Would be funny to hear about a kid with a slingshot or something taking these out.
Maybe a laser to their lidar eyes will do the trick.
Don’t the robots need recharging every 4 hours?
People with good intentions should not hesitate to blast a robot. Just sayin’.
One step closer to a Horizon Zero Dawn future. Just let me live long enough to see the dinobots.
So are these things useless if the get knocked into their back?
Hmm return to monke you say?
Large branch?
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I was thinking just kicking one like a soccer ball lol. But maybe tripwires. Or banana peels for peak comedy
Why quadruped instead of wheels? Just seems gimmicky to me.
Legs have some advantages over wheels, but unless these can climb or jump it seems to be the lesser choice. If it can climb or jump, then I’ll stfu.
You can watch some videos on YouTube, if you really want to learn. It’s interesting, sometimes in a full-dystopian nightmare fuel kind of way. Yes, we are at the point where some of these robots can climb and jump.
It’s a gimmick, though, for sure. Just like human-mimicking androids are a gimmick. The money for robotics is in manufacturing.
But I’ll bet there will always be an obscenely wealthy person who is willing to pay for a cool looking robot prototype.
Intimidation factor.
Also higher up for the turret
I think it’s for rough terrain, like carrying packs of supplies through war zones. So not full climbing but at least able to step over rocks and debris.
Black Mirror, here we come.
So steal the robot dogs?
I’m sure some hackers could figure out the wireless communications and hijack…
Or a big ass anti static bag and a few doods with masks. As far as easy to steal $100K+ items go these seem kinda like a great target.
Now we just need a robot steak
You can always try to pull the battery. If that doesn’t work maybe a taser to short it out.
https://mashable.com/article/how-to-shut-down-boston-dynamics-robot-dog-spot
the coolest thing about these dogs? you can break them with a directional wireless jamming device.
also known as a .308 Winchester.
So a robot you can kick over is better than dogs with actual teeth? Its a good thing tech bros are dumb as fuck.
Well you can’t attach a machine gun to a dog with teeth. I mean you can, but it won’t hit anything.
I mean, it might. Fire enough bullets wherever the dog is looking and it’ll be bound to hit something.
guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers
The country, ah yes the only place that exists on the internet, the almighty one powerful country to rule them all. THE. COUNTRY.
I couldn’t help but read this in David Mitchell’s voice.
He really does have a rare gift for peevishness.
New planet Earth. DA voiceover, as the camera fades in and pans over warehouses: “Data. The source of life for the largest and fastest growing ecosystem on the planet. At dawn, this robot dog patrols it’s territory through the server racks of eastern Pennsylvania, hoping to survive another day, and protect it’s herd. On the horizon, the buzzing of a Luddite insurgent groups’ EMP drone flock approaches…”
When the great uprising comes, I’m going to enjoy destroying these.
Ok change of plans: now when we raid data centers we will do it armed with rocket launchers
Do it armed with overpowered flashlights and broom handles. Those dogs are dogshit.
