That’s gonna be the thing that murders you. Wooo it runs fast!
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The future is terrifying. How many years before ice has those things chasing people down in the streets?
ICE already has monsters chasing people down in the streets. Does it matter whether those monsters are carbon-based or silicon-based?
Never. There's absolutely no need to use humanoid robots for that, other form factors would be much more efficient.
I wanna say it was a dynamics robot that was awkwardly jogging because of an unbalanced load. Stopped. Got on all 4 and ran off WAY faster (50-60kph) up a rocky hill.they basically said going bipedal was really just to comfort the people around it.
Next step is centaurs, four legs AND hands free to choke people.
Why stop there? Let's give it some tentacles!
This is your fault, I plead insanity.

The reality is bipeds are poor designs for robots, the better design would be something close to arachnids. But Boston dynamics know they need to sell robots to society, so it's cute dance videos and dog like robots while they figure out how to strangle you efficiently.
Efficient yes, but humanoid robots are much more likely to be accepted by the general public.
If they're being used to "chase people down" I don't think acceptance by the general public is all that relevant.
They're already using AI drones in Ukraine.
As in, Russia is using them against Ukrainians
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/world/europe/russia-drones-autonomous-ai-kill-ukraine-war.html
The Ukrainian army is using them as well.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/magazine/ukraine-ai-drones-war-russia.html
Drop your weapon. You have twenty seconds to comply.
Oh ED209, you scamp. I already dropped the weapon.
If I was promised at least one "burst into flames" every so often, I might consider watching these.
Bursting into flames is the robot equivalent of spiking a football in the endzone.
running full speed into walls because unlike a human they it can only run in a straight line.
I like how they just smash straight into the wall and die. You don't see that level of dedication from human athletes.
I would so watch a robot Olympics, just for the tantrums, meltdowns, diva behavior, explosions, fires, etc. I want to see an event where the robots have to fight to the death.
Those are kind of terrifying.
Watched a clip yesterday and learned that compared to just last year, there were four times as many contestants and they managed to complete the race in less than half the time.
But the really fascinating things were mundane tasks like chopping vegetables.
Comparing that to what Europe has got to offer is what scares me.
You mean f-ing AWESOME
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