Boston Dynamics’ Dad dancing robots make as much sense as anything else in 2020
Robotics engineering company, Boston Dynamics, celebrated the end of 2020 in the most 2020 way possible – by demonstrating that robots can replace us in yet more areas than before.
They also posted the clip to Twitter.
Our whole crew got together to celebrate the start of what we hope will be a happier year. Happy New Year from all of us at Boston Dynamics. https://t.co/Uys5RMfBqO pic.twitter.com/rY7Xk1BRZN
— Boston Dynamics (@BostonDynamics) December 29, 2020
Atlas, Spot and Handle are clearly ready to take over all dad-dancing duties at a wedding near you – if weddings are ever allowed again.
Machine Learning expert, Reza Zadeh wanted to know what else they can do.
It's pretty awesome how dancing makes robots less intimidating. Looking forward to seeing more nontrivial Machine Learning on these robots. Credit: Boston Dynamics. pic.twitter.com/wnB2i9qhdQ
— Reza Zadeh (@Reza_Zadeh) December 29, 2020
He wasn’t the only one.
You can stop worrying about Trump now. Or climate change. Or comets. Or spacemen. The end is nigh. https://t.co/7qzmA1iwKE
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 29, 2020
Here are 14 of the best reactions we spotted.
1.
If this is the future of robots, I for one welcome our absolutely talented overlords 😌😌😌
pic.twitter.com/2hAyqGix1c— Paladin Amber (@PaladinAmber) December 30, 2020
2.
*as the robotic Amazon E-Corps Officer Unit reads me my death sentence on the spot for stealing water from the AquaWarehouse and readies its bonesaw aimed at my neck* haha look at him go https://t.co/9eMMbNtU0x
— CFO of Theytheon (@Lubchansky) December 29, 2020
3.
Everything about this screams "opening montage of the movie where you explain how it came to be that the robots enslaved us" https://t.co/6eBJPp9z0V
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) December 29, 2020
4.
Sceptical that Boston Dynamics is even interested in producing robots that actually do stuff. It's essentially a media company specialising in shortform content. https://t.co/vfCNb6LtoZ
— Ian Leslie (@mrianleslie) December 29, 2020
5.
Imagine a Boston Dynamics Terminator no-scoping you and then doing the mashed potato on what's left of your face
My ghost would throw itself off a bridge https://t.co/tD724XbaJs
— Q. Anthony (ɔpɛ asem) (@andraydomise) December 29, 2020
6.
No longer have any emotional reaction to Boston Dynamics videos. Either give them guns or stop wasting my time
— henno (@jrhennessy) December 29, 2020
7.
When you know they are just showing you the friendly showroom models https://t.co/hAr6FkXxt0 pic.twitter.com/jzZm7UHCrg
— BossLogic (@Bosslogic) December 30, 2020
