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Watch Boston Dynamics’ Robot Army Dance Their Way to World Domination
As the company wonders what the future holds for it now that Boston Dynamics is owned by the Hyundai Motor Group, its robots are showing off their impressive capabilities in a year-end video that may also be a ploy to distract humanity from their ultimate goal: total dominance on the dance floor, or the eradication…
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Latest Boston Dynamics Video Proves The Robot Uprising Will Be Shockingly Nimble
Do you remember the Boston Dynamics robots videos of just a few years ago? It was a big deal that robots such as Atlas could walk on (gasp!) uneven ground. But Atlas keeps blowing through milestones left and right, like in this new video that shows Atlas effortlessly jumping over obstacles and hopping onto boxes…
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That Viral Video Of A Robot Violently Throwing A Basketball Is Totally Fake
Have you seen this GIF of a humanoid robot in a lab? It shows an inventor gently tossing a basketball at his robot. The inventor excitedly turns to the camera only to have the robot throw the ball back and hit him in the face. The GIF has gone viral recently, but it’s totally fake.
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Watch ATLAS The Robot Autonomously Fall Off A Stage
Video: ATLAS is an incredible machine. There’s no way around that. First unveiled in 2013, the humanoid robot can now walk around autonomously, move boxes around, and implicitly threaten to destroy humanity. This level of sophistication is exactly why it’s so damn funny when ATLAS screws up.