I think the problem started after the first stumble, and he came out of it re-oriented in the wrong direction. That moonwalk should have been across the stage, instead of toward the audience, so when he came out of it, he was expecting to head back across the stage, but instead he headed toward the back of the stage, and hit the stairs, where he just pitifully gave up.
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Ngl the first save was impressive.
Can't wait to laugh at a tripping killbot before it rights itself and wastes me with a patent pending 12 hour painful death injectable
It's pretty impressive anyway. I wonder what another year of development will do?
I also prefer dancing robot to RoboCop and the firemen's robot dogs.
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America doesn't stand a chance against China... In terms of break dancing robits
When I was young.... A 3,000kg humanoid robot trailed by 700m of cabling could take 3 steps before lighting itself on fire. And we were freaking out.
Takeaway: if you're chased by a killer robot pull out a banana peel
Breakdancing
Great, so not only do we have to fight robots for access to water, they can now emote over our broken bodies
How long until Elon teaches his to teabag?
He needs to actually build a robot first, instead of a puppet controlled by an intern.
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That's still pretty impressive, especially the first recovery.
That was my thought. Like actually very close to making it through the recovery
And then went full Ashley Simpson.
(I'm pretty sure I've seen you write a rather fascinating tirade about how Ashley was the victim in all this, and I'm frankly trying to trigger you so that I can read it again.)
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So many people are talking and so focused on AI that everyone's been missing the robotics.
My husband has been showing me videos every week of robots from Japan, China, etc. Robotics has advanced insanely fast last few years.
Meh. Hard to feel excited about it. Humanoid robotics absolutely will not be beneficial for humanity in the current socioeconomic system. Best case is it spies on us and subverts democracy, worst case is it skullfucks people in impoverished nations to steal their land and resources.
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The guy missed the opportunity to moonwalk while dragging the robot out
The guy missed the opportunity to moonwalk while dragging the robot out
Witty comments like these belong to the few reasons I still log onto the Web from time to time.
If it was me falling over the steps in a dance performance, I'd stay down after the second time too.
How amazing is that recovery after the first stumble?
Somewhere between more amazing than falling over and less amazing than being able to climb stairs.
Funny, but somehow that's the most fair take that I think I've heard on this video and these robots.
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It’s funny now, just wait till it’s Fortnite dancing while chasing you with a machine gun and a flaming sword.
The long pause where its just laying there with the lights still going and whatnot just sends me for some reason.
Everybody's waiting, holding their breaths, whispering to each other...
Meanwhile, backstage, CHAOS!
"What we do?"
"Get him up! Get him UP!"
"I'm trying, there's no connection!"
"What does that mean?"
"He's dead."
"Dead, dead?"
"Dead, Dead, DEAD."
"Now what!"
"Somebody has to get him off stage."
"How?"
"How do you think? Drag him."
"Who?"
"Him!"
"NO! Who drags him off stage?"
"Well, this is your circus, I guess that means it's YOU."
"But it will be humiliating."
"Sure will. You want music?"
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I dunno about Michael Jackson, but he's perfected the drunk uncle at a wedding.
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You laugh now, but you'll remember these days fondly when the robot simply fell down instead of getting up and moonwalking while spraying bullets
To be fair, I don't remember MJ being anywhere near stairs.
I’m imagining most robots like this will be goose-stepping instead of dancing, so the inability to dance is probably not a big deal.
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It did better than I woulda.
The robot was once again defeated by its arch nemesis STAIRS
The ESCALATOR is like a nuclear bomb in the robot world.
Around 12.000 people are killed by stairs each year in the US alone. And so many more injured. Stairs are a menace!
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At first I was like "Oh shit, it didn't completely eat shit on the stairs" and then it ended up completely eating shit the second time it got near the stairs. 🤣
They made a Frank Spencer robot.
I know i dont know shit about robotics but really the absolute first thing they need to do is have a robot that can stand up after falling down. It's how humans learn to walk and it's really a prequisite to walking in general. You just shouldn't walk if you can't get up, that's why babies crawl until they learn to stand up from the floor.
Almost assuredly it can, I think it broke or went into a failsafe or something.
Sure but it didn't so assuredly it can't. Once the video of it getting up after falling up stairs then it will be assuredly it can! So we wait for the evidence, and then we can be assuredly satisfied with your assertion:)
This is perfect drunk dancing strategy. If some stairs sneak up on you while you're getting in your groove, retreat to safe ground and recover dignity, before taking on the stairs directly for the final victory. Magnificent.
Robby are you ok, are you ok Robby!?
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