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Boston Dynamic show off their brand new Atlas (youtu.be)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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They still have the hockey stick around as a reminder to Atlas.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Wow...that thing is straight up nightmare fuel as it turns to walk back to get another whatever it's moving.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Normal, if stiff, human range of motion. Until it rotates completely around the waist!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can do that. Once.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

So much uncanny valley creepy vibes when it does that. Like you're anthropomorphizing and suddenly it snaps you out of it haha.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Haha, totally, especially combined with the sounds of its evenly paced steps. I can see myself shuddering at that sound while hiding from them, crawling behind destroyed cars and other debris through dark and grey streets in a dystopian future...

/me snaps out of the daydream

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You will love this. https://youtu.be/29ECwExc-_M

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

When it stands up, it made me think that RoboCop and the Pixar Lamp had a baby 😱