Boston Dynamics new Atlas video (www.youtube.com)
from geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.ml on 01 Nov 2024 14:58
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Frederic@beehaw.org on 01 Nov 2024 15:04 next collapse

ok, cool, but to do this, it does not need complicated legs/balance system, having tracks à la wall-e or 3 or 4 wheels would do the job

geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml on 01 Nov 2024 15:36 collapse
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 01 Nov 2024 15:16 next collapse

It’s amazing that people are still wasting such massive resources on this kind of nonsense while the planet is literally being destroyed.

KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 01 Nov 2024 16:47 collapse

Same could be said about 90% of things humans do.

While I agree, we don’t do enough, can you say your job directly impacts the environment for the positive? If not, then you, like me, like them, are part of the problem.

HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world on 01 Nov 2024 15:34 next collapse

JFC the simping in the YouTube comments

linearchaos@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 2024 01:59 collapse

That’s not simping, The vast majority of that’s paid marketing.

linearchaos@lemmy.world on 02 Nov 2024 02:02 collapse

It’s crazy as hell watching that form factor reduce. The early bipeds looked like first generation NASA moon landing suits. That thing looks small enough to fit in clothing you could buy at a local department store.

And while I think the 360 pivoting hips are an interesting touch I really wish they would constrain themselves to human anatomical moves.