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> Watch this video to see spot walk over some terrain that even people struggle with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7s1sr4JdlI https://www.youtube.com/watch?
by meheleventyone 6y ago
> Watch this video to see spot walk over some terrain that even people struggle with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7s1sr4JdlI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7s1sr4JdlI
Where's the terrain humans struggle with? At the most extreme it climbs a small mound of rocks and gets stuck.
It's cool we can build something that can do that semi-autonomously but it's lightyears from being as capable as anything biological.
- roytries 6y agoIndeed, people struggle with? Adam Savage (53 years old) navigates that pile of rocks without problems, while controlling the robot. Never even needing to use his hands. The work Boston Dynamics does is extremely impressive, but they've been at it since 1992. Each year they make small and incremental changes. But its still a century away from a human, dog, or cat. Not a revolution, just slow and steady evolution of knowledge, software, and hardware.
- reportingsjr 6y agoYou and I are around different people! Yes, that pile of rocks isn't too big of a deal for young and agile people, but try to imagine the 10th percentile of people walking over that. Older, not as fit. That rock pile would be a struggle. I don't disagree that it's still far away from a human in good shape, but there are certainly a significant percentage of people who wouldn't be able to walk over that, or would slip a few times while doing it. That sort of terrain is also no joke if you have to traverse it for large stretches, even for athletic people. It's very similar to mildly rough mountaineering areas and that will wear you down quickly!
- meheleventyone 6y agoComparing the best robot to the worst human isn't very interesting.