Can you spell "Jayhawk Cybernetics"?

VAE · March 04, 2011, 05:07:38 PM

http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/03/04/150235/Quadruped-CHEETAH-Robot-To-Outrun-Any-Human

Apparently DARPA contracted a company to manufacture a cheetah bot that can move faster than a human.
The only thing lacking now is an AI, and support for the NTP protocol as well as glossy black paint.

techmaster-glitch · March 04, 2011, 05:19:23 PM

Boston Dynamics? Ohey, those are the guys behind BigDog! yeah, if anyone can pull this off, it's them.

Tapewolf · March 04, 2011, 08:44:42 PM

I rather doubt their CHEETAH will look as pretty as the graphic, though. Shame, I always had a soft spot for robot animals.

llearch n'n'daCorna · March 05, 2011, 01:31:41 PM

I did like the first comment.

"The real question is, will it turn into a music cassette?"

Tapewolf · March 05, 2011, 01:54:24 PM

Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on March 05, 2011, 01:31:41 PM
"The real question is, will it turn into a music cassette?"

I still have mine somewhere

Brunhidden · March 06, 2011, 09:19:13 PM

considering DARPA is also responsable for the blob bot and EATR robot, and was working on the poorly thought out 'flying humvee' i doubt this will end well

VAE · March 06, 2011, 11:09:32 PM

To be honest ,the blob bot looked kinda awesome... that is if we're thinking of the same thing.

Tapewolf · March 07, 2011, 07:30:23 AM

This is kind of interesting:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/latest-geminoid-is-disturbingly-realistic

Regarding the comic, I'm still waiting for Ren to reappear. Annoying, but not much I can do about it.

Brunhidden · March 07, 2011, 12:03:09 PM

regarding that beardbot- i would guess the reason why all that came before it looked horribly fake and plastic is because they always tried to make ultra smooth nubile young japanese women faces. this is probably the same reason why any woman with extensive plastic surgery looks frightening, without imperfections in faces we cannot relate to them.

of course this also has the uncanny valley effect- where if we made these robot people look like anime characters we would be just fine, having them look very similar to people is downright creepy, but if we make them look exactly like people they cease to be creepy and are once again accepted

regarding what VAE said about the blob bot- no, its the exact opposite of awesome. its a mostly deflated soccer ball that is slightly sticky and pulsates to move