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Meet Atlas, the Robot Designed to Save the Day
MIT Technology Review ^
| 07-12-2013
| By Will Knight
Posted on 07/22/2013 11:07:25 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
“Roll over for your sponge-bath, meatbag.”
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posted on
07/22/2013 11:09:49 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: Red Badger
“We found something that led us to ideas we never would have thought of before”. (Terminator 2)
To: Red Badger
With that headline, he should have looked like:
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posted on
07/22/2013 11:12:20 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Red Badger
DARPA insists that the robot is not designed for “adversarial” military tasks, and is intended only for humanitarian missions. Of course, "humanitarian missions" will be the term for eliminating tea partiers, gun owners, and any other enemies of the regime.
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posted on
07/22/2013 11:13:10 AM PDT
by
SIDENET
To: thackney
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: Red Badger
Ummm...
Was he programmed to “shrug”?
To: SIDENET
Will it have shrugged program available?
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posted on
07/22/2013 11:19:08 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: Red Badger
Or coming round to your place to collect your guns...
To: Red Badger
Why create your successor?
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posted on
07/22/2013 11:24:20 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(One nation, under wub. Saints Row IV)
To: SIDENET
Of course, "humanitarian missions" will be the term for eliminating tea partiers, gun owners, and any other enemies of the regime. Which is why we all need phased plasma rifles in the 40-watt range.
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posted on
07/22/2013 11:34:32 AM PDT
by
kitchen
(Make plans and prepare. You'll never have trouble if you're ready for it. - TR)
To: Red Badger
For starters, it looks like it will snag on anything and everything it walks past.
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posted on
07/22/2013 11:38:16 AM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
To: wastedyears
Ego drives the engineer to see if he can do it.
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posted on
07/22/2013 11:40:22 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: kitchen
Which is why we all need phased plasma rifles in the 40-watt range. "Hey, just what you see, pal."
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posted on
07/22/2013 11:52:52 AM PDT
by
SIDENET
To: kitchen
Wonder if it will have a ray shield to protect itself from view?
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posted on
07/22/2013 11:54:31 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: kitchen
Which is why we all need phased plasma rifles in the 40-watt range. 40 watt??!!
I simply do NOT carry anything lower than 300 watts. No way. If your gonna go...go big.
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posted on
07/22/2013 11:54:39 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(So Obama "inherited" a mess? Firemen "inherit" messes too. Ever see one put gasoline on it?)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Let’s see what the robot can do in the Bering Sea in January.
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:01:49 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(The reason we own guns is to protect ourselves from those wanting to take our guns from us.)
To: wastedyears
David: “Why do you think your people made me?”
Charlie Hollowell: “We made you because we could.”
David: “Imagine how disappointed you would be if you heard that from your creator.”
CH: “Then it’s a good thing you can’t feel disappointment.”
“Prometheus” the movie
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:05:16 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
How many Chevy Volt batteries do you need to run that thing?
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:06:45 PM PDT
by
kitchen
(Make plans and prepare. You'll never have trouble if you're ready for it. - TR)
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