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[-] huppakee@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Takeaway: if you're chased by a killer robot pull out a banana peel

[-] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I can't load the video, wondering if this is the xpeng iron? Last time I saw it, that seemed like the most impressive so far.

[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

It’s funny now, just wait till it’s Fortnite dancing while chasing you with a machine gun and a flaming sword.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 5 hours ago

They made a Frank Spencer robot.

[-] placebo@lemmy.zip 49 points 10 hours ago

Ngl the first save was impressive.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 11 points 9 hours ago

Can't wait to laugh at a tripping killbot before it rights itself and wastes me with a patent pending 12 hour painful death injectable

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 9 hours ago

It's pretty impressive anyway. I wonder what another year of development will do?

I also prefer dancing robot to RoboCop and the firemen's robot dogs.

[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago

they do have more successful dance shows too.

[-] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 18 points 10 hours ago

Great, so not only do we have to fight robots for access to water, they can now emote over our broken bodies

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

How long until Elon teaches his to teabag?

[-] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

That was one of the first things it learned.

[-] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

One of my favorite parts of vr fps like contractors is physically teabagging people. They are already being trained.

[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 5 hours ago

Nailed the ending.

[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 hours ago

that's impressively, better than i could

[-] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

To be fair, I don't remember MJ being anywhere near stairs, at least not with crazy dance steps.

[-] altphoto@lemmy.today 4 points 10 hours ago

I first didn't see when the guy comes to pick up the not. So they're really short... Hmm. Let's keep it that way.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 1 hour ago

Yeah i thought it was full sized until it was picked up, I then realised the bloke who made it is just a giant

[-] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 4 points 10 hours ago

Anthropomorphic robots belong to a trashcan

[-] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 11 points 13 hours ago

How amazing is that recovery after the first stumble?

[-] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 9 points 12 hours ago

Somewhere between more amazing than falling over and less amazing than being able to climb stairs.

[-] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 3 points 12 hours ago

I imagine it wasn't trained for these lighting conditions and a monotone grey floor. But funny nonetheless.

[-] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 13 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I know i dont know shit about robotics but really the absolute first thing they need to do is have a robot that can stand up after falling down. It's how humans learn to walk and it's really a prequisite to walking in general. You just shouldn't walk if you can't get up, that's why babies crawl until they learn to stand up from the floor.

[-] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

Almost assuredly it can, I think it broke or went into a failsafe or something.

[-] melfie@lemmy.zip 19 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I’m imagining most robots like this will be goose-stepping instead of dancing, so the inability to dance is probably not a big deal.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 hours ago

I think the dancing would probably be pretty bad for insurgency morale actually.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 9 points 14 hours ago

Apparently we stop the impending robot army by just putting up some steps at the border.

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[-] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 26 points 18 hours ago

It did better than I woulda.

[-] whaleross@lemmy.world 60 points 21 hours ago

If it was me falling over the steps in a dance performance, I'd stay down after the second time too.

[-] bampop@lemmy.world 18 points 21 hours ago

Sometimes you just have to let gravity win

[-] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works 8 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Gravity indeed.

Comedian Fred Berry, the guy who played Rerun from "What's Happening", came with headliner Pauly Shore at a stand-up show in my hometown back in like 2000. Famous for his high voice, high energy, and red beret - he accidentally walked right off the frontend of the stage mid-set. He was portly, so it wasn't graceful. He continues the rest of his set in the pit until he introduces Pauly on stage -- to which Pauly books it top speed and jumps in after him.
MC: Would you 2 fools get outta there!
Pauly: No. We like down here!
Rerun: We've accepted our fate. It's closer to hell down here.
Pauly: Trust me, I'd be easier if you just bring everyone into the pit.

[-] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 22 hours ago

The robot was once again defeated by its arch nemesis STAIRS

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[-] wk5ar@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

penal! ahahaha

[-] darthelmet@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago

Honestly, there was a short time where I thought the prat fall might have been an intentional bit… then it just lay there and eventually the guy shows up to drag it off stage lol.

[-] Davel23@fedia.io 165 points 1 day ago

That's still pretty impressive, especially the first recovery.

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago

Yeah that's insanely impressive.

Sure it doesn't exactly know where its feet are, but... like how many people do you know that could do 5 or 10 seconds of that?

Also the leg flailing was extremely rapid and thus comical.

8/10.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 12 hours ago

Surprisingly well, yeah. And looks a lot more lightweight than I imagined.

Much better than musk's that couldn't even walk

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[-] 474D@lemmy.world 53 points 23 hours ago

You laugh now, but you'll remember these days fondly when the robot simply fell down instead of getting up and moonwalking while spraying bullets

[-] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 4 points 14 hours ago

Dances like my cousin after drinking tequila

[-] placebo@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago

That's still better than me. Trust me.

[-] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 62 points 1 day ago

I dunno about Michael Jackson, but he's perfected the drunk uncle at a wedding.

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[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 145 points 1 day ago

The guy missed the opportunity to moonwalk while dragging the robot out

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[-] johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 16 hours ago

The comedic timing on the song is fantastic lol

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