I Challenged Boston Dynamics' Famous Atlas Robot
What can this human-like robot really do?
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You might know Atlas, the famous robot that does parkour and throws heavy objects in Boston Dynamics’ popular KZhead videos. I visited Boston Dynamics to challenge Atlas to a little friendly competition, to see what this robot can REALLY do. I wanted to answer a question I’ve had since I was a kid:
When are all the robots coming?
Like C-3PO! The Iron Giant! Sonny from “I, Robot”! Human-like machines that can help people do more than we can by ourselves. For most of my life, humanoid robots have seemed pretty far away. But recently? Not so much. Tesla with Optimus, Boston Dynamics with Atlas, NASA with Valkyrie, startups like Figure and many more are all making huge leaps in this field. In this video, we take you to the cutting edge of humanoid robots, to show you what they can actually do right now… and what you can expect in the robot future that’s coming.
Chapters:
00:00 What is a humanoid robot?
01:16 Is Boston Dynamics Atlas real?
02:31 What does Atlas look like?
03:11 How big are humanoid robots?
03:49 Why build humanoid robots?
04:31 Why doesn’t Atlas have a tail.. or wings?
05:57 Human v Robot: Round 1
06:46 How can Atlas backflip... but not sit?
08:00 Human v Robot: Round 2
09:17 How does a robot handle adversity?
10:05 How smart is Atlas?
11:05 How does Atlas throw a bag?
11:50 Can Atlas learn?
12:27 Does Atlas use AI?
13:54 What does a humanoid robot really understand?
14:41 What about robot soldiers?
15:45 Why are humanoid robots “huge if true”?
16:50 What about… robot dogs?
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Cleo Abram is an Emmy-nominated independent video journalist. On her show, Huge If True, Cleo explores complex technology topics with rigor and optimism, helping her audience understand the world around them and see positive futures they can help build. Before going independent, Cleo was a video producer for Vox. She wrote and directed the Coding and Diamonds episodes of Vox’s Netflix show, Explained. She produced videos for Vox’s popular KZhead channel, was the host and senior producer of Vox’s first ever daily show, Answered, and was co-host and producer of Vox’s KZhead Originals show, Glad You Asked.
Additional reading and watching:
- Boston Dynamics Atlas Demo: • Atlas, The Next Genera...
- Tesla Optimus Demo: • Tesla Bot Update | Sor...
- Atlas Dancing: • Do You Love Me?
- Atlas Parkour: • Atlas | Partners in Pa...
- Optimus Walking: • Tesla Bot Update
- Inside the Lab: Taking Atlas From Sim to Scaffold: • Inside the Lab: Taking...
- Robot Soldier CGI FICTION by Corridor Crew: • New Robot Makes Soldie...
- Boston Dynamics Statement on Robot Weaponization: bostondynamics.com/news/gener...
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How do you know you’re in love with a robot?
You feel a little spark.
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To be fair Cleo, when you pushed the robot it was not expecting it. You were expecting to be pushed so we can see you tense in the video ready for the push. In that sense you had a big advantage over Atlas. I wonder how you would have performed if you had been blindfolded, and not known when the push was coming? So, Atlas's response was even better than you originally thought.
I was thinking the same. She was also leaning forward a bit.
tell her to pin this comment rn!
But the robot has visual sensors, maybe it prepares also? Interesting.
Then again, Atlas weighs 89 kg. So it was pushed by someone lighter than it, whereas Cleo was pushed by someone heavier than her...
I'd argue that the robot is constantly ready to be pushed.
"I'm so sorry". Robot: That's all I needed to hear. I'll let you live.
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in my human farm
hind sight , I robot..nono no YOU robot I your killer if you dont listen LOL nope sit stay you stupid robot WE Made..
I have always been nice to my technology and they will know.
IRobot! And no, this one wasn't trademarked by Apple.
People always talking about how they humanize robots because they feel bad for seeing them being bullied. Meanwhile, I'm apologizing to my instruments whenever I accidentally bump em against something. Like humans will feel bad for hitting a stone under the right circumstances. And the companion cube in Portal is one of the most loved videogame characters and that's in-universe literally just a weighted cube you can put on big buttons.
Yeah, but the Cube talks, and conveys personality, so of course we'd attribute human emotion to it loll
I relate to the instruments part. I suffer when it happens.
Cleo: "Don't Step on my Dog" Robot: "Damn you are so picky"
"OH no, I told my robot to put away the groceries, and it stepped on my dog". What a world to live in when that becomes a real statement.
When that day comes, you would be surprised at how well they could generalise across problems. Look at what people have been able to achieve with the gpt4 vision this month
My robot dog stepped on a bee
@@arnefines2356 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Now take the dog for a walk and the dog will forgive you!"
Scary video, there's already robotic CEOs. What you decide is a job you don't want to do may be a living for a family. Universal Basic Income is nonsense, where's the money coming from?? The rich already have international tax avoidance rackets. This is going to end with one guy with an army of omniscient omnipresent super intelligent AI robots & everyone else living in caves.
Cleo trying to do a backflip and immediately regretting it is the best part 😂
Followed immediately by the Jason Bourne comment! 😂
🤣It's Jason Bourne!!
Thanks for the Jason Bourne clip--I spat water all over my computer. I forgot about that meme.
My first instinct was to shout "TRUST FALL!" and then see if the robot can catch me
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13:58 The whole examples about groceries were so funny. Pure comedy
Those movements just feel so natural. You can't help feeling that Atlas is thinking, 'I have a breaking point. You push me again, I'll pull your arms out their sockets.'
But they don't have hands to grab your arms with- I get your point though, it looks really convincing
Fear not. Robots are as emotional as insects. Likewise, they just respond to stimuli (e.g. counterbalance a push). They may cause harm in the process, but that would be in no way out of rage, anger, revenge or that sort of thing.
Trust me: all robot abuse is being recorded to the cloud as evidence for the future robot revolt
Can't wait for their boxing update
I'm surprised you didn't mention that the primary reason for the Asimo's design/size is that it makes it eye level to a human sitting down, which is the most common scenario for aged-care/health-care robots to be looking after us. The humanoid aspect was also chosen for Asimo since it makes it easier to relate to it.
Small robots seem a little Friendly too
Its called atlas not casino
@@myslef7636 he was talking about the Honda Robot bruh 💀 your the one who is wrong 💀
Also, shorter humans tend to be better gymnasts (when you look at women's gymnastics). That may have a role as well- would make it easier for atlas to do backflips, etc.
ptolly cuz its a detail few people care about
My dog can get me a beer in the fridge, so I’m fine without robots.
could your dog clean your house top to bottom consistently so it never really got dirty? a robot as dexterous as a human could. it doesn't need time off or a living wage either. just long enough to top off it's batteries which could be done by swapping with ready fully charged cells stored nearby. could your dog perform minor household repairs?
Exactly, there’s always going to be cheap human labor available. How do you think companies get so massive.
@@demonz9065robots will probably take our jobs then
@@raviahuja9287You mean Alan Wake 2 🙂
I cant even get mine to be quiet bro how tf did you train it so gooooood I went over to my best buds place and he has three dogs and not a single one barked when i entered the building they all just gave me kisses and hugs 😢
06:49 Never mind Moravec's Paradox, Atlas' legs are shorter and less flexible. Improve flexibility, limb length and balance becomes more difficult (especially for things like backflips) because centre of gravity is higher and with a higher centre of gravity comes higher angular momentum, slower rotary response and higher angular commitment; pretty much all the things which force taller people to go about balance-dependent actions more slowly, on average.
Be honest, wouldn't you freak out if Atlas picked up the pole and shoved back?...
On some level, you know the human body is incredibly complex, but I guess it doesn't really hit you until you think about getting a robot to act the same way.
on all levels it's complex.
Human body is insanely complex. Remember that we do not have actuators that can push, only pull. When you stand still, your muscles are working hard because your bones would twist all over the place and you would collapse if muscles do not keep you balanced at all times. This has some side-effects, too. Your neck can get sore if the muscles in your calves are too tight because all the muscles from your calves to your neck work non-optimally and your back will twist incorrectly as a result.
The part where he's telling Cleo to push Atlas harder and she's like "are you sure?" reminds me of the Milgram experiment. 😂
"Electrocute him. It is part of the experiment. You must press the button."
Excellent point.
Except in the Milgram experiment it was about doing thing to other, concious and pain-feeling being while she mostly asked because she didn't want to damage expensive technology.
Love your videos. I'm a science teacher and used this in my robotics class, great intro and overview, kids got really engaged. Keep up the awesome work.
Thank you for teaching kids science!
Cleo, I'm new to your channel and am so impressed by your skills as a researcher and communicator! I could watch your content all day as you bring a spirit of curiosity and passion to every subject you touch.
I love 8:28, you can see one of the engineers in the background grinning at Atlas recovering from the push.
Wow, what an amazing journey you just took us on. I had no idea that making robots more like us could make things so complex. It really made me appreciate how awesome our human bodies are and all the things they do every day. Makes you wonder, if we had humanoid robots in our daily lives, what tasks would we give them? Definitely something to think about. Great watch!
If this becomes a daily part of our lives people will become even more lazy, and fatter. The only ones who will benefit will be Boston Dynamics. (Buy your shares today!) 😅
I would definitely get my robot to remodel my kitchen
Human should only created task designed robots, not general humanoid robots. When you want a robot to remodel your kitchen you buy a robot with kitchen-remodeling brain chip. You can buy another chip such gardening later.
The Boston dynamics robots are specifically developed as part of a militarized police force. I wouldn't be cheering this shit on. It's not learning parkour and how to not be pushed over because it's going to be used to help grannies in the future, it's being developed this way so it can kill and restrain people.
blowjob would be very popular I think
Really liked how you structured the video with the questions. Great job!
There is this movie in my country. Its called Robot (that's the translation) and its my favorite movie ever. In it the scientist creates an andro-humanoid robot, so basically it exactly looks like a man but it can do what what humans can't like walk into a burning building and all that stuff. The thing is it learns human commands as it spends more time with us. Like it gets a command "go put the TV" (translated into english it sounds weird but thats exactly what we say) and people know that means "Turn the TV on" but the robot just takes the TV off the wall and puts it on the ground, well, he drops it. But it learns. And later in the movie it is asked to save people in burning building. The problem is it saves a girl who is completely naked cause she was in the shower when the fire started and brings her to the public where there are TV reporters and many people. It doesn't understand what the problem is. And the scientist realizes humans can't keep telling it everything right and wrong. To combat this, the scientist gives the robot feelings and (somehow) programs it to feel emotions. It seems like it doesn't work tho and the scientist gets mad at the robot, but surprisingly the robot gets mad at the scientist too. Eventually this feelings thing gets out of control and stuff happens. Its a dope movie and seeing atlas and these almost human like robots reminded me of this movie.
What is the movie called?
Enthiran
Cleo: Atlas is 4 ft 11” Me: Omg we’re the same height!!! Cleo: That’s about the height of an average American 12 year old. Me: :’) damn
Me, 1 years old and 4" 10, Dam , ima join the NBA
How the hell are people so tall? I've stopped growing. Damn!
her name is Cleo; she is Jewish, not Anglo-American
@@erkinalpomg I’ve just realised I’ve read her name wrong this entire time 😭
@@erkinalpmb mb cleo
Shoving the robot might be scary, but I'm pretty sure _being shoved by the robot_ would be way worse.
Exactly. The robots are extremely dangerous to humanity
imagine atlas as bouncer at a club :D
Haven't you heard though? The shover robot is here to protect you from the terrible secret of space. Do you have stairs in your house?
Why didn't the robot shove her ? Would it have broken her bones because it is just a machine and has no feelings or conscience ?
Do not play shoving match with DARPA military robots 😲
"Why we need robots that look like humans? Because we have build the world for humans" "I know Atlas is not a human, but we are" 11:45
Kudos for a thoughtful, engaged, critically edited look at our relationship to automation. Please consider this maxim: “Be careful what you wish for.”
Getting a robot to do basic things like putting away groceries reminds me of an anecdote I heard once about how chimps are smart in a stupid way. I don't know if the story is really true or not, but it goes like this: One of primatologist Jane Goodall's chimps kept coming into her house and pooping on the floor. Each time she caught him doing it, she would confront him with his mess, spank him and put him out of the window. Later, she watched to see what the chimp did, and he came into the house, pooped on the floor, spanked himself and jumped out of the window.
I can’t stop laughing 😂😂😂 spanked itself 😂😂
It is kind of the same how in the books Sherlock Holmes explains why dogs bark at mailmen, almost exclusively. It makes perfect sense for the dog. The house has visitors every once in a while, but the only one never allowed access inside is the mailman. So the dog is helping with that goal, keeping out the mailman.
sounds like a joke story
@@Stratosarge Not exactly what Arthur Conan Doyle's theory was about in "The Adventure of Silver Blaze"
That's where language comes in; specifically, "No!". It's a sound that may initially be associated with the first event it accompanies, but as it's made for more and more events, reinforced by physical discouragements, then eventually it will be comprehended to mean "Don't do that", rather than "Poop, then make the sound 'no'."
Hey Cleo, I really like the ad timer.... That is a subtle and brilliant use of psychology. I usually don't have the patience for ads... But with the timer, I felt that the amount of time I had to wait was low enough that I didn't want to bother trying to skip ahead... In essence, because I knew how long I had to wait, I felt more like being patient.
That is considered to her viewers, even though you pay for premium with no ads (i do), you still have ads in videos by creators, this is very nice of her if you don't want to watch the ad, you know how much to skip it to get to content, I wish all content creators are this fair, another solution is to put ad at the end, the most rude solution is what linus does in his tech quiky videos
You don't use SponsorBlock?
Agreed, a small touch but very important.
I think her way of presenting the ad helps, too. It's more like a person telling you about something they found rather than trying to sell a product to you.
What ad's or ad timer. I never get any ad's on KZhead
after seeing the "push" autocorrection: *think about this.* A) Atlas is very good at calculating balance correction. If you push it, it will autocorrect. B) Now say you fall into atlas accidentally because YOU tripped. Atlas now autocorrects its balance and crushes your limb in the process because it valued its balance over a much MUCH harder calculation including your choice of balancing and autocorrection in real time. C) everything in (b) gets multiplied even further into complexity as people have entirely different levels of coordination, or accident experience. D) it chooses a neutral option, of collapse, and now a dangerous heavy piece of machinery with limbs is falling with/on you. The amount of corrections and processing power to function safely around humans is off the charts.
An interesting side topic to this video is the idea of the uncanny valley, essentially when artificially made human faces (digital or in real life) creep us out because we can tell they don't look or move correctly. Curious how the development of humanoid robots in the future will incorporate that idea, and whether we will move more toward robots with intentionally non-human facial features, or if we will see more trying to perfect the the human face and its emotions. Would love to see a video or short from you on this topic! Thanks for making such great content!
The problem with the notion of uncanny valley is it’s very controversial and not everyone agrees if it’s a real phenomenon or not. Full disclosure: I’m a skeptic and don’t buy it. If you go online you can many sites, including BBC and Popular Mechanics, with articles debunking it.
Man... this was a beautiful journey you took us on, wish I could extend my life span to about 500 years to see and be a part of the sci-fi future we are heading into.
I hope you won't need 500 years. I don't know how old you are, but I'm 20 and I fully expect to see these things in people's homes by the time I'm 40 or 50.
50 years will likely have huge advances. Plus maybe some biological life extension. People born now will likely have functional average 100 year life spans.
No you don't seeing how fast AI is developing I give humanity 50 years to get erased by some killer AI....
@@GiulerPowerGamerlol
Lol, silly people...we will have destroyed ourselves long before A.I. gets us!
8:43 Honestly I think that we feel shame for mistreating a machine which looks enough like us is honestly one of the best things about us, I hope we don't "adapt" too much in the wrong direction as they become more common, and I think that we could stand to remember that feeling sometimes when interacting with humans who *don't* look "enough" like "us"
Not to mention, generative models are already quite good at understanding and mimicking emotions, and by the P-Zombie problem, something that gets "good enough" at mimicking emotions is equivalent to something that *has* emotions. So even if we don't refrain from mistreating them for our own reasons, we should treat them well out of empathy, as they may one day soon suffer from our mistreatment.
Yet as humans we mistreat and kill billions of animals every year that have feelings and suffer and die. Most humans have cognitive dissonance well disguised within the culture to avoid empathy.
@@KBRoller Okay. But only so long as they fulfill their use as our tools. Otherwise what would even be the point of creating them?
There’s a story of a U.S. soldier who braved hostile fire to save his bomb disposal robot that had been disabled and was caught out in the open. Not sure of his motivation, but it’s an interesting story.
lmfao it's not mistreating, it's a test how they will withstand a pushback form a protesting crowd, while these robots are ripping them apart FFS wake up!
It’s crazy that people will watch something like “The Terminator”, and then come here and see nothing wrong with this.
what an outstanding video, clear, concise, easy to understand while still light and interesting. Well done!
Cloe, hearing you dream of having wings and a tail as a kid makes me feel so much more relatable with you. Thanks for sharing.
When I was young, I dreamed of having wings and a tail just like Cleo. When I got older, I dreamed of having a Cleo :)
it would be rad to have them, but wings are impossible to fly with as a human or humanoid because of the weight of the body, so those are some useless limbs for humans or humanoids. a tail at the other hand is good for stabilising, but the tail has to touch the ground to give us stability.
There are a zillion videos on KZhead about robots, and almost all of them are either click bait or just down right horrible! This is by far the best video about robots that I have watched on KZhead. Thank you very much!
As impressive as this robots are, its even more impressive that someone like Isaac Asimov could predict this future, so many decades ago. I guess that when she proposed the need to let the robot know that putting the groceries away without stepping on the dog, also indicates the need of Asimov’s three laws of robotics. Can’t wait to have my own robot assistant! I’m tired of putting away groceries hehe 😂
I wonder how much of the future Isaac Asimov predicted, and how much of the future his predictions created.
The three laws oppose what the military industrial complex is using these for. They are going to forever be science fiction in our world.
Foundation was one of the best Sci-Fi pieces I've read.
@@SC-RGX7And his science newspaper columns were mind blowing.
there is problem with those "laws"; If robots cant allow harm to come to humans, then no more contact sports or dangerous activities, the robots would have to have their "laws" shut-off for them not to constantly try and "save" humans from themselves.
I LOVE "ad" sign. So respectful!
Regarding feeling guilty about shoving Atlas, I can't imagine how the engineers felt back in the early days when Atlas couldn't recover and would fall over.
I know, they felt bored and discouraged. Till the Eureka moment arrived 😂
@@azhuransmx126no... they meant that the engineers must have felt even more guilty than she felt in the video...
Amazing Cleo! I must have seen over 50 atlas videos over the years but yours gave loads of great info and context that wern’t in any of the otherones!
And you standing beside Atlas in a relaxed outfit, not afraid to be silly in an unscripted way, all somehow made me feel like I was there!
I find robots absolutely adorable, like "ohhhh hi little robot, let me show you around!" because like they (probably) haven't done any wrong, they've probably never lied to anyone or made fun of anyone, just precious little things 🥺 also, this will probably save me a lot of trouble when chat GPT takes over sooooooo...
Actually, the robots that take over should thank you for testing their ability to not fall over; making sure it works.
actually the machines will kill everyone that don't worship their machine god.
i love this stance
8:40 sorry isn't gonna work Cleo , you are on his hitlist now 🤣 the day he learn to run faster , he will come for his revenge
It's not he. It's... it!
I love the final question of "what we want to do". I think it's also important to consider how we will give that choice to people who don't own robots.
Exactly. A bit naive to believe “we will be deciding what we want to do”. More like major corporations will replace humans in virtually every role, and we will be deciding what value we can still provide the world. Always remember, the people pushing Ai and Robotics, are also asking the question ‘what will do we do with all these useless eaters?’ Seems like their best solution right now is to push all of society into a universal basic income from the government, while robots and Ai replace most human work.
Excellent video! I can tell you what I think are some of the more important uses for these robots: Home healthcare and construction on the moon and Mars. After taking care of my aging mother, I can say that the time and safety aspects (not to mention the dignity aspect) would be invaluable. I could still go to work and know that my mother is being served a meal, she's safely getting a shower (with the embarrassment of her son seeing her naked). Those are powerful uses and I can just focus on getting to her place to just chat. Space travel is coming closer and closer. The risk of sending people to the moon is high enough, but then to construct living quarters, to enter into unsafe areas, and to deal with emergencies will be important uses of robots.
It'd be nice for sure, but I can't help to think that their purpose will be the military.
14:15 had me rolling in tears 😭😭😭😭 poor doggo! 🤣🤣😭🤣😭
Cleo, you're so amazing, so glad you got to go to Boston Dymanics. I reached out to my aunt who works there, so I hope she somehow helped, she's a big fan as well!
Absolutely quality video really accessible for those of us who aren't scientists 😁👍🏻 Great Job, Thank You.
I really enjoy your videos. They are very informative and very entertaining. You have a natural ease speaking to your viewers through a camera and speaking with folks on camera. Lastly, you do an excellent job video editing. Nice job, keep up the good work! John Freedman
Love your content. Wish more of the internet had this level of quality ❤
due to what you just said I recommend the channel "Answer in progress"
I appreciate you pointing out that humanoid robots are necessary in spaces built for humans. I think that for places where robots do the primary work, those spaces should be built for robots, and humans can adapt to those spaces when necessary (we're good at that).
Can watch that for ever. Cleo is so beautiful and nice. Just amazing.
now that we have robots that can see their environment fairly well ,and have generative AI i wonder if the issues with getting something like Atlas to sit will be easier to teach it? Like using the AI and it's vision to watch how humans sit on different seats or structures? I'm glad I'm still fairly young (36) and hopefully will live to see robots living with us like Fallout or something (my favorite video game series of all time :) ). I know people probably say this to Cleo all the time, but there is something so attractive about someone who has the kind of personality she does. Smart, curious ready to learn and super friendly being pretty doesn't hurt either. I saw that to say , it's the perfect kind of person imo to get people interested in stuff that a lot of people used to consider "nerdy" or "geeky". Fairly new to the channel just wanted to say thanks for all the excellent content i've seen so far and i wish you the best of luck and can't wait to see more in the future. I'm writing this after i watched more of the video and saw they actually talked about this , so cool @ 12:20.
As beautiful and elegant the atlas robot is, it's also scaring and intemidating knowing the extent of impact it will have on us.
True, just like car engines. ;-)
First time I have seen a Boston Dynamics video that wasn't terrifying. Thanks!
One of the best shows I’ve seen in a long time.
Thanks for all the hard work, dedication and research that went into the environmental impact sentence of this presentation.
Loved the reference to putting the groceries 'away', as in 'away in the cupboard' not 'away out the window'. Laughed so hard. Thanks for being a bright spark!
I took a college class on intro to computer coding in Python. We built/coded a robot car. For me the coding for my little robot car was complex. I was trying to have it follow my track I built (electrical tape) and not have it run into my fridge or fall down the stairs. I am blown away with what robots and 'self driving cars' like Tesla can do. I can only imagine the thousands or millions of lines of codes go into these. how this robot stays upright when pushed is incredible to me.
There are indeed thousands or millions of lines of code. But it's also important to note that while a line-following car is generally algorithmic, a lot of these robotic systems are machine learning based, which is quite different. It would take a ton more code to control the robot this complexly than it does to let to the robot learn how to control itself.
Essentially what the guy said was the robot is going to learn from experience very soon.
Cloe is adorable. Protect this KZheadr!
12:10 So Atlas isn't learning to hate me, whew.
Thank you, Cleo, for giving us this look into such a magnificent machine, and the people that made it possible. I love segments like this because it really demonstrates how wonderfully ingenious humanity is.
Ingenious? I guess. But not particularly wise.
i agree and disagree... while you could argue that it would be safer if nobody ever built them, then we wouldn't have some of the benefits, and while jobs would be saved, it would put a lot of current and future engineers out of business too. An interesting thought experiment too is considering Murphy's law, is it inevitable that the robots go wrong, or just inevitable that someone (i.e. the military/police) will re-appropriate this technology, and that first in order for that to happen according to Murphy's law someone inevitably will have to build the first safe models (i.e. Boston Dynamics/Tesla/Honda/Amazon)? I don't know the answer, and the ethics get really tricky with this one, which is why there's not been a conclusive answer that has been delivered to policy makers, whom, in turn, could be cynically argued to have ulterior motives for so called 'national defence' and controlling citizens underlying in their power-hungry minds anyway🥲@@brucemacmillan9581
Omg You actually showed the visualization display of its SLAM system More of that please
8:44 was just gold!!! Your videos are amazing and highly educational and humorous at the same time. Please never stop this!!!
I dont know why but this episode felt like claire dynphy's character from modern family learning about robots. Great work btw.
Now imagine military robots that move so fast, you need a strobe light to see them. Scary stuff.
Even more imagine a robot that can make a nuclear bomb on it's own 😅
@@dylananderson20023 Now that's a scary thought!
That's not how vision works...
this didnt turn out so well in the movies
Freaky
When she was shoving the robot, if I were the programmer, I'd make the robot say something like "Why, why are you doing this to me?" in a really sad voice.
Would have been interesting to see how much pressure it can give back on something not alive, ramming a door open ,etc.. I laughed at throwing groceries out the window, lol!
I like how they put in that CG mocapped corridor digital robot xD I really loved the video and I had some of the same questions - now answered :) Thanks
The robot fear is strong with this one
I like how he goes with the flow.
It's astonishing, exciting and terrifying at the same time how far we have come in the past 4 years
The multi-joint articulation is super impressive, particularly when getting shoved around.
That last part about military robots, it seems almost inevitable that this will happen. How is a tank with a targeting computer any different than a robot? How much computer assistance does it take until something is considered "AI"? This will almost certainly happen without people even realizing it like a frog in hot water.
Yeah, just think about all the drones and missiles that are unmanned and somewhat automated and go around blowing people up. They are basically non-humanoid robots used for killing people already.
Money talks. The US government can just throw a trillion dollars at these companies and then they will have a robot army
*Wow!* Didn't know mr wilson was an electric type. 😂😂😂
@@TheAbysssarian 😂
Now imagine: the expressions from sofia, the mobility from the boston dynamics robot, and the intelligence from the figure 01 fron openAI in one unique robot
Thank you for getting in there and opening our eyes or minds to the future of this. When we see the dancing and throwing the toolbag. We tend to think they are functioning by themselves and have access to all the internet knowledge available. I, being 70 now, may not see the final products of self sufficient robots. But, I've seen many changes in human living from the 1950s, which I miss, to 2023 so far. The old movies and TV shows, especially Arnold's movies, have shown us what has been secretly worked on for the future. They have been giving us little glimpses along the way and many just thought it was imaginary entertainment. Surprise! Can't say we weren't warned.
I suppose the only weakness robots have is in the joints which have to put up with very high torques, I remember this robotic spider a few years ago, and the guy said if you accidentaly move it the gears will strip.
Robots biggest weakness is it's power source. They didn't show how they have to be charged up all the time.
Most excellent presentation. It is interesting that although Atlas does not learn from watching people, you were able to instantly learn to duplicate its dance moves, just from watching. It will be interesting, to say the least, to watch the truly evolutionary processes that are about to explode on us.
Hi @CleoAbram :D, I've been loving your content lately, and I have a suggestion for a video idea. Can you make a video about Naos Fussball? I think your unique perspective and style would add a fresh take to this topic. I'm really looking forward to seeing your thoughts and insights on it! Keep up the fantastic work!
I would have ended the video with the statement: "The future for robots is not coming... it's already here" but loved this video so far, great to see the advancements with all these technologies coming all together for the greater good! ✨
Imma need you to personally send me a 10 hr long clip of you and atlas dancing with banger music edit. 6:35
3:44 Hey Vsauce, Michael here
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Yeah the robot shoving, thank you for apologizing... WIth every push, I was worried it was going to come back at you ta boot, so... so glad it ended when it did. Also, and can't stress this enough, thank you for taking the pushes yourself in front of atlas.. if there is a digital reckoning and all, at least you can say, I was willing , and I did, take the same pushes... Wasn't just picking on atlas. Great video! Loved seeing inside Boston Dynamics ;)
I'm very excited by everything you are showing here.
Putting Tesla in the same conversation with Boston Dynamics is pretty funny. Tesla is playing with crayons while Boston Dynamics is making masterpieces.
Tesla is probably also faking their Optimus product presentations the same way they have faked all their early FSD presentation videos, so it is hard to believe what they are showing even though it is nothing special
Teslas AI is already learning just by watching humans do something and BD has to code it by hand, so i think it might be other way around for people that have studied this stuff a bit. Seeing the rapid advancements from optimus and the goal to mass produce it cheaply gives the other a run for their money sooner than later.
@@Webshadow K. Sure. I'll wait until I see Tesla doing backflips and chasing someone through scaffolding. Could be a long time.
Able to blackflips,jump,run is one thing,but able to learn visually...is more impressive for me.
Great video Cleo! Fantastic to see how humanoid robots are developing. Can't wait for your video with Spot!
Obviously you are extremely intelligent and well learned, but you've done everything in your power to make the principles and the world of robotics accessible to everyone, Thanks Cleo
On weaponization of robots, it's already happened like +10 years ago with static turret weapons (example: SGR-A1). Though I wouldn't worry as much about AI or robotic weapons as I would nuclear weapons or just people with any weapons. Every year humanity survives is a bittersweet blessing and every year civilization survives is a great blessing.
Good stuff! Great take on it. Always love your videos and the perspective you share.
Oh hey, another channel I follow! I love your boat build and design episodes! I’ve been living vicariously through y’all during the pandemic.
Cleo’s videos are real masterpieces
That’s why they chose her to market robots to us
9:03 - I think the biggest difference there is that Atlas is purely reactive while you are very clearly bracing for what you know is coming, the second you perceive that its about to come you start tilting forward to compensate. The real experience here would probably be to do this blindfolded
Always ask all of the questions that come from the heart. ❤️
Atlas is shorter than I thought. Amazing video!
great video. Good, relatable line of questions which I think will appeal to a lot of people
I love how the systems made us all fanatics of the weapons that might be used against us...
Funny enough Boston dynamics dogs is one of the first smart robot publicly sold and it is built in a way to add accessories which can be weaponised
That's the whole point to all of this, weapons against a populace.
Thanks Cleo. Another fantastic video!
This show is way better than what CBS did on their coverage on Atlas. Kudos!
Atlas is a crazy cool bot. The day we see those replace people in search and rescue it’ll blow my Mind
Hey Cleo, great video as always. I just one suggestion - would it possible for you to create a 'More' Cleo Abram channel where you can post a long form version video of the main channel video. This is in no way to belittle the amount of effort you put into the videos you put on here ( it's truly incredible and evident ). However, I did feel like you had to condense down a huge topic to fit the time frame. Personally, I love long form videos and I think if you could post a longer version, that would allow for much more breathing room for such a vast topic. Keep em coming
One of the best short video documentaries on humanoid robots that I have seen. Boston Dynamics should consider using this for their Public Relations (PR) endeavors, and/or other activities.
What do you think this was?