We are the other people
We are the other people
We are the other people
You’re the other people too
Found a way to get to you . . .
— from “Mother People” by Frank Zappa
I don’t know if I should be amazed or uneasy:
They can run. They can open doors. And now, most terrifyingly of all: They can dance better than you.
Boston Dynamics, the Waltham robotics company behind a popular line-up of agile, acrobatic, and regularly fear-inducing robots, released a new video Tuesday of an ensemble of machines dancing to the classic Motown hit “Do You Love Me” by The Contours.
The engineering and programming behind these devices is more than amazing. The video almost gives the impression that they are listening to the music and responding rather than executing a carefully pre-choreographed set of maneuvers. Impressive mechatronics, surely. The listening and “Dancing with the Stars” comes later. After adding AI, naturally. Naturally.
Hyundai now owns 80% of Boston Dynamics. Let me know when their cars can climb their way out of traffic jams.
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