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kleinbl00  ·  1254 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Actually, it’s more like fear…

The major leap between 2007 and now is in the feedback necessary to keep the critters upright. Boston Dynamics' beasties are more Segway than Aibo. Neither generation of robot is particularly good at interpolation or improvisation, though, which is why Boston Dynamics has three carefully-choreographed dances happening at once, rather than having two of them dance together. Which is another skillset entirely.