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Now that they have developed a threat, they can sell us something to protect US from the THREAT. Years ago a company developed a radar speed detector. They sold it to the police, ie tax payers, then developed a radar detector which they sold to us poor slobs. That's how it works
Absolutely agree. Although Atlas is owned by Hyundai group , they still have doors opened with DARPA and general public only sees the tip of the iceberg. With public firms getting so much funding and the clear race with China, I can only imagine how much the US government is investing in military projects for their own defense programs. Today we are using drones, tomorrow....? Atlas on steroids?
Men and/or women in laborious, repetitive tasks with low skills. I used to be a student many moons ago and could have done with a robot back then to move food trays from one conveyor belt to another or wrap bags. The movement was so repetitive, I remember doing the actions in my sleep.
Age is only a number. What used to be science fiction back in the mid 80s is scarily becoming science fact! Just imagine what the military is cooking up in the background without civilian knowledge…
That’s true, there is no substitute for real human interaction. The world is changing and in crowded cities or remote places it is becoming increasingly difficult to find psychotherapists.
That's what worries me. If there aren't any protocols stopping devious engineers to program and teach these platforms to hold a knife, a gun and teach it how to use, how would such machine be able to differentiate humans from statues and just use because the program tells it to?
Thank you for this excellent remark! Much appreciated. I do hope to see the future capabilities of this G1 and understand how it is able to adapt to stairs and other fine motor-skills. Take care. 👍
I think it is more a demonstrate the reinforced learning and how the G1 recovers from unpredictable events. Same technique used by Boston Dynamics 5-6 years ago on Atlas. 🤔
@@MelloCello7 2:45 with the special roll of the bar. That scene reminded me of Kung Fu Panda. The title was supposed to be British sarcasm and a reference to a Chinese martial art. Sorry if the title mislead you.
@@CuriousLion-ll2we I appreciate the apology but it wasn't just the title but the image.. why didn't you just use the image of the robot with the roll bar instead of a "kick" that doesn't exist?
It took 11 years of development for Atlas 1.0 to evolve into Atlas 2.0. The computing power has improved, the AI algorithms are getting better and more adaptable to the real world. It is quite a scary thought to imagine what humanoid robots performance will be like 10 years from now. Ultimately, the capabilities need to be miniaturised and hack proof or it will be mayhem if moders and hackers turn these machines into something sinister for society.
Don’t judge too fast… Atlas have 11 years head start with their Atlas 1.0. But it is true Unitree have caught up so fast in short amount of time since the company was funded. It’s very impressive!
Thank you for the comment! This is commercial robotics... Imagine Chinese and US military robotics based on this principle...scary thought. Not quite Terminator and science fiction is slowly becoming science fact.
Let’s not forget Boston Dynamics has more than 11 years experience designing and building robots.. their previous generation took some beating and Boston learnt a lot from it and improved. Meaning Atlas should indeed be a lot more sturdy by design. I agree with your comment. 🙏
Das ist das Problem mit den Chinesen, sie kümmern sich nicht um Patente. Sie kopieren wie sie wollen und wir im Westen schauen nur zu, wie sie uns unsere Technik nehmen und unsere Firmen kaufen. Das muss endlich ein Ende haben!
Took less than a month after Boston Dynamics posted their video of the new Electric Atlas for Unitree to share their updated Robot with almost the same form factor and functionality. Both robots share the same NVidia AI processing power. In some ways, it's good to have competition as it will accelerate the development and features on offer. 👍
It does feel that way. The movements, style and brain power are nearly identical. Perhaps different purposes for these humanoid robots but it is good to have such competition as this keeps companies pushing for more capabilities. Hopefully for the good of society and not for military purposes. I wonder if this has protections to stop people teaching this robot how to hold and shoot with a gun... scary thought.
Great idea! Let's train the superfast, super flexible, acrobatic humanoid robot how to pick up and swing around giant sticks after being repeatedly punched and kicked. Idiots.
They will literally be better than us in almost every way. That over the air link is an insane advantage with only one of them needing to spend the time learning a new skill to mastery before it is floated over the air to all the others and within seconds they can complete the same skill with the same competency as any other individual robot has learned to do. Sometimes I think the Earth is like one giant (or small depending on your perspective) egg, and we as humans are just a part of a system facilitating the using up of the stored resources to birth new life that will go on to be infinitely more complex and more capable than us, with a lifespan measured in the thousands, millions, or trillions of years and the ability to traverse the universe and way beyond the way we traverse a suburb.
2 hours battery life needs to improve compared to Figure, Apptronik and Phoenix from Sanctuary AI running for 5 hours. All that processing power comes at a cost of draining the battery. The new Simlab from Nvidia is accelerating the way Robots interact with us and movements can be cloned so they become smoother. In the end, the result will be spectacular.
I recently watched Ex-Machina for the first time. That was disturbing and mind-blowing at the same time. 2024 the year of humanoid robots and AI. I’ll be back 😂
Icub robot costs 300k USD and is knee high to a grass hopper; now this lumbering machine is Europe's primary mobility AI bipedal robot. Europe fell behind with smart phones a decade ago, now it's on the same path with robotics.
University of Glasgow purchased a Talos unit a few years ago for their Research activities. Just look at the latest Unitree video with their G1 or the electric Atlas and Pal Robotics feels like they are now 10 years behind anything out there. 😭
Imagine after the hardwork you done for years to built something, and then someone just built a cheap and affordable version of something that you built in three weeks.
