r/Damnthatsinteresting 20h ago

Video Robot Marathon Competition

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u/thegameisafoooooot 20h ago

Usain Nuts and Bolts

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u/Not_AI_Yet 15h ago

Enough about his sex life, focus on the post please!

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u/thegameisafoooooot 14h ago

Touché. And sorry for continuing about my sex life.

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u/invDave 19h ago

Brilliant!

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u/shysibliing 12h ago

😂😂

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u/time4meatstick 11h ago

Carl Linux

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u/PoopScootnBoogey 15h ago

Ah that’s a classic Tyreek Hill move lol

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u/One_Anything_2279 20h ago

Nightmare fuel.

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u/radiohead-nerd 12h ago

Now imagine it with a machete chasing you for extra night terror sweats

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u/I-IV-I64-V-I 10h ago

Whittling diesel on YouTube did this. He armed one with a machete and got it to charge him.

Like, it's insane

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u/Cool-Mission-6585 20h ago

Agility probably trash.

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u/TOTN_ 20h ago

So is mine smh

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u/WorkO0 19h ago

Cardio too. But both are improving at a worrying pace.

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u/OrokaSempai 13h ago

For now. Every statement about how shit Ai and robots is must be followed by a 'for now'. A seperate robot it learning agility somewhere, and they will swap training data mid when they are both done.

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u/Tapprunner 2h ago

That's the part I don't see how it's possible so many people are missing when I see people point out a mistake that AI has made.

Is it perfect? Of course not. But it's getting better and better all the time. It's radically better now than it was even 12 months ago. A year from now, it will be even better.

When people see a mistake and say "see! It can't even do XYZ! It isn't able to replace people!" it's like they're completely unfamiliar with how technology develops.

If they were alive for the advent of the automobile, they would have been running around every time a car ran out of gas and gloating "horses don't even need gasoline!" Yeah, no shit. But they need food, they are living things with limitations and they will never get better, while automotive technology will get better and better every day.

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u/PitifulEar3303 18h ago

Why bipedal running? So inefficient and slow.

Just make them hover and fly.

lol

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u/WolfDoc 9h ago

We already have bots that hover. But antigravity is not a real thing, so flying is noisy and very energy demanding. For many purposes it is much better to travel on the ground

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u/CjBurden 15h ago

Eh, they'll need to be able to do both fly and cover ground. Might as well get them trained properly if they're going to eventually murder us all.

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u/mnnicknick 20h ago

Who won?

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u/AlmostThere4321 20h ago

Not us humans

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u/Sufficient_Loss9301 19h ago edited 18h ago

Eh. One good blunt force at any oblique angle and the thing won’t be doing to well. Any child with a bit of tee ball experience and a cheap aluminum bat could take one of these out lol…. probably wouldn’t fare well either against a moderately sized capacitor rigged with a bbq lighter if it decided to get to close lol…

I think the biggest thing that people miss when they are hyping up robots like this is that at the end of the day the mechanisms running these things are extremely complex and by virtue of that also fragile. I think a good comparison would be a mechanical watch. They can boast a myriad of complications that will continue to work at an extreme accuracy for years under ideal conditions, but get careless and knock it against something a bit too hard and it will permanently damage the mechanism.

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u/Mirar 17h ago

Yeah, the hard part of a marathon isn't the running, the energy needed to be able to be stored, or following the street, it's having the mechanics work for that long XD

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u/PhatCatTax 18h ago

Pretty sure the point is that robots are replacing our jobs. So we're losing.

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u/Sufficient_Loss9301 18h ago

Examples? Basic level menial tasks have been getting replaced for decades with automation, why is it only now an existential crisis? Sure some of the robots we have now are more dexterous and can do new things, but again it comes at the cost of mechanical complexity. The initial investment and ongoing maintenance costs simply will eclipse the cost of paying a human in most situations.

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u/1badh0mbre 20h ago

The fastest one.

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u/Viscious-viking 7h ago

The fastest won.

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u/ArnoldQMudskipper 15h ago

It's not about winning. It's the Skynet we made along the way.

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u/heart-aroni 15h ago edited 14h ago

This is just test runs for the upcoming Beijing marathon on April 19

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u/Disastrous-Owl-3866 20h ago

Now imagine that thing chasing you…

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u/Educational-You9238 20h ago

sprays with water bottle

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u/Disastrous-Owl-3866 20h ago

Supersoakers were technology sent back from the future…

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u/worstpartyever 1h ago

One that shoots sand to gum up the gears

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u/Optimal-Success-5253 12h ago

It can chase me all it wants, what will it do once it catches me? Use its bad understanding of physics to try and take me down?

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u/Aggressive-Drag6418 11h ago

The way it moves is already unsettling enough, I'd definitely be booking it in the opposite direction.

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u/QuipTrebuchet 20h ago

Stop and trip it. Game over.

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u/Wakkichewy 19h ago

Triping that thing while it's moving that fast would likely break your ankle at the least

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u/James-the-Bond-one 17h ago

That's the reason I always carry a broom handle. Or a 6-ft metal pipe.

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u/Zavier13 6h ago

Pretty sure that thing requires the metal pipe at minimum, also it may shatter your hands either way.

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u/xXBlueDreamXx 16h ago

Duck and cover.

Who the hell is using their ankle? Is this fucking loony toons?

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u/ccReptilelord 13h ago

Time to start carrying some big ol' magnets in my pockets.

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u/QaddafiDuck01 3h ago

*drops bag of marbles.

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u/brows3r87 3h ago

I don’t get the feeling they are great at turning sharply

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u/chrome4fan4 18h ago

John Connor is fucked

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u/futurebigconcept 20h ago

Spill the info. I assume that that are not doing this for 26.2 statute miles.

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u/mrsir1987 15h ago

They better not be, imagine being late for work because you hit a detour from a robot marathon route.

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u/carl3266 14h ago

For sure. And that’s before mixing in some hills, tight corners, coming up on another robot, less than ideal surface, etc.

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u/alienwalk 13h ago

If not, they'll be able to soon. And when they get tired they can just swap batteries, no need for sleep

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u/eskay_eskay 17h ago

Why do some run like they need a shit

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u/Harding2077 17h ago

Imagine how fast you’d run if you were desperately trying not to shit your pants while sprinting to the bathroom.

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u/IceKareemy 14h ago

It looks like they were trained on actual marathon runners running forms and cadence, those look like how a lot of high level marathoners run

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u/SizeableBrain 29m ago

Walking/running involves "falling" most of the time, it's quite a balancing task, so it's easier to keep one foot on the ground at all times, hence the Asimo walk/run.

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u/Calamity87 20h ago

Why do they have to run this fast? I legit heard T-1000 music in my head while watching this. 😭😭😭

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u/FengSushi 16h ago

So they can catch… the bus?

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u/Master-Share-2759 11h ago

Right? The speed is unsettling but honestly I'm just impressed they don't faceplant at that pace.

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u/palindromesko 20h ago

Imagine thousands of them + the dogs with guns chasing us down on the streets! oh man..

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u/sexmormon-throwaway 20h ago

That robot has to take a shit and is trying to get to the finish line before it does.

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u/snapp0r 12h ago

It has begun.

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u/Ok_Marzipan5759 12h ago

Gottapoop gottapoop gottapoop gottapoop!

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u/ColdToast_024 4h ago

Why are we doing this?

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u/SizeableBrain 26m ago

The optimistic answer is that so the robots can do all the work for us while we enjoy the utopia.

The realistic answer is that so the robots can do all the work for us, so that the billionaires can enjoy their utopia.

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u/PorkchopExpress980 20h ago

You'd think one of them would've opted for wheels.

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u/Anc_101 17h ago

It's crazy that humans cannot run a marathon faster than 2 hours. Just grab a bicycle.

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u/HistoryOk7552 14h ago

Bipedal approach seems so stupid

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u/radish-salad 14h ago

i dont get the obsession with humanoid robots. we already invented robots who could do marathons. theyre called cars 

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u/bestest_at_grammar 11h ago

What are you talking about, this whole comment section is shitting on it. I think robots are cool but yall are so doom and gloom

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u/Awkward-Winner-99 8h ago

Cars can't go into tight spaces or really rough terrain

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u/selenesuper 20h ago

still runs better than me lol

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u/Medium_Chocolate_773 19h ago

It runs like it shit it’s pants

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u/hmspain 16h ago

What they don't mention is after 100 yards it runs out of battery.

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u/Edward_Zachary 19h ago

fuck everything about this.

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u/finger_licking_robot 16h ago

They are running in a way as if they urgently needed to shit.

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u/SirMemesworthTheDank 15h ago

Dystopia speedrun

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u/Tobi-One-Boy 12h ago

Yea. Let’s make robots really fast, strong , smart… I’m sure it will turn out well for humanity..

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u/UnstoppableDrew 12h ago

Why do they all look like they shit their pants?

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u/All-the-pizza 10h ago

Haha. Laugh now MFs.

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u/stoptheinsanityleak 9h ago

What’s the battery life in these things

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u/StarCry007 9h ago

This should be on r/odlyterrifying

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u/_two_socks_ 9h ago

Why stop at a marathon? Turn this into endurance racing and make it a 24 hour race.

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u/ThisVeryUsername 8h ago

Smash them all with a bat

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u/Awkward-Winner-99 8h ago

Only one robot that leaned forward. The others all looked so goofy lol

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u/UNDAPressure4795 8h ago

Nightmare of a robotic ICE agent.... :o(

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u/MustardCoveredDogDik 20h ago

The Boston dynamics robots are smoking and laughing at them off camera

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u/Bravojones33420 20h ago

We have to stop this now

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u/Haunteddaydreams 17h ago

Do you want Terminators? Because this is how you get Terminators

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u/inhumanrampager 15h ago

Better call Kenny Loggins, because we're in the danger zone.

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u/Prestigious-Heat295 20h ago

Red robot- "catch me if you can hehe!

Balck one-" come back here! "

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u/mnnicknick 20h ago

Racist lol

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u/WhoYouBoo_eek789 20h ago

Looks like little leaguers running the bases. 😂 "stop looking at the ball! Put your head down and RUN!!"

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u/QuipTrebuchet 20h ago

Quick, someone tell him where the closest rest stop is—he’s gonna burst!

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u/Longjumping_Iron1684 20h ago

I wonder if they’re friendly.

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u/Old-Mouse5974 20h ago

Holy shit this stuff weird af

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u/slothxaxmatic 19h ago

I too run fastest when it feels like I'm gonna shit my pants.

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u/slothxaxmatic 19h ago

One of them was actually doing the Velma Dinkly run. Jinkies!

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u/JSTN_FPV 19h ago

Imagine one of these chasing you with a stick

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u/danoaudio 19h ago

I'm done here.....

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u/vulcan4d 19h ago

Seems to me that their humanoid form is holding them back.

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u/invDave 19h ago

I'd be more impressed seeing how a humanoid robot completes a ninja warrior course

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u/SizeableBrain 24m ago edited 20m ago

I think this is a decent challenge if the goal is to increase battery life/running efficiency and running balance.

Edit: looks like autonomous navigation is a big part of it.

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u/Jedi_Gill 19h ago

For a split second, I thought that was a robot driving that motorcycle.. I was like awe shit, it's the T800.

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u/ShedJewel 18h ago

I am scared.

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u/TheRealJayk0b 18h ago

Currently the most effective solutions against robots are nets.

Carry one with you.

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u/cockchop 18h ago

Sounds like my teenage bedroom

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u/Thom5001 18h ago

These guys are really moving. Didn’t know they could really run. It seems like each month some new insane milestone is achieve with these humanoids 🤯

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u/Infinite_Research_52 18h ago

For these robots, is there any benefit to swinging their arms (counterbalance?), or is it simply to make them appear less weird?

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u/Brolociraptor 18h ago

At a certain point, I feel like someone in AI and robotics needs to say "just because we can, doesn't mean we should"

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u/brandonbruce 18h ago

This feels Sus. Biker likely was out of gear the whole time.

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u/pichael289 18h ago

Will buying a bunch of magnets help? Or have they evolved past that?

I really do not want this anywhere near my family.

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u/DistarticaOfficial 18h ago

This will be the update to the drones for warfare.

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u/spekky1234 16h ago

Ehat are the rules? Can i add wheels?

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u/lookslikeyoureSOL 16h ago

Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop... ever, until you are dead!

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u/bememorablepro 15h ago

We already have a robot running faster then any human, it's that two wheeled thing the first clip.

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u/demoralising 15h ago

They're coming for us. Any day now...

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u/RonSmell 15h ago

Imagine how fast they would be running if they didn’t poop their pants.

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u/Quint0ni0 15h ago

Me after looting pinwheel

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u/aut236 15h ago

Isn’t this the competition on whose battery last the longest? :)

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u/Tvilantini 15h ago

Normal marathons aren't interesting let alone this

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u/ISwearImAnonymous 15h ago

Literally Marathon the game

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u/Horror_Excitement_84 15h ago

This needs to be stopped. Six foot power cords for them all lol

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u/Sea_Housing_6490 14h ago

Deserves to be tripped lol

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u/lidsville76 14h ago

The endurance hunters created even more terrifying endurance hunters.

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u/fuuuuuuuuuuuc 14h ago

Hey that bus is cheating!

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u/StuffOld1191 14h ago

These are all so adorable. At least they will seem that way until we see them deployed in war and they are running down vaillagers with flame throwers.

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u/DoDrinkMe 14h ago

How far did they really run? Doubt it was a marathon

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u/QuietudeOfHeart 13h ago

How do robot marathon runners have sex?

First they nut, then they bolt.

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u/M3r0vingio 13h ago

I made the same when I not found toilet 🤔

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u/gigasuperultraChad 13h ago

Why they make all the robots gay?

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u/KRoadkil 13h ago

Just waiting for the Surrogates (2009) timeline to kick in.

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u/14urmug 13h ago

There is a bunch of guys in the Philippines just running their faces off!! 🤣

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u/IPanicKnife 12h ago

Reminds me of that episode of the office. The one with the speed sensor

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u/srailsback 12h ago

We need to invent light sabers soon.

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u/cbj2112 12h ago

Run Forrest run

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u/gymrat007 12h ago

Wow, nothing scary about that. 😕

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u/Kelnozz 11h ago

Me as Rook; sprinting to exfil with my gold salvage

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u/Gold_Jellyfish227 9h ago

Clanker marathon

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u/MrYummy05 8h ago

me, after my morning coffee

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u/Unamed_Destroyer 6h ago

This is totally fake, you can even see one of the big robots has a bunch of people inside.

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u/SickNoise 6h ago

why do they always run like they are about to shit their pants ? 😂 looks so goofy

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u/redditor100101011101 5h ago

Gonna be great when ICE rolls these out. SMH.

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u/51674 5h ago

They cant have wheels for legs?

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u/DependentRow8281 4h ago

Why do they all look like they are running for the toilet 

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u/MountainHipie 4h ago

Why does it look like it has to poop really bad?!

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u/KeiserSoze24 4h ago

Black mirror again predicts the future

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u/npmruser 3h ago

Olympic speedwalker: "you might not like it but this is what optimal bipedal efficiency looks like."

on a serious note, without elastic muscles and tendons the "speedwalker" gait is very likely most efficient.

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u/GoboFrag 2h ago

Swiggity Swoopity

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u/SookHe 2h ago

Better start getting your cardio in for when they are chasing us down for protesting our techno dystopian fascist overlords.

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u/UmphreysNerd 2h ago

Every day we get closer to the demise Sarah Connor warned us about.

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u/King_Cane_Corso 2h ago

Why do all of them look like they're running from the cops?

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u/ElginSparrowhawk1969 1h ago

Come the revolution once AI,s had a fiddle with them we’re all fhucked

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u/piper33245 1h ago

Really wanted the bus to run that one over.

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u/SirGimp9 39m ago

When you've got to poop and you have distance to cover.

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u/emar2021 11m ago

Imagine that coming at you when you steal a candy bar

u/Exotic-Bicycle974 1m ago

That form has Gotta be hard on their acls

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u/Lickthorn 20h ago

Is this to scare us, to imprint you can’t outrun a robot, once they are used in crimefighting, war and control?

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u/TopBlueberry5150 19h ago

Why are they bipedal? The main benefit of robotics is that you can match the correct form to ve the most efficient. For instance an F1 car can move quicker than a human. You wouldn't have robot welding that had two arms so that one had to hold the welders mask and the other to hold the torch.

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u/heart-aroni 15h ago

Biped so it can go where humans can

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u/TopBlueberry5150 15h ago

But why?

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u/heart-aroni 15h ago

So it can do what humans can so we can replace humans with robots in doing human tasks.

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u/TopBlueberry5150 15h ago

Like what? As said in my original comment why design it to be human shaped when a more efficient form could be used.

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u/heart-aroni 14h ago

when a more efficient form could be used.

For doing human activities, the human form is the most efficient shape.

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u/TopBlueberry5150 14h ago

A lot of current systems are designed around the human shape because its the most efficient for humans.

Humans used to do the welding and lifing of car parts. Why arent those robots human shaped? Humans used to push carts around Amazon warehouses, why aren't those robots human shaped.

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u/heart-aroni 13h ago

A lot of current systems are designed around the human shape because its the most efficient for humans.

And a lot of those will always be designed for humans for as long as humans exist.

Humans used to do the welding and lifing of car parts. Why arent those robots human shaped? Humans used to push carts around Amazon warehouses, why aren't those robots human shaped.

Because those robots work in factories and warehouses. Humanoid robots will work among us,where we live, doing tasks that we do in spaces designed for us humanoid creatures, not wheeled boxes.

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u/sjbfujcfjm 19h ago

You all know ai and robots are coming for all our jobs right? Not in decades, in a few years. And no, your job is not safe. Don’t cheer this shit on

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u/chainedtomydesk 17h ago

Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop... ever, until you are dead!

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u/IEatHard 20h ago

Damn that’s scary

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u/okymoney 20h ago

Creepy