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A Compilation of Robots Falling Down at the DARPA Robotics Challenge
IEEE/DARPA ^ | June 6, 2015 | IEEE Spectrum

Posted on 06/10/2015 11:16:38 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer

A selection of robots falling down at the DARPA Robotics Challenge.

A Compilation of Robots Falling Down at the DARPA Robotics Challenge


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To: Vince Ferrer

Didn’t any of them test their robots before entering them in the challenge?


21 posted on 06/10/2015 11:42:12 AM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: Jolla

They are still in their ED209 phase of stair handling.

22 posted on 06/10/2015 11:42:14 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: WayneS
Didn’t any of them test their robots before entering them in the challenge?

I am sure they did, but that was an environment that they control. This is the robots operating in an unfamiliar environment.

23 posted on 06/10/2015 11:43:43 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer

Looks like a week at the Gun Club.


24 posted on 06/10/2015 11:44:16 AM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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Robots falling over at the DARPA Robotics Challenge.
25 posted on 06/10/2015 11:45:29 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Vince Ferrer
Yes, all robots fall. But in the immortal words of TE R-66 CAT7765530 SER0889-E 987366,

"10110 10101100101010 10010101001. 00101010100010101 0101, 010101001000000011, 00101100010100! 0101010110101011101101 011001010 10001111001 1111010011001, 0010101001 010010101 001010101 0101001000 00 00100101010 1010101010."
26 posted on 06/10/2015 11:46:35 AM PDT by golux
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To: Vince Ferrer

are stairs really a problem?


27 posted on 06/10/2015 11:46:41 AM PDT by Jolla
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To: BenLurkin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-4f_NMUxcY


28 posted on 06/10/2015 11:47:11 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Jolla; BenLurkin
are stairs really a problem?

The Exorcist - Spiderwalk

The Exorcist - Spiderwalk (Behind-The-Scenes):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kc5spVvWdY

29 posted on 06/10/2015 11:54:20 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: cornelis

this goes beyond politics


30 posted on 06/10/2015 11:55:54 AM PDT by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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To: Vince Ferrer

That makes no sense. Why would anyone test his invention solely in a controlled environment if he knew it needed to function in an unfamiliar environment?


31 posted on 06/10/2015 11:56:35 AM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: golux
Wow! Very emotional stuff.

I thought the most moving part was: 00101100010100! 0101010110101011101101 011001010 10001111001 1111010011001

It nearly brought me to tears.

32 posted on 06/10/2015 11:58:34 AM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Even in falling over, they look disturbingly human. We’re in real trouble when Skynet becomes self-aware.


33 posted on 06/10/2015 11:59:34 AM PDT by twister881
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To: bramps

But they are not true robots. They are remotely controlled machines.


34 posted on 06/10/2015 12:00:22 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (A free society canÂ’t let the parameters of its speech be set by murderous extremists.)
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To: WayneS
I agree. It's the nuances - what's between the lines - that get me.
35 posted on 06/10/2015 12:00:44 PM PDT by golux
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To: Vince Ferrer

Two robots walk into a bar . . .


36 posted on 06/10/2015 12:11:01 PM PDT by choirboy
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To: bramps
, Battlebots, returns to television on June 21st.

I hope you're right, I loved that program......

37 posted on 06/10/2015 12:13:28 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (War IS the answer! Peace activists never liberated anything or anyone....)
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To: choirboy

Life Alert not included!

38 posted on 06/10/2015 12:38:44 PM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: VRWCarea51

That photo is a work of art. Such tragedy.


39 posted on 06/10/2015 1:19:53 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: ETL

“Stop the exorcism — we’re joining the circus!”


40 posted on 06/10/2015 2:02:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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