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Method-1 Manned Robot Project

84 points by hourislate 10y ago

drtse4 10y ago
Better video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re6P7WP2N5w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re6P7WP2N5w
- camtarn 10y ago
  There's quite some lag between input and arm movement there! I wonder if they're planning to improve that, to enhance the sense that the robot arm is an extension of the operator's real arm, or whether operators just need to get used to it. If the latter, I could imagine this being comical in the hands of an untrained operator, sending everything in their vicinity flying :)
  - KON_Air 10y ago
    Looks fast enough for industrial application. Though I doubt there is much use for a "slightly narrower and several thousand times expensive" forklift. I mean sure there is, but I can't think of any. Besides stealing one and redecorating the city I'm living in. With missile racks on the back and two recoiless rifles for arms. And backward legs. And a B52 cockpit. and clan wolf paint...
  - sho 10y ago
    > There's quite some lag between input and arm movement there! Oh come on! This is literally prototype 1! If anything I am wondering if this is fake. I didn't think anyone was this far along. And it's very, very shiny.
weremine 10y ago
Looks like the evil robots off Robocop!!
- agumonkey 10y ago
  He has a name you know. It's Edward Tuohnhein.
tomcam 10y ago
Well that's been my daydream for 40+ years. I have a blessed life but... I'm feeling some serious envy. Mad props to this team.
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agumonkey 10y ago
That's why we don't insult nerds.
mike_hearn 10y ago
Really guys? I kind of want this to be true, but I will bet you anything it's fake. Firstly, the source. The only references to a "Korea Future Technology" I can find lead back to this guy's Instagram account. Vitaly Bulgarov is a professional 3D graphics artist who specialises in, amongst other things, very realistic looking mech warriors. His website makes a series of improbable claims, including that he worked for Boston Dynamics as a "conceptual and industrial designer". But in 2015 he posted a picture to his Instagram about him visiting Boston Dynamics. There is no evidence anywhere that he ever worked for them - if he did anything for them at all he'd have done some contract VFX work. Secondly, why would a company making a project that can only have military funding allow videos to be released on some random dudes Facebook page, why wouldn't they announce as a big splash to get the company the credit? Thirdly, in one picture there's a set of "carbon fibre legs waiting to be tested", which show no motors or metal pieces. In the other photos the legs are made of metal. Which is it? Finally, the continuity glitches. Watch the door carefully in this video https://youtu.be/Re6P7WP2N5w?t=28s https://youtu.be/Re6P7WP2N5w?t=28s It's to the right of the robot. At the 29 second mark it suddenly goes from closed to open in the space of a single frame - the video backdrop is composited from multiple shots, but the robot isn't. This is a very talented graphics artist screwing with people.
- agumonkey 10y ago
  Rule #1 of watching: never focus at the center. Good catch.
- rawnlq 10y ago
  At the 29 sec mark it just seems like the lights got turned off in that room?
  - mike_hearn 10y ago
    Maybe you are right. Re-watching, it can also be explained that way. I am still very skeptical. If there's one place you don't want to "announce" your new robot project, it's on the social media pages of a guy who specialises in 3D graphics rendering projects of robots.
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Baeocystin 10y ago
12-year-old me is jumping up and down with excitement. 43-year-old me is pretty damn impressed, too. [edit] if it's fake, I fully admit to being fooled. It's impressive work.
ovi256 10y ago
Do I even need to point out this is a 3D rendering ? One of the creators, Vitaly Bulgarov, is a well-known concept designer and animator, as extensively documented on his websites. He sells 3D designs and training materials. He has worked on AAA films and video games.

84 points by hourislate 10y ago

drtse4 10y ago

Better video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re6P7WP2N5w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re6P7WP2N5w

camtarn 10y ago
There's quite some lag between input and arm movement there! I wonder if they're planning to improve that, to enhance the sense that the robot arm is an extension of the operator's real arm, or whether operators just need to get used to it. If the latter, I could imagine this being comical in the hands of an untrained operator, sending everything in their vicinity flying :)
- KON_Air 10y ago
  Looks fast enough for industrial application. Though I doubt there is much use for a "slightly narrower and several thousand times expensive" forklift. I mean sure there is, but I can't think of any. Besides stealing one and redecorating the city I'm living in. With missile racks on the back and two recoiless rifles for arms. And backward legs. And a B52 cockpit. and clan wolf paint...
- sho 10y ago
  > There's quite some lag between input and arm movement there! Oh come on! This is literally prototype 1! If anything I am wondering if this is fake. I didn't think anyone was this far along. And it's very, very shiny.

weremine 10y ago

Looks like the evil robots off Robocop!!

agumonkey 10y ago
He has a name you know. It's Edward Tuohnhein.

tomcam 10y ago

Well that's been my daydream for 40+ years. I have a blessed life but... I'm feeling some serious envy. Mad props to this team.

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agumonkey 10y ago

That's why we don't insult nerds.

mike_hearn 10y ago

Really guys? I kind of want this to be true, but I will bet you anything it's fake. Firstly, the source. The only references to a "Korea Future Technology" I can find lead back to this guy's Instagram account. Vitaly Bulgarov is a professional 3D graphics artist who specialises in, amongst other things, very realistic looking mech warriors. His website makes a series of improbable claims, including that he worked for Boston Dynamics as a "conceptual and industrial designer". But in 2015 he posted a picture to his Instagram about him visiting Boston Dynamics. There is no evidence anywhere that he ever worked for them - if he did anything for them at all he'd have done some contract VFX work. Secondly, why would a company making a project that can only have military funding allow videos to be released on some random dudes Facebook page, why wouldn't they announce as a big splash to get the company the credit? Thirdly, in one picture there's a set of "carbon fibre legs waiting to be tested", which show no motors or metal pieces. In the other photos the legs are made of metal. Which is it? Finally, the continuity glitches. Watch the door carefully in this video https://youtu.be/Re6P7WP2N5w?t=28s https://youtu.be/Re6P7WP2N5w?t=28s It's to the right of the robot. At the 29 second mark it suddenly goes from closed to open in the space of a single frame - the video backdrop is composited from multiple shots, but the robot isn't. This is a very talented graphics artist screwing with people.

agumonkey 10y ago
Rule #1 of watching: never focus at the center. Good catch.
rawnlq 10y ago
At the 29 sec mark it just seems like the lights got turned off in that room?
- mike_hearn 10y ago
  Maybe you are right. Re-watching, it can also be explained that way. I am still very skeptical. If there's one place you don't want to "announce" your new robot project, it's on the social media pages of a guy who specialises in 3D graphics rendering projects of robots.
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Baeocystin 10y ago

12-year-old me is jumping up and down with excitement. 43-year-old me is pretty damn impressed, too. [edit] if it's fake, I fully admit to being fooled. It's impressive work.

ovi256 10y ago

Do I even need to point out this is a 3D rendering ? One of the creators, Vitaly Bulgarov, is a well-known concept designer and animator, as extensively documented on his websites. He sells 3D designs and training materials. He has worked on AAA films and video games.