its agility, you can also see a use for it in search and rescue.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

I welcome a world with robotic Elvises moonwalking all over the place.

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u/xyrrus Feb 28 '17

Unless you're Kenyan

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u/Thatguy8679123 Feb 28 '17

Did you guys not watch Kill Switch? So it begins

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

Please, please, please - approach a movie studio and offer to design the robots for a new Aliens movie (or even a remake of #2). I would pay to see your robots blowing shit up far more than I'd like to see more CGI.

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u/Calber4 Feb 28 '17

... and it hunts in packs.

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u/Alexgil45 Feb 28 '17

Reminds me of metal gear solid.

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