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Robots [pics]
- speek 18y agoMaybe this could be the thing that brings back technology companies to Massachusetts? A big chunk (I'd say a majority, but I didn't count) of these robots are from companies in or around Boston (including my favorite BigDog from Boston Dynamics in Waltham). Maybe we'll call it Robot Cove? Edit: I do realize this is an article from boston.com...
- jimbokun 18y agoNo, they will all come here to Pittsburgh to work with Red Whittaker and the CMU Robotics department. At least, I'm hoping... :)
- bitwize 18y agoI work in Boston's robotics industry. Business is actually pretty good, if not actually booming, the general shittiness of the economy notwithstanding.
- speek 18y agoWhere do you work? (If you don't mind me asking)
- ZenzerNet 18y agoCheck out this video of Big Dog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHJJQ0zNNOM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHJJQ0zNNOM It's pretty creepy, when you imagine what's to come...
- babo 18y agoHow the robot deals with ice is incredible. Thanks for the link!
- palish 18y agoAlso, here's a video of Big Dog's early predecessor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJZVZFRFJc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJZVZFRFJc
- brl 18y agoOMG! When I started watching that I was thinking that if I was ever in a situation where this robot was chasing me uphill through a forest I would just run up to it and kick it over to slow it down. Then 30 seconds later they demonstrate how well you can expect that plan to turn out :)
- bitwize 18y agoLooks really Metal Gear-ish, doesn't it? A bit like a quadrupedal GEKKO...
- jrbedard 18y agoI like the one with Arnold Schwarzenegger and the robotic arm. He probably gets Cyberdyn flashbacks from his movies.
- wushupork 18y agoI was just thinking the same thing. LOL
- babo 18y agoIs the anybody out there doing robotics in a start-up or this is the playground of well funded research?
- joeyo 18y agoiRobot, who were once a start-up themeselves, recently bought Nekton Research, a start-up that made underwater robots. I suspect that most start-ups are spun out of the research world and have the military as their primary customers.
- spydez 18y agoWell, there is Trevor Blackwell (of YC), who started Anybots... http://anybots.com/ http://anybots.com/
- atestu 18y agoOne of my teachers (Akim Demaille from Epita) leads a French start up whose aim is to unify the way we communicate with robots (sort of) : http://www.gostai.com/ http://www.gostai.com/
- jmtame 18y agoRobotic Nation from Marshall Brain (the "how stuff works" guy)
- Silentio 18y agoHave we learned nothing? Don't name your robot HAL!
- Eliezer 18y agoOh this is totally going to end up as a huge venture capital fad. 5 years? 20 years? Hard to say exactly when. After that, it's totally going to hit the world like a sack of bricks.
- albertcardona 18y agoThe Toyota trumpeters approached the uncanny valley. They have an "X-files" alien species look to me.