The Sword and Laser discussion

A new robot the government is building:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mclbVT...

Wow! The similarity to human movement is amazing.

That's kinda disturbing.

Science is on the verge of replacing John Travolta!

Edit:

And,thank you internet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roBWj9...

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.

But please, nobody invoke Rule 34.

Ben wrote: "Science is on the verge of replacing John Travolta!

Edit:

And,thank you internet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roBWj9..."

Damn, that just made me lose it. :P

Also from our friends at Boston Dynamics, I actually find this a little more disturbing, as it is untethered... Hello, Skynet?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZPRs...

It is actually very cool. Some great applications in
exploration in harsh environments (Can you say Mars "Rover"? Woof!)

Thanks. That JT version is very funny.
Yep.We're talking worst case scenario.

it's cool but spooky....

While we're talking creepy robots, how about this?
http://youtu.be/Ocyhbij9JYQ

Cool!

We’ve come a long way in 8 years. Now he doesn’t even have an extension cord.

Not at all terrifying: https://youtu.be/_sBBaNYex3E

All it needs is an Uzi in each hand and it's ready to go.

Not scary at all :-?

It moves better than I do.

When will we be able to upload our consciousness to them? I want to move like that, and also not have this crappy cold I'm suffering from right now.