Boston Dynamics' Robot Went From a Drunk Baby To a Nimble Ninja in a Matter of Years (qz.com)

In a new video from robotics company Boston Dynamics, which Alphabet sold to SoftBank last year, a robot is shown hopping over a log and then up a series of blocks, an activity called parkour. From a report: In previous videos, the robot did a backflip -- now it's leaping over obstacles and climbing up large, uneven stairs with fleet-footed ease. But Atlas wasn't always so graceful. In some of the first videos where Boston Dynamics' robots could walk upright, way back in 2015, Atlas lumbered through the woods, looking like it was narrowly avoiding falling with each step, rather than moving with any kind of purpose.

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Just wait until it is chasing you down dark alleys

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The future of American policing will be robots that follow suspects until they can be identified.

In the future, you will face robots moving at 30 mph through pedestrian traffic to tail you on foot.

They will listen in to all conversation for politically incorrect thought.

They may even sniff out illicit substances and chase down the users.

Is this "freedom"? We'd better get our act together before then.

Re: Come on - that is not Ninja (or parkour)

[SuperKendall]

You say that in jest but a fleet or robots that could collect corpses are Everest would actually be pretty useful since there are quite a lot up there that no-one can get down. Or heck even just trash collector robots for Everest would be useful.