Dancing Robots

**handrawn** · 06 January 2021, 01:22 PM

exactly....

**gwpriester** · 06 January 2021, 02:10 PM

I had seen this questioned on Snopes, so I revisited the Snopes article who said it was for real. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/real-dancing-robots/

I also felt some of the moves with the robots balancing on one foot had to be computer generated. Boston Robotics is a cutting edge company.

**handrawn** · 06 January 2021, 03:25 PM

that it is...

I see a couple of places where the video may have been edited, but cgi it is not; the materials and the technology and the expertise are here...

one of the things that makes me wonder what the world will be like when the grandchildren, currently locked out of uni, are my age

in the sixties I read a scifi short story about a robot policemen who were programmed to stop crime and to learn for themselfs what constituted a crime and what the punishment should be

people were executed for switching off their cars because the robots considered that 'murder'

**ss-kalm** · 06 January 2021, 04:04 PM

Have a look at the ATLAS robot performing parkour ... granted it's Simple parkour, but the balance and coordination are there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSjKoEva5bg

**pauland** · 06 January 2021, 04:23 PM

We get to see those robots acting in a benign manner. Imagine if you wanted to storm a compound and sent a few of them ahead of ground troops. Guns may not even be required.

They look large and heavy right now, but if the humanoid robot ran from a small battery pack it may only require endurance for ten to fifteen minutes to do it's work. The "dog" could just have a machine gun on it's back.

These things are deadly and first assaults of the future will involve kit like this coupled with drones. I think small AI powered drones could take out a compound in very short order.

China is probably the leader in Drone technology. Haven't seen much in terms of robotics but I'm sure they are there.

I wonder who makes the components for the robots that we've seen?

Traditional armed forces are beginning to look very outdated. One day we'll be able to have a conversation with our speakers, things move so fast..

**gwpriester** · 06 January 2021, 05:03 PM

Paul - Your question about who makes these robots, their parts, etc., is probably answered here https://www.bostondynamics.com/about

**pauland** · 06 January 2021, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by gwpriester

Paul - Your question about who makes these robots, their parts, etc., is probably answered here https://www.bostondynamics.com/about

Not entirely sure it does answer that question.

For a lot of electronic components and electric motors, China is the principle supplier. I have a 3D printer and it like just about every 3D printer I know of uses components that are sourced in China. Very few supply chains are not dependent on China.

Anyway, it's a bit off-topic for your post and verging on the controversial.

We kind of need the world's robots to adhere to the Laws of Robotics as defined by Isacc Asimov.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics

**wizard509** · 06 January 2021, 07:26 PM

see this too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP9NCMMqxCs

here is another but I am not convinced they are robots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hh3_mJJJNw

**pauland** · 06 January 2021, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by wizard509

see this too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP9NCMMqxCs

here is another but I am not convinced they are robots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hh3_mJJJNw

The Graham Norton one is a toy - you can buy it (I have a voice-controlled Dalek, though it still does it's own thing mostly).

The second one is not a robot.