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.
Apparently we stop the impending robot army by just putting up some steps at the border.
I love that the guy who shame-drags the clanker out of there is giving hints of moonwalking himself.
I mean if he did this clip would be all over the place.
Dances like my cousin after drinking tequila
The comedic timing on the song is fantastic lol
It did better than I woulda.
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.
If it was me falling over the steps in a dance performance, I’d stay down after the second time too.
Sometimes you just have to let gravity win
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.
This is perfect drunk dancing strategy. If some stairs sneak up on you while you’re getting in your groove, retreat to safe ground and recover dignity, before taking on the stairs directly for the final victory. Magnificent.
The robot was once again defeated by its arch nemesis STAIRS
Around 12.000 people are killed by stairs each year in the US alone. And so many more injured. Stairs are a menace!
One day they will attach guns to stairs, and where will we be!!!
Cars say those are amateur numbers
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
“You know, I was Dancing Robot Michael Jackson once.”
“Yes, I saw. You were doing well until you flopped around and died.”
I dunno about Michael Jackson, but he’s perfected the drunk uncle at a wedding.
At first I was like “Oh shit, it didn’t completely eat shit on the stairs” and then it ended up completely eating shit the second time it got near the stairs. 🤣
That’s still pretty impressive, especially the first recovery.
Which makes the poor thing dying at the end very unsettling.
So many people are talking and so focused on AI that everyone’s been missing the robotics.
My husband has been showing me videos every week of robots from Japan, China, etc. Robotics has advanced insanely fast last few years.
Meh. Hard to feel excited about it. Humanoid robotics absolutely will not be beneficial for humanity in the current socioeconomic system. Best case is it spies on us and subverts democracy, worst case is it skullfucks people in impoverished nations to steal their land and resources.
Can’t annihilate the human race without Cylons.
That was my thought. Like actually very close to making it through the recovery
And then went full Ashley Simpson.
(I’m pretty sure I’ve seen you write a rather fascinating tirade about how Ashley was the victim in all this, and I’m frankly trying to trigger you so that I can read it again.)
LEAVE ASHLEY ALONE!!1! 🫠🙃🤪😭
Yeah, much more impressive than these choreographed performances.
You need to understand… regaining stability on a PERFECTLY FLAT AND PREDICTABLE surface is not new nor novel for robotics.
On two legs? After stumbling? That was impressive few years back on four legs (the robodogs).
To be fair, Spot (which I assume is the kind of robodog you were talking about) is already a decade old
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?
Your sarcasm only proves how absolutely pathetic you and everyone else’s understanding of robotics is.
Sounds like something a robot would say 🤔
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 understand. Sad.
Holy fuck guys we found him. It’s the guy that’s been going around shitting on people’s robots
ya’ll are brainless morons merely voting down that which you understand.
Say again?
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
Your inability to grasp reality is both pathetic and hilarious
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.
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.
Ok, you disrespect it now, but if you put a couple of M-249 saws on its arms, would you respect it then?
No
So that’s a “no” on forgiveness?
