Actually, how many are there? Off the top of my head: BSG, Dune (the early years), Terminator, Matrix, 2001 (not really robots, I guess)... I, Robot the movie doesn't count because it's piss, and the book is nothing like that.
Monday, March 17, 2008
ROBOTS BEHAVING LIKE PEOPLES!
Well if not people, then spastic horse creature-things. This is really going to piss off GP at about 0:35 with his dysfunctionally wired empathy circuit, but I think it's worth the humiliation to prove what robots can do these days (make sure you at least watch the bit at 1:25! Slick!). I've seen videos from these Boston Dynamics guys before, and at this rate of progress I'm expecting full on helper monkey bots (Helbots?) within a years time. Should we throw caution to the wind and ignore all those apocalyptic scifi stories of robot revolutions against their creators? Of course we should!
Actually, how many are there? Off the top of my head: BSG, Dune (the early years), Terminator, Matrix, 2001 (not really robots, I guess)... I, Robot the movie doesn't count because it's piss, and the book is nothing like that.
Actually, how many are there? Off the top of my head: BSG, Dune (the early years), Terminator, Matrix, 2001 (not really robots, I guess)... I, Robot the movie doesn't count because it's piss, and the book is nothing like that.
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Fuckin A! I hate feeling empathy for no-faced machines! Poor lil' guy trying to make it on the ice!
I think the best is watching it go over the cinder blocks. Simply amazing. Now I need one I can ride and call Bucky.
Just watched again. Its recovery from that kick is simply stunning.
Okay so, I thought I'd just take a peek over at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency listed at the end of the video. The only thing to point out here really, is: Holy Shit. This is the non classified stuff.
at http://www.darpa.mil/MTO/Programs/himems/index.html: Developing tightly coupled machine-insect interfaces by placing micro-mechanical systems inside the insects during the early stages of metamorphosis.
Polymer Ice (basically Ice-9 +_+): http://www.darpa.mil/dso/thrusts/materials/multfunmat/polymerice/index.htm
Stealthy, Persistent, Perch and Stare : http://www.darpa.mil/dso/thrusts/materials/multfunmat/stealthypps/index.htm
Human-Assisted Neural Devices : http://www.darpa.mil/dso/thrusts/bio/restbio_tech/hand/index.htm
And the budget estimates PDF proved to be pretty fucking entertaining, too: http://www.darpa.mil/body/pdf/DARPAPB09February2008.pdf
..."Bacterial Ghost Influenza Vaccine Development"? "Laser Star"? "Nano-Flapping Air Vehicles"?
+_+
Holy fuck! "Stealthy, Persistent, Perch and Stare" is LASERBEAK!!
These come to mind:
Deadly Friend 1986
Hardware 1990
Small Soldiers 1998
Yay!
NOOOOOOOOOOO
<--directed at small soldiers btw.
CRAP. I had successfully forgotten about Hardware for a good 18 years! Thanks, Curry.
DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT. Remembering Hardware drudged up Screamers. Thanks again. Wonderful.
At least this is good news.
Oh Yeah! Loved Screamers-What about Chopping Mall?
In that interview about Caprica Moore seems to be hinting that he's aware of the fact that most good shows produced on the Sci-Fi Channel have a tendency to price themselves out of existence pretty quickly. Hope they can find the sweet spot.
I hope they bring backSmall Wonder!
Maybe Small Wonder and Punky Brewster could be like Cagney & Lacey in the Future or something. Or maybe just roommates who dress like men to get better jobs.
I would totally watch that.
I like the future dectectives angle. They could hunt down people programming robots to murder à la Runaway. Or like Simon & Simon.
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