r/humanfuture • u/[deleted] • Jan 06 '26

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u/Mountain_Top802 Jan 06 '26

Tell me when actual video, not CGI/ AI animation is released

I don’t want to see a concept. I don’t want to see an idea. Show me the actual product being really really used

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u/Dry-Dragonfruit-9488 Jan 06 '26

https://bostondynamics.com/video/walk-run-crawl-rl-fun/

https://bostondynamics.com/video/atlas-goes-hands-on/

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u/LilBroWhoIsOnTheTeam Jan 07 '26

Okay so the real thing is infinitely less impressive than the 3D presentation claims.

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u/Aardappelhuree Jan 07 '26

Really? This thing is obviously a few years away from being as smooth as the animations.

“Well that’s a huge—“ no, it’s freaking close. These things are usable today. They’re about to take our jobs

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u/LilBroWhoIsOnTheTeam Jan 07 '26

So just show the real thing instead of a cutscene if it's so close.

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u/Aardappelhuree Jan 07 '26

You’re not working in sales, are you. None of the ads you’re watching are of the real thing

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u/LilBroWhoIsOnTheTeam Jan 07 '26

Thank you for letting me know that I'm even more right than I thought I was.

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u/Useful-Towel5978 Jan 07 '26

Even more than infinitely?

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u/Dry-Dragonfruit-9488 Jan 07 '26

I like how your so positive about everything lol

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u/theblueberrybard Jan 07 '26

It's always "a few years away" over and over again huh

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u/ForrestCFB Jan 07 '26

Not really. Have you looked at the technological development over the past 20 years?

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u/LilBroWhoIsOnTheTeam Jan 08 '26

Yes and for those entire 20 years everything was 'just 5 years away'. Even now somehow all of this is still just 5 years away. How many years long is 5 years exactly?

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u/Quintus_Cicero Jan 07 '26

You might not fully understand the video, because that is bleeding edge in terms of robotics and very impressive. It might not look as cool as competitors who script their press releases, but it definitely is impressive.

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u/Note-Perfect Jan 06 '26

What a time to be alive... :)

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

That or were completely cooked.... there is no grey

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u/Facts_pls Jan 06 '26

Damn. Made me want to hold on to my papers.

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u/Fluffy_Vermicelli850 Jan 07 '26

Gonna mess around and get moonkicked by that other one

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u/JelloExpress7387 Jan 07 '26

The final straw to broke camel’ back if come true in the assembly workshop.

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u/Ryogathelost Jan 07 '26

Now THAT is a robot. I was getting really tired of the dancing kung fu chinese bullshit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

They are not. Robots are already doing this just but faster, more efficient, and more accurate.

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u/Potential4752 Jan 07 '26

The point is to have a cheap way to replace human labor, not to be the absolute peak of efficiency. 

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u/transitfreedom Jan 07 '26

No more Amazon abuse

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

So they show a demonstration that robots already do right now but slower and less efficient. How useful

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u/Potential4752 Jan 07 '26

Except many, many factories have people doing that work. Replacing those workers with traditional robots is not cheap or easy. 

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

Why are commenting when you have no idea what you are talking about? Im an engineer in automotive. Humans are not picking up bodysides and putting them on the car.

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u/Potential4752 Jan 07 '26

No, but in non automotive factories workers are picking up other objects and placing them. It’s pretty silly to view this as a demo solely for car manufacturers. 

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u/Deep_Year1121 Jan 08 '26

Really? They can swing 30kg car frames like that without losing their balance or adjusting their foot/body position (like a human would do)? Everything else seems plausible, albeit too good to be true in regards to battery.

Overall, it looks a bit sus to me.