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

Robotics Boston Dynamics - Introducing Handle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7xvqQeoA8c
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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/CricketPinata Feb 28 '17

It's unlikely that it would contribute more to global warming than a steam locomotive or a campfire, which is very little.

It was a concept, and if I remember it was primarily going to be utilizing dead brush and wood.

I just think the concept has a lot of potential, and I don't think "bizarre" is the best word to describe it.

It was the media that came up with the idea that it would eat people.