If the last you saw of fighting wheeled robots was Robot Wars, well, things have moved on in the last few years! Check out these single-minded sumobots, as fast as the eye can see and ruthlessly optimized to their purpose.
The video was shot/compiled by Robert McGregor. Here's more:
Japanese Robot Sumo.
I was aware of it, but had no idea it moved so fast.
None of this footage has been sped up.https://t.co/8pvEimPIy1 pic.twitter.com/zgH4zt29In
— Robert McGregor (@ID_R_McGregor) June 20, 2017
With the slower, more implicitly purposeful Boston Dynamics bots, there are usually two responses: firstly, "holy shit!", and secondly, "something something welcome our new robot overlords." Their resemblance to mammal forms is both appealing and unnerving.
But here there is only "holy shit!" These lightning-fast, plainly unlovable little fellas are a good reminder of what the reality will be: the same overlords as before, but wielding weapons so tiny and fast that you won't even see them coming.
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