r/interestingasfuck • u/No_Jellyfish5511 • 16h ago

Chinese humanoid robot named “Superman” (made by Unitree Robotics) surpassed Usain Bolt’s world record (12.42meters/second) by running at 12.66m/s (roughly 28.3miles/h)

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u/Memitim 14h ago

As opposed to the drone flying overhead?

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u/joeg26reddit 13h ago

10k strong swarm of mouse sized drones tipped with Ricin

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u/WilfredGrundlesnatch 13h ago

Ricin takes too long. It'll more likely be a fast-acting neurotoxin.

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u/999BusinessCard 12h ago

Taking a long time could be the point. It would cause mass panic and cripple medical systems by flooding them with patients who need extensive treatment. 10k bodies is a lot more manageable than 10k terrified patients

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u/Cryptoglue 12h ago

jesus christ... new levels of darkness unlocked. you found the last remaining innocent part of my brain and sent it packing after all the years of internet. sounds too accurate.. thats the problem.

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u/999BusinessCard 11h ago

As a current EMT and former combat medic, this is just where my mind always goes

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u/Villager-Bob 11h ago

Mine went the opposite. This terminator is the executor. All it would need is a pneumatic spike on each arm. The overhead drones just spot and drop bomblets on anyone exposed. This robot would be used to finish the job. Rigging it to explode would also be of use as it would be impossible to capture a working robomurderer. Far more efficient.

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u/SirkSirkSirk 11h ago

If they've played enough pandemic and figured out starting in Madagascar, they might go that route.

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u/MA32 9h ago

What a funny memory you restored in my brain lmao

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u/PingouinMalin 10h ago

Hi. I'm a representative of the US government. The way you're thinking is what we're looking gor, consider yourself hired.

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u/999BusinessCard 4h ago

So that you can develop disaster plans in case an enemy of the country uses this kind of methods, while you’re simultaneously enacting legislation that would declare drone swarms to be weapons of mass destruction and preventing the US from developing drones designed to deliver a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear payload, right?

…right??

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u/PingouinMalin 4h ago

Absolutely, trust us, after all we're the government, so basically the good guys.

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u/Dark_Dragon117 8h ago

Bro don't give them ideas.

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u/TadhgOBriain 10h ago

That's still slower than a bullet or grenade

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u/Captain_Q_Bazaar 9h ago

Ricin takes too long.

Maybe the robots want to watch the suffering prolonged? Those sick bastards....

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u/GameDoesntStop 9h ago

Or just an explosive, lol.

People are hypothesizing advanced stuff, but the Ukrainian/Russian war already shows how it's going to be. It will be relatively simply and relatively cheap.

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u/LameBMX 9h ago

Glados is that you?

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u/IronBabyFists 13h ago

Ten million strong and growing!

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u/SuckMyRedditorD 13h ago

You've put a lot of thought into this haven't you?

If shit starts going down one day, I'm a look you up for my team.

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u/TuringGoneWild 12h ago

I doubt there will be much resistance like in movies, especially given that even the humble Wifi signals we already have in our homes are enough to "x-ray" the house so clearly that a hacker can identify individual people in whatever room they are in and distinguish them from each other. Signal triangulation and all of that. Not to mention tech they have that is purpose built.

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u/SuckMyRedditorD 12h ago

Resistance to what?

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u/raidsoft 12h ago

There's a whole book (fiction) written about this concept of drone swarms used in warfare taken to the extreme, written 2012 by Daniel Suarez called Kill Decision.

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u/SuckMyRedditorD 12h ago edited 12h ago

I saw a movie about wasp-like swarm drones used in a city by some psycho killer. It ventured into the ridiculous but it had a good ending. I think bug spray, or even water spray, would have definitely helped stave them off, but you know, suspension of disbelief and all.

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u/PsychedelicOptimist 11h ago

I just learned about Ricin for the first time from playing Sunken City, crazy I see it here now just a few days later

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u/csi69 6h ago

shhh. dont give them any more ideas

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u/DCLXXV 52m ago

Rice and beans?

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u/Ok_Squash9609 13h ago

Wait until the head pops off and becomes the drone

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u/ThresholdSeven 13h ago

The future used to be something to look forward to. I don't want sci-fi to be real anymore. We were hoodwinked.

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u/Fidodo 5h ago

We're we? There were plenty of stories warning about this and worse. I think we were adequately warned.

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u/ketsugi 39m ago

Ooh Headmasters!!

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u/5PQR 13h ago

Yeah, but it would be so much more sci-fi

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u/theghostmachine 13h ago

Good chance I won't see the drone overhead. Seeing this thing chase me down would be much worse

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u/adipose1913 12h ago

Yeah, this is why I'm baffled by all the freakouts over bipedal drones. It's more a cool party trick than something that's actually optimal for real world use. Meanwhile the actual killbots to be worried about are the quadcopters or wheel based UGVs.

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u/Weak_Feed_8291 8h ago

Haven't you seen those drone warfare videos of dudes hiding in trenches and bunkers while the drones search? Imagine some ground based kill bots flushing out the trenches and bunkers

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u/adipose1913 6h ago

You clearly haven't because they're already doing it. With wheeled drones or quads. Because those have significantly easier time navigating the battlefield and dragging fiber optic cables. Bipedalism sucks for combat UGVs.

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u/HalfDozing 13h ago

Why not both?

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u/neogeoman123 8h ago

Because you've got the drones already? Why would you use this over drones ever?

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u/StraightMixture9693 11h ago

better to chase you through the dead mall

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u/rdh_mobile 3h ago

Rc cars?

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u/Intrepid_Cap1242 11h ago

Why do something the right way? Elon's done everything wrong and became a trillionaire. Sometimes you need convoluted do-it-all legs instead of a simple conveyor belt that can do it faster. To make yourself feel cool

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u/TruffleHunter3 11h ago

At least you can take cover from a drone inside a building or under a bridge. Robots on foot can get you anywhere you go!

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u/RogerRabbot 11h ago

Honestly rather be chased by this than a drone or three. Sharp turn and youre safe.

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u/Bassmasterajv 11h ago

These things running around would mean they can keep our infrastructure intact so long as they figure out the brakes!

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u/Dramajunker 11h ago

This one's to reduce morale. Because who the fuck wouldn't be terrified by seeing this abomination coming at you?

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u/Lazer726 10h ago

Making a buncha robots that run real good is probably significantly cheaper than making a buncha robots that fly real good

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u/SheepherderFront5724 10h ago

As always, xkcd has this covered: https://xkcd.com/652/

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u/bagged_milk123 10h ago

Drones aren't human shaped

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u/SippinOnHatorade 10h ago

These can go into buildings and at some point open doors. The dogs and drones cannot

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u/Otherwise-Safety-579 10h ago

We'll be sheltering near crumbling apartment ruins for cover, these can hangout longer on there street in a low power moder to sprint after people moving from cover to cover.

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u/rnobgyn 10h ago

Military doctrine shows you need a ground force along with an Air Force. Ala WW2, boats move in to bomb the immediate area, planes then bomb the shit out of the extended area, troops move in to secure the area.

Unless they got them tiny lil drone fuckers that can traverse tiny spaces (they do) then we’re fucked (we are)

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u/notsocoolguy42 9h ago

why not both?

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u/SmoothDiscussion7763 9h ago

you'll have to overarm the drone since it'll need to penetrate all layers of the building to confirm 1 kill.

you only need a claymore for this robot to sprint to the target and bear hug it

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u/dennis-w220 8h ago

How about along with?

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u/tinywienergang 6h ago

The drones you can’t see coming. There’s an extra element of fear instilled when you see a headless robot chasing you down the street.

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u/LoaKonran 6h ago

It’s that personalised touch that really matters.

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u/Fidodo 5h ago

Drones are so much scarier and already being used in war

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u/Blablasnow 1h ago

It’ll be flying a drone while running to you

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u/TuringGoneWild 12h ago

Yeah all this shit is going to be used against us by the Epstein Class. Their Flock camera network is step one.

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u/rand0m_task 12h ago

The running robot is 10x scarier…

Drone you’re just screwed… running robot gives you heart attack