[HN Gopher] Unitree Robot Off-Road
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       Unitree Robot Off-Road
        
       Author : jedixit
       Score  : 50 points
       Date   : 2024-12-23 16:41 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | jmugan wrote:
       | Wow! This is beyond my expectations.
        
       | game_the0ry wrote:
       | Anyone else get a sense of anxiety at the thought of a machine
       | gun attached to one of those things?
        
         | grogenaut wrote:
         | I was picturing a horde of them streaming down a hill with guns
         | towards you yes.
        
         | tcdent wrote:
         | > In September 2023, the United States Marine Corps used an M72
         | LAW anti-tank rocket launcher fixed to a Go1 robotic dog during
         | tactical training at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center
         | Twentynine Palms in California.
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         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitree_Robotics
        
         | ortusdux wrote:
         | Hobbyists are making drones that can go 0-180mph in 2 seconds
         | top speeds of 300+mph. Anxiety all around
         | 
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wThmg8Ezm9w
        
         | r00fus wrote:
         | The country where Unitree is based has not been in a major war
         | in the past 30-40 years. Sure companies based in the western
         | world can take inspiration from this but given the US-China
         | conflict apparently in the works, it seems the advanced tech
         | would be on the Chinese side.
        
         | erwincoumans wrote:
         | Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlDLwTsRHtU Ghost
         | Robotics has been working with the US Army putting weapons on
         | their robot quadruped for several years now. Unitree is ahead
         | of the game with their hardware+software ecosystem though.
        
       | rapsey wrote:
       | China is in the forefront of drones, EVs, batteries, robotics and
       | solar. It can't really be considered much behind the US on AI.
       | 
       | I think one day soon the US is going to get a rude awakening of
       | being behind on tech. Probably once they come up with 4nm or less
       | chips and that is likely not far off.
        
         | linotype wrote:
         | Eventually they'll run out of things to copy, then progress
         | will slow. Ultimately it's a net positive if you're interested
         | in technological progress to have more people working on these
         | problems.
        
       | smusamashah wrote:
       | This looks better than Robo dog in the sense that it's being
       | robot, not an animal/human replica, using those wheels. That's
       | how a robot should be. And it looks fantastic with those moves.
       | 
       | Video does not say if those moves were made by a human behind
       | remote control or was the robot doing it by itself? It will be
       | many times more impressive if the robot was avoiding collisions
       | by itself.
        
       | pjs_ wrote:
       | Hard to believe this is real but for sure it is -- incredible
       | results
        
       | hedgehog wrote:
       | I love the "please do not imitate dangerous actions" caption as
       | the guy climbs on to the robot, who could have one of these and
       | not try riding it?
        
       | digitallis42 wrote:
       | Several moments look like CGI, particularly with how the dust
       | behaves. It's getting hard to believe video like this.
        
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