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Wonder how they expect to build a moat. Their 60k dog is already disrupted but knockoffs in the 3k-15k range. I bet these droids’ commodity prices will settle under 5k. The software isn’t defensible. I want at least 3 for my mansion entourage. Named Daneel, Giskard, and Bender.
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The latest from Boston Dynamics. Very cool; kinda scary…
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… mocap or not, if this were easy, then we'd be inundated by Asimos by now. instead, like Honda, BD is struggling to find use contexts. which is why someone decided that Spot as a sheepdog was the answer… & even that scenario suggests AI is in there somewhere.
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right. btw… BD aren’t exactly hiding the mocap aspect… so as a research method to improve hardware (resilience) & create the platform to improve software that seems to suggest a decent IP head start (like Tesla’s auto-pilot to autonomous-driving pathway)
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Why do we do parkour with Atlas? Go behind the scenes at Boston Dynamics to see how we push Atlas to its limits to discover the next generation of robotics. Watch the full video: bit.ly/2XzhM4K
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