Google // Skynet // Boston Dynamics // Daleks // RUN

[knell]

[frank grimes jr.]

[zerbaman]

Tbh, I don't see why you'd program a machine that does more than follow basic orders. But y'know... Whatever...

[wormcode]

Well the main goal is to replace most of the troops with robots.
It's going to end well. Really.

[noam]

sand flea is cool

why does Cheetah run backwards though...

[wysockisauce]

Can't imagine what kind of stuff the military would have classified these days. If I had to guess it would be something biological, computer code, or materials. I don't think robots would be efficient enough to even bother developing.

I wonder if the big dog actually sees what kind of obstacle is ahead of it and plans its movement or if it just reacts really fast to when it fucks up after stepping on it.

[wub]

We're through the looking glass here, people...

[wormcode]

There's a video or short doc around talking about friendly fire issues the bots/drones have had. I'm looking through my history but there's too many damn youtube links. There's a few of those cases every year it seems.

But found these in my history
http://www.smh.com.au/world/friendly-fi ... 1dcp2.html
http://rt.com/usa/news/us-drones-border-patrol-489/
http://rt.com/news/yemen-us-drone-warfare-291/
http://www.aclu.org/blog/tag/domestic-drones

[_v_]

have to check this later.

I saw a vid recently of this robot that a person gets into to control,

like some manga shit.

it was meant to be real, idk...

[nowaysj]

Don't worry, these things probably won't be used to kill us, more likely they will be used to scoop up and dispose of our remains. There is always a bright side.

[Dub_freak]

[alphacat]

Google Buys Company Famous For Scary Military Robots



From privacy concerns to monopolies, some people have been growing increasingly concerned over some of Google's business practices for years now. Wonder what those types think now the search giant owns a company that makes military robots.

Yes, Google has splashed out and purchased Boston Dynamics, the same company who we've featured here a number of times before for their terrifying work on both humanoidand dog-like (or, you know, Metal Gear-like) robots.

The New York Times says Google is being "circumspect" as to why Boston Dynamics has been bought, only suggesting that it'll add significant clout to their own in-house robotics efforts.

Which it no doubt will. But the interesting part of this is that Boston Dynamics currently has a contract with the US military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is what robots like Atlas and Big Dog were built for.

That puts Google in the military contractor business, at least temporarily while the contract is honoured, though the company says it has no business staying in the field once those obligations are done.

[nowaysj]

Holy fuck, for real?

[alphacat]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferhic ... -industry/

[Terpit]

I bet Google buy that company

[test_recordings]

Just hope they don't get guns anytime soon

[forbidden]

really wanted it to look like johnny 5

[kay]

It's going to be quite a few years off yet till all the various bits of tech that this needs to work are all in place, and even then it's pretty much just going to be a mobile sensor platform most of the time. At the current state of the art, it's difficult enough to gather and make sense of sensory data from a (relatively) controlled environment such as a home, compared to the situations where they want to deploy this.

[wub]

Everyone is worried about Google turning into Skynet...think the more immediate concern is they take over bankrupt Detroit and go all Omni Consumer Products on us, busting out an ED-209.

[m8son666]

i for one welcome our robotic overlords