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Lovedrunkpunch t1_iv7j47g wrote

Reply to comment by coredweller1785 in Carnegie Mellon researchers claim they have used new AI techniques to train much cheaper robot dogs (approx $6,000 cost) to reproduce the advanced functionality of the Boston Dynamics Spot robot. by lughnasadh

I’m thinking manufacturing would like it. Maybe for rescue efforts after an earthquake? Seems easy to come up with ideas

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coredweller1785 t1_iv7jlev wrote

Yes obviously I'm not obtuse. It's just we have so many damn actual problems and this is what we focus on? Such a waste when we could be solving real problems.

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mediareject t1_iv8j8xf wrote

There are other people out there working on whatever problems you're referring to here. There are so many people working on so many cool things. We should be happy that robotics people are working on things like this. It may not have a clear use for this specific scenario, but the technology could be invaluable for other uses in the future.

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