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This is the video with the blog post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4DML7FIWk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4DML7FIWk To me, I like to see when they st

This is the video with the blog post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4DML7FIWk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4DML7FIWk To me, I like to see when they stutter or slightly-fail, since that to indicates the dynamics and real-time part of the thing, that it is not a 100% scripted thing (although the blog post mentions the engineers fine-tuning the celebratory arm-pump, to what extent is that scripted then?)

jcun4128 5y ago
Ha would be something to see it in Ninja Warrior show or something one day, needs hands.
shadowgovt 5y ago
It's interesting to see how this has progressed from their video two years ago [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LikxFZZO2sk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LikxFZZO2sk] and one year ago [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sBBaNYex3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sBBaNYex3E]
scythmic_waves 5y ago
That video is partly CGI, right? I can't find a smoking gun but it doesn't look entirely real.
- dane-pgp 5y ago
  As one of the comments on the video says, that feeling is an example of the "uncanny mountain" effect.
  - scythmic_waves 5y ago
    I'm not so sure. 1. [EDIT: IGNORE THIS POINT] They've done this before. [1] 2. To get more specific, look at the robot's legs around 0:09-0:16. They don't seem to be moving normally. I don't have professional video analysis chops, but I'd put some money on this being fake. Happy be to be proven wrong, though. EDIT: It appears I remembered this story incorrectly, and posted a link without reading it. I retract my first statement. I'll leave the link for posterity, though. [1] https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2019/6/17/18681682/boston-dynamics-robot-uprising-parody-video-cgi-fake https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2019/6/17/18681682/boston-dyna...
    - ttmb 5y ago
      > 1. They've done this before. [1] Your link says nothing of the sort.
    - mastax 5y ago
      That CGI gag was done by Corridor Digital, not Boston Dynamics.
      - ansible 5y ago
        That's a great channel, I really like their "reacts" series that comes out every Saturday. They also had a good one from Sunday about the Pentagon UFO videos.
    - mastax 5y ago
      Have you seen the behind the scenes video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EezdinoG4mk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EezdinoG4mk
      - dane-pgp 5y ago
        That provides some great context, but I couldn't help finding it a little unsettling at 03:09 when one of the robots is suspended off the ground and "bleeding" a pink fluid onto the mat beneath it.
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- kingsloi 5y ago
  yeah definitely odd looking. I thought maybe just like 5k@60fps or something and my peasant eyes were just bad, but deffo odd looking
- KMnO4 5y ago
  Most likely it’s real. That said, we don’t know how many 10s-100s of takes this was done in. This single video could be the results of hundreds of hours of fine tuning parameters.
electricwallaby 5y ago
I noticed around the 50 second mark there is some fluid leaking out of the robots bum. Wonder what that could be?
- juancampa 5y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fluid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fluid
levng 5y ago
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EezdinoG4mk&feature=youtu.be https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EezdinoG4mk&feature=youtu.be This behind-the-scenes video says it is choreographed and scripted. It also contains instances where things go wrong as well.

jcun4128 5y ago

Ha would be something to see it in Ninja Warrior show or something one day, needs hands.

shadowgovt 5y ago

It's interesting to see how this has progressed from their video two years ago [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LikxFZZO2sk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LikxFZZO2sk] and one year ago [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sBBaNYex3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sBBaNYex3E]

scythmic_waves 5y ago

That video is partly CGI, right? I can't find a smoking gun but it doesn't look entirely real.

dane-pgp 5y ago
As one of the comments on the video says, that feeling is an example of the "uncanny mountain" effect.
- scythmic_waves 5y ago
  I'm not so sure. 1. [EDIT: IGNORE THIS POINT] They've done this before. [1] 2. To get more specific, look at the robot's legs around 0:09-0:16. They don't seem to be moving normally. I don't have professional video analysis chops, but I'd put some money on this being fake. Happy be to be proven wrong, though. EDIT: It appears I remembered this story incorrectly, and posted a link without reading it. I retract my first statement. I'll leave the link for posterity, though. [1] https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2019/6/17/18681682/boston-dynamics-robot-uprising-parody-video-cgi-fake https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2019/6/17/18681682/boston-dyna...
  - ttmb 5y ago
    > 1. They've done this before. [1] Your link says nothing of the sort.
  - mastax 5y ago
    That CGI gag was done by Corridor Digital, not Boston Dynamics.
    - ansible 5y ago
      That's a great channel, I really like their "reacts" series that comes out every Saturday. They also had a good one from Sunday about the Pentagon UFO videos.
  - mastax 5y ago
    Have you seen the behind the scenes video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EezdinoG4mk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EezdinoG4mk
    - dane-pgp 5y ago
      That provides some great context, but I couldn't help finding it a little unsettling at 03:09 when one of the robots is suspended off the ground and "bleeding" a pink fluid onto the mat beneath it.
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kingsloi 5y ago
yeah definitely odd looking. I thought maybe just like 5k@60fps or something and my peasant eyes were just bad, but deffo odd looking
KMnO4 5y ago
Most likely it’s real. That said, we don’t know how many 10s-100s of takes this was done in. This single video could be the results of hundreds of hours of fine tuning parameters.

electricwallaby 5y ago

I noticed around the 50 second mark there is some fluid leaking out of the robots bum. Wonder what that could be?

juancampa 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fluid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fluid

levng 5y ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EezdinoG4mk&feature=youtu.be https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EezdinoG4mk&feature=youtu.be This behind-the-scenes video says it is choreographed and scripted. It also contains instances where things go wrong as well.