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[+] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social -23 points 5 months ago (15 children)

You need to understand... regaining stability on a PERFECTLY FLAT AND PREDICTABLE surface is not new nor novel for robotics.

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[–] Davel23@fedia.io 43 points 5 months ago (12 children)

Oh gosh, you're absolutely right. That was in no way impressive at all, and I should never have brought it up. Can you ever forgive me?

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[+] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social -25 points 5 months ago (11 children)

Your sarcasm only proves how absolutely pathetic you and everyone else's understanding of robotics is.

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[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Sounds like something a robot would say 🤔

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[+] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social -18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Considering I'm shitting on the robots, that only further proves my point that ya'll are brainless morons merely voting down that which you do not understand. Sad.

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[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago

ya'll are brainless morons merely voting down that which you understand.

Say again?

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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 months ago

Holy fuck guys we found him. It's the guy that's been going around shitting on people's robots

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[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

My dude, your username is literally "LurkingLuddite" and you're doing exactly what a luddite that is lurking would do. You might as well be a bot* at that point lol

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[+] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social -11 points 5 months ago

Your inability to grasp reality is both pathetic and hilarious

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[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Given the complexity of the performance, and a clear miscalculation, which it was initially able to recover from, would say you're not giving it enough credit.

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[+] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social -6 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

No. It only recovered when it stumbled back into a flat area. That OBVIOUSLY demonstrates that it's too stupid to deal with dynamic terrain.

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[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago* (1 child)

Ok, you disrespect it now, but if you put a couple of M-249 saws on its arms, would you respect it then?

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[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 0 points 5 months ago

No

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[–] Davel23@fedia.io 2 points 5 months ago

So that's a "no" on forgiveness?

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

On two legs? After stumbling? That was impressive few years back on four legs (the robodogs).

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[–] belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago

To be fair, Spot (which I assume is the kind of robodog you were talking about) is already a decade old

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