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user-inactivated  ·  3385 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Boston Dynamics: ATLAS bipedal robot

    I think the idea is that you solve a lot of other engineering problems when you solve automated bipedal locomotion.

Yeah, I was kind of thinking that might be why they'd look into it. Though I figure the two modes of locomotion are diverse enough that there might not be as much cross over.

    Plus sci-fi has been hyping the (probably not super effective) robot soldier for a long time. People want to see something that looks like this.

I think we'll get flying cars before we get humanoid robo-soldiers. Though, for my money, I think I'd be willing to settle for this.