The video was created by Corridor Digital and labeled "Bosstown Dynamics." The original can be found on the company's YouTube channel! Videos for Does A Video Show An Armed Robot Does a Video Show an Armed Robot Turning on Humans? snopes.com!! It shows some men at a gun range who appear to be testing out a very human-like robot by arming it with a gun and then hitting it and knocking it down. The robot continues to shoot, until a man orders it to shoot a robot dog. The human robot instead shoots at the man, takes the dog, and runs away.
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While some on social media complimented the video makers on their skill at creating a realistic-looking computer graphic, others like gun advocate Chris Loesch appeared to be alarmed by it, at least initially (Loesch later noted he knew the video was fake).
This is truly astonishing and frightening. Think I'm gonna keep my guns, all of them. pic.twitter.com/6CZDiwFJLu
But Corridor posted an explainer video to a separate YouTube account ("Corridor Crew") that explained the video was made using motion capture! 1:55 Gain Superhuman Strength With Sarcos' Two- Armed Robot , The Guardian GT Bot | CNBC YouTube!! In other words, it was a (human) actor playing the part of the robot, and the robot was digitally edited in later.
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Boston Dynamics CEO says it irks him when people call the robots terrifying | Boston.com
Boston Dynamics CEO Marc Raibert thinks there's a disconnect in the coverage of his humanoid — and dog-like — robots.
Time after time, whenever the Waltham-based robotics company releases a video of one its creations adroitly performing even playful human tasks, Raibert says a disproportionate amount of the coverage frames the robots as something existentially frightening.
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Mashable once published a list of the times Boston Dynamics robots " scared the hell out of us ." Ranker, as the website is wont to do, also ranked 13 of the MIT spinoff's "terrifying" robots destined to "help the machines take over the world."
"I've looked at a tally of the headlines, and it's a high percentage of them that call it terrifying," Raibert told Boston.com in a recent interview.
During a Wall Street Journal conference last week, he said that the coverage " really bothers " him. The 69-year-old, who founded Boston Dynamics in 1992, says the fearful headlines appear to be more grounded in "science fiction" than in reality.
Does the Future of Robots Get You Excited, or Fill You With Dread? - The New York Times
Last week, a robotic hand successfully solved a Rubik's Cube. While that feat might seem like a fun parlor trick, it's a sign that robots are being programmed to learn and not just memorize.
Robots are already playing important roles inside retail giants like Amazon and manufacturing companies like Foxconn by completing very specific, repetitive tasks! US Military MOST ADVANCED ROBOT TECHNOLOGY to create the ...www.youtube.com /watch?v=jiieA-j2XPE A great video of US Military future robot technology. A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer— capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically.[2]!! But many believe that machine learning will ultimately allow robots to master a much wider array of more complex functions .
When you imagine the future of robots and artificial intelligence, do you get excited? Do you envision a world of benefits for humankind? Or does an automated future fill you with concern and fear?
In " If a Robotic Hand Solves a Rubik's Cube, Does It Prove Something? " Cade Metz writes about how this five-fingered feat could show important progress in A.I. research:
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Amazon's robots may be handling the holiday crush — Quartz
Amazon runs on robots . They sort, stock, scan, and ferry packages across cavernous warehouses with minimal human oversight! WORST NIGHTMARE for Russian Military US Military ...- YouTube www.youtube.com /watch?v=BRym2d9hB64 A video on the worlds most advanced new Robot technology. A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically.[2 ...!! But when the holidays arrive, Amazon has always hired more than 100,000 humans to help back up its mechanical army of more than 100,000 robots spread across more than 175 fulfillment centers and package-sorting facilities worldwide .
That need has been falling in recent years, however, as Amazon has cut back on seasonal hires of package handlers, customer service agents, and operations managers! From drones to armed robots, Marines test high-tech ...www.youtube.com /watch?v=eISYf8OrM4w From drones to armed robots , Marines test high-tech weapons CBS This Morning. ...Rating is available when the video has been rented. ...Show more Show less. Loading...!! In the 2016 and 2017 holiday seasons, Amazon hired between 120,000 and 150,000 additional workers, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a job placement firm. In 2018, that fell to around 100,000. Citi analyst Mark May told CNBC last November that the installation of more robots in fulfillment centers corresponded with fewer and fewer workers hired around the holidays. Amazon hasn't revealed its seasonal hiring plans so far this year. The company didn't immediately respond to press inquiries.
'Tis the Season for Surge Robots as Holiday Hiring Finds Automation - WSJ
Retailers and logistics operators facing a tight labor market are ramping up automation at warehouses for the holidays, when online order volumes can surge tenfold as consumers load up digital shopping carts in the weeks around Thanksgiving and Christmas.
To cope, some businesses are ordering up extra fleets of collaborative robots , or "cobots," that use cameras, lasers and sensors to navigate warehouse aisles and lead workers to the right shelves or to shuttle bins full of products between workstations. Many are available for lease.
Rick Faulk, chief executive of Wilmington, Mass.-based Locus Robotics Corp., said demand for what he calls "surge robots" to bolster the armies of seasonal warehouse workers has grown this year, and the company is sending more than 500 of them to its logistics and e-commerce customers.
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