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bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

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Wildcat and BigDog?

Here Is The Robot That Will One Day Hunt Us Down Like We Are Vermin - Boston Dynamics scientist?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE3fmFTtP9g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptyV1cpE14o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZPRsrwumQ

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MathsIsFun

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Re: Wildcat and BigDog?

I get to use a word in its true sense: Awesome.

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Bob

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Re: Wildcat and BigDog?

hi bobbym,

Make sure you dust off your lasso.  It doesn't look like it would take much to bring one down.

Maybe they could make a friendly dog version so that our streets will be left free of poop. 

Bob

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bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Wildcat and BigDog?

Hi Bob;

I am a little rusty with the lasso so I will use a bazooka.

Oh yes, if that cursed thing shows its skinny legs around here it will surely meet an unfortunate end.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

MathsIsFun

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Re: Wildcat and BigDog?

But what if it has these hands: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KxjVlaLBmk

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bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Wildcat and BigDog?

Hi;

That is an amazing display of dexterity.

Now this is just darn spooky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvbAqw0sk6M

The question is various companies are devloping robots that will be stronger, faster, more agile and who knows, probably soon to be smarter. What purpose will man serve?

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

MathsIsFun

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Re: Wildcat and BigDog?

From somewhere: "The factory of the future will be staffed with a man and a dog. The man's job is to feed the dog. The dog's job is to keep the man away from the machines."

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"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

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Re: Wildcat and BigDog?

The man's job is to feed the dog.

The one task that man is perfectly suited for.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

anonimnystefy

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Re: Wildcat and BigDog?

The man feel feed the dog in what way exactly?

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MathsIsFun

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Re: Wildcat and BigDog?

Relevant: http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-1 … geons.html

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bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

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Re: Wildcat and BigDog?

Man is the only creature obsessed with wiping himself out. The automation they are planning on is the major reason the entire US workforce is out of a job.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

philandy

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Registered: 2013-06-10

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Re: Wildcat and BigDog?

I agree, bobbym. However, I look at it slightly differently. Extinction for us will probably be from a lazy researcher who says "whoops."

What I don't understand is why prices are so high for so many things that have become heavily automated, like cars or milk. Also, why are we paying $2-3 for boxes of dried starches? Half of stores are made up of variants of that, seems completely stupid.

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bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Wildcat and BigDog?

so high for so many things that have become heavily automated, like cars or milk.

Typical. They told us that at least the prices would plummet when we lost out jobs or took pay cuts. Guess what? They didn't.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.