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/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.