re: Another adorable video of those Boston Dynamic robots doing adorable things

How's it gonna change the magazine? How's it gonna clear a jam or failure to fire? How is it going to clean the weapon? How's it going to load a magazine?? The lack of opposable thumbs makes these robot overlords not that dangerous

I want to see that SOB clear a jam all by itself.
Not to mention reloading


Frick cyber "rover"

Edit...dammit chopperdoc...beat me to it

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frickin thing can’t even handle the kick. Weak

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If these guys were smart they would have it shoot from the prone position it goes to at the very end of the clip.

At least it moves like a hyperactive yippy dog.

Solution: go to an old Battlebots. One bot threw a metal mesh over the opponent and disabled the opponent. It turns out that there was no law against doing that. Take that idea, put it as a light weight titanium mesh and deliver it by drone.

We need common sense robot control

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frickin thing can’t even handle the kick. Weak

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When they make them for go instead of show, they'll be heavy enough to stay on target. The body of the dog will be larger to hold an ammunition belt to feed an automatic weapon so no mag changes. Anyone judging the efficacy of a robot army based on this thing that someone threw together is an idiot. This is the Wright bothers first flight. Wait until you see the F-15 version in 20 years.

Well we all know belt fed weapons don't jam, need to reload or need barrel changes due to heat or need to be cleaned.

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How's it gonna change the magazine? How's it gonna clear a jam or failure to fire? How is it going to clean the weapon? How's it going to load a magazine?? The lack of opposable thumbs makes these robot overlords not that dangerous

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You realize there's going to be more than one of these things right? Your questions are akin to asking what happens to an army when a single soldier gets shot and bleeds out.

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How's it gonna change the magazine? How's it gonna clear a jam or failure to fire? How is it going to clean the weapon? How's it going to load a magazine?? The lack of opposable thumbs makes these robot overlords not that dangerous

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I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure this is just to demonstrate how it can patrol and aim. A unit meant for actual live scenarios will have the gun mounted center of mass and designed for a robot that does not have opposable thumbs.

Shits gonna get real when they attach a laser to that thing.