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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Nuke on October 26, 2012, 06:27:27 pm

Title: more darpa shenanegans
Post by: Nuke on October 26, 2012, 06:27:27 pm

http://hackaday.com/2012/10/26/darpa-funded-robot-ninja-warrior/

get your machine smashing sticks ready.

Title: Re: more darpa shenanegans
Post by: General Battuta on October 26, 2012, 06:29:33 pm

This is awesome and ethically laudable. Research on artificial locomotion will go a long way towards helping the disabled and producing search and rescue machines that can save a lot of lives.

Wait, I forgot, nerds need to have some kind of Terminator freakout, right

Title: Re: more darpa shenanegans
Post by: Nuke on October 26, 2012, 06:34:11 pm

its not really the ai im worried about. its the people who will use that ai to enslave humanity that i worry about.

Title: Re: more darpa shenanegans
Post by: headdie on October 26, 2012, 06:37:56 pm

that is amazing stuff, we definitely seem to be heading quickly into a robotic age (hopefully more like Asimov's I-Robot than terminator) perhaps 10-20 years ish? before we see serious use in military and large corporate usage

Title: Re: more darpa shenanegans
Post by: FireSpawn on October 26, 2012, 07:09:14 pm

Heh, I read the thread title as DERP at first glance. But yeah, that is pretty cool what they've got. I can see it being the predecessor of cave rescue/exploration robots.

Title: Re: more darpa shenanegans
Post by: rscaper1070 on October 26, 2012, 07:49:14 pm

They've also set up a Virtual Robotics Challenge (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/120363-DARPA-Welcomes-Virtual-Robots-to-Robotics-Challenge) for any coders that want to take a stab at AI.

Title: Re: more darpa shenanegans
Post by: z64555 on October 26, 2012, 08:23:27 pm

I just hope my RTOS scales across machine architectures...  :drevil:

Title: Re: more darpa shenanegans
Post by: ssmit132 on October 26, 2012, 10:45:16 pm

Hang on... a robot ninja? I'm reminded of an episode (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Enter_the_Nightbird) of Transformers - better hope this stays out of the hands of evil robots from another planet. :p

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Ah, why build a robot ninja, doctor? Isn't that rather dangerous?"

Title: Re: more darpa shenanegans
Post by: Mikes on October 27, 2012, 01:10:43 am

One time at darpa:

"We finished our Ninja robot!"
"No, it's not finished yet!"
"What you mean? Not finished? It can walk right?"
"Yeah but without blue pulsing magic LEDs it will never work!!!"

Title: Re: more darpa shenanegans
Post by: Alex Heartnet on October 27, 2012, 02:06:36 am

I think this demonstrates quite well how technology can be a double-edged sword, being either beneficial or harmful depending on how it is used.

Title: Re: more darpa shenanegans
Post by: Nuke on October 27, 2012, 04:37:48 am

Quote from: Mikes on October 27, 2012, 01:10:43 am

One time at darpa:

"We finished our Ninja robot!"
"No, it's not finished yet!"
"What you mean? Not finished? It can walk right?"
"Yeah but without blue pulsing magic LEDs it will never work!!!"

are you kidding, blue leds make everything awesome. the only thing awesomer is rgb leds.

Title: Re: more darpa shenanegans
Post by: karajorma on October 27, 2012, 10:07:15 am

Quote from: ssmit132 on October 26, 2012, 10:45:16 pm

Hang on... a robot ninja?

Not interested until it also does zombie pirate too. :p