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Friggin' terrifying robot

17 replies · 2,726 views · Started 07 April 2009

biggiy05 07 Apr 2009, 19:03

That is wrong on so many levels. Go figure it's being made somewhere in Asia. Seeing as how the majority of these robots are being made over there, that will be the first place to go if robots managed to take over the world.

A robot can't outsmart a shotgun though so I still feel safe.

Link 101 07 Apr 2009, 19:08

That was HIGHLY creepy, but kind of looked fake to me. Either way, creepy. If it is completely real, we are heading straight towards Terminator, ha ha.

Link 101 08 Apr 2009, 01:06

I'm sitting here thinking about it, and, is it really that difficult to design working robots? It doesn't seem like it's something that would be too hard, I mean, we definitely have the technology it seems. I'm not saying we SHOULD make robots, it just seems that everyone makes a big deal out of something that doesn't seem to hard to create given the proper knowledge and equipment. Neither of which I have, mind you.

Majora 08 Apr 2009, 02:16

biggiy05 wrote:
A robot can't outsmart a shotgun though so I still feel safe.

Cuz a shotgun is the most effective most armor-piercing device on the face of the planet. That and they're just so damn cool 😎

Seriously though, on the one hand robots are cool because it shows how far our technology has come along, but at the same time it shows our stupidity now that we've doomed ourselves to die in some kind of nuclear holocaust or otherwise die at the hands of our own creations. Just like GOD LOL.

rock_nog 08 Apr 2009, 02:34

Link 101 wrote:I'm sitting here thinking about it, and, is it really that difficult to design working robots? It doesn't seem like it's something that would be too hard, I mean, we definitely have the technology it seems. I'm not saying we SHOULD make robots, it just seems that everyone makes a big deal out of something that doesn't seem to hard to create given the proper knowledge and equipment. Neither of which I have, mind you.

Mechanically, robots are relatively simply to design, this is true. What you seem to be missing, however, is the most important aspect of robotics research, the design of artificial intelligence to control the robots, and that's infinitely more complicated. Being able to do the work of a human is one thing, but it'd be even better if we could design robots that didn't need human controllers. Sometimes it's not even possible to have a human control a robot.

This is why so much work went into making the robots we've sent to Mars autonomous - there's a 10-minute communication delay because Mars is so far. This makes it almost impossible for controllers here on Earth to steer around hazards, so the robots have to be able to see the hazards themselves and avoid them.

Another example - walking. A robot on legs can handle a much wider range of terrain than a robot with wheels. However, the robot has to be able to constantly track its center of balance and adjust accordingly to keep it from falling over, especially when the terrain gets rough - thus, advanced AI is needed to coordinate all that.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about, Bigdog - it takes a lot of advanced AI to do what it does.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oMTKuzc__M

Link 101 08 Apr 2009, 03:23

Old-skool wrote:Um, Link101, they do have working robots. My youtube link was right there. click.

I know that they have working robots, ha ha.:sweat: I was just saying, it seems like big deals are made out of working robots when a new one is created. I now realize though, that recreating the workings of human movement through AI is probably extremely difficult. Not to mention the wiring to resemble nervous systems and such. So now I can see how it's a big deal.

rock_nog wrote:Mechanically, robots are relatively simply to design, this is true. What you seem to be missing, however, is the most important aspect of robotics research, the design of artificial intelligence to control the robots, and that's infinitely more complicated. Being able to do the work of a human is one thing, but it'd be even better if we could design robots that didn't need human controllers. Sometimes it's not even possible to have a human control a robot.

This is why so much work went into making the robots we've sent to Mars autonomous - there's a 10-minute communication delay because Mars is so far. This makes it almost impossible for controllers here on Earth to steer around hazards, so the robots have to be able to see the hazards themselves and avoid them.

Another example - walking. A robot on legs can handle a much wider range of terrain than a robot with wheels. However, the robot has to be able to constantly track its center of balance and adjust accordingly to keep it from falling over, especially when the terrain gets rough - thus, advanced AI is needed to coordinate all that.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about, Bigdog - it takes a lot of advanced AI to do what it does.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oMTKuzc__M

Man, that thing is amazing! It's incredibly creepy though. In fact, I find that BIGDOG one creepier than the one this thread is about. It looks like something out of a survival-horror game or something. It's stability, balance and sense of awareness are phenomenal.

Rijuhn 08 Apr 2009, 04:18

With all the eye twitching and "eeh eehh" sounds it's reminiscent of a down syndrome child. :shrug:

It's still creepy though...like a down syndrome child. o_O