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Disney has created robot stuntmen that may one day replace humans in movies
Posted on 8/15/18 at 4:33 pm
Posted on 8/15/18 at 4:33 pm
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Visitors to Disneyland and other Disney resorts could end up seeing robots tackling some pretty crazy, death-defying stunts usually reserved for Marvel superheroes and Star Wars Jedi Masters. Disney's latest Stuntronics experiments with robots include teaching them to crawl, row and now, more impressively, perform daring aerial acrobatics. A new video features the robots propelled into the sky to spin and leap like robotic superheroes. And they look even more advanced and human-like than the last time we saw them.
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The robots, initially nicknamed Stickman, work by using on-board accelerometers, gyroscopes and laser range-finding data to determine how to perform impressive stunts like single and double backflips. The Disney Research Hub published more findings on Tuesday on developing controls on a modular legged robot's hardware. The Disney researchers are training neural networks to control the robot's legs.
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Robots learning to use their legs, especially when damaged, can be a crucial step in teaching robots how to navigate, even when broken. In the case of a 2014 scientific paper on robots learning to adapt like animals when injured, researchers discovered that using an intelligent trial and error algorithm "allows robots to adapt to damage in less than two minutes." This will come in handy in case Stickman ends up getting injured, er broken, during its high-flying stunt work
Posted on 8/15/18 at 4:36 pm to RedRifle
Is this where I can complain about a living wage?
Seriously though that is both really cool and kind of horrifying.
Seriously though that is both really cool and kind of horrifying.
Posted on 8/15/18 at 4:37 pm to RedRifle
Oh yeah, beat up the black guy... Way to go Disney...
Posted on 8/15/18 at 6:02 pm to RedRifle
Then they came for stuntmen, but I was not a stuntman....
Posted on 8/15/18 at 7:11 pm to stuntman
So sorry you had to find out like this...
Posted on 8/15/18 at 7:16 pm to RedRifle
my kid better start working on a new career.
Posted on 8/15/18 at 7:56 pm to RedRifle
Something, something, skynet
Posted on 8/15/18 at 9:07 pm to RedRifle
They already invented sex robots. The rest is just par for the course.
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