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Bursting into flames is the robot equivalent of spiking a football in the endzone.
this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2026
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I would so watch a robot Olympics, just for the tantrums, meltdowns, diva behavior, explosions, fires, etc. I want to see an event where the robots have to fight to the death.
That’s gonna be the thing that murders you. Wooo it runs fast!
Oh thank God. I was worried it was going to be one of those little lunch delivery bots and that it was going to take hours for it to get around to eliminating this meat bag.
What if it's just a flying drone, but all it does is shoot you with a never ending supply of spit balls? Just all day, every day, bullied by a drone.
That means it has a moist mouth.
This upsets me.
I enjoy asking my wife if she has thought about how wet her bones are today.
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The future is terrifying. How many years before ice has those things chasing people down in the streets?
ICE already has monsters chasing people down in the streets. Does it matter whether those monsters are carbon-based or silicon-based?
The carbon based ones feel pain
I refuse to belive that
Never. There's absolutely no need to use humanoid robots for that, other form factors would be much more efficient.
I wanna say it was a dynamics robot that was awkwardly jogging because of an unbalanced load. Stopped. Got on all 4 and ran off WAY faster (50-60kph) up a rocky hill.they basically said going bipedal was really just to comfort the people around it.
Next step is centaurs, four legs AND hands free to choke people.
Why stop there? Let's give it some tentacles!
This is your fault, I plead insanity.
I take full responsibility 🤣
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The reality is bipeds are poor designs for robots, the better design would be something close to arachnids. But Boston dynamics know they need to sell robots to society, so it's cute dance videos and dog like robots while they figure out how to strangle you efficiently.
Efficient yes, but humanoid robots are much more likely to be accepted by the general public.
counterpoint:
If they're being used to "chase people down" I don't think acceptance by the general public is all that relevant.
If they're used to chase down people the general public doesn't like, it might even be applauded.
They're already using AI drones in Ukraine.
As in, Russia is using them against Ukrainians
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/world/europe/russia-drones-autonomous-ai-kill-ukraine-war.html
The Ukrainian army is using them as well.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/magazine/ukraine-ai-drones-war-russia.html
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Drop your weapon. You have twenty seconds to comply.
Oh ED209, you scamp. I already dropped the weapon.
If I was promised at least one "burst into flames" every so often, I might consider watching these.
running full speed into walls because unlike a human ~~they~~ it can only run in a straight line.
I like how they just smash straight into the wall and die. You don't see that level of dedication from human athletes.
Pheidippides: Am I a joke to you?
Pheidippides: Am I a joke to you?
1.3 million marathon runners a year: Wassup Pheidippides? We didn't die!
I love the weight lifting robot that freaks out like C-3PO.
Those are kind of terrifying.
Watched a clip yesterday and learned that compared to just last year, there were four times as many contestants and they managed to complete the race in less than half the time.
But the really fascinating things were mundane tasks like chopping vegetables.
Comparing that to what Europe has got to offer is what scares me.
You mean f-ing AWESOME
Watch "Chappie"
Die Antwoord are terrible people
"Don't do crimes!"
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