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real life Atlas

Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:01 pm
by Tetsuwan Penguin
http://www.bostondynamics.com/robot_Atlas.html

This guy obeys the Asimov laws!

Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 5:17 pm
by jeffbert
:lol: Interesting, I did not see much if any reference to AI, though.

Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 5:26 pm
by Tetsuwan Penguin
"jeffbert" wrote: :lol: Interesting, I did not see much if any reference to AI, though.

Most of the article dealt with the balancing and walking ability. Looks like a development platform for advance humanoid robotic control systems.

Making Stuff Wilder

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 12:51 am
by jeffbert
Nova had a program last night that featured Atlas, among other robots as examples of modelling artificial things on nature. They tried to knock him over by swinging a 20 Lb. medicine ball against him while he was balancing on 1 foot.

Making Stuff Wilder