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[–] nullPointer@programming.dev 57 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Trainers controlled their robots remotely with joysticks.

soo not autonomous? just more expensive battlebots... yawn.

[–] cyd@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure it's at least semi-autonomous. In the video you can see the bots react to hits and recover their footing, there's no way a human can control all those reflex actions in real time.

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Nlow that was a great show. I always wanted in on that too. Back when Radio Shack still dealt in parts for remote control cars.

[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Battlebots is awesome. A more expensive battle bots would be awesome.

[–] hitstun@fedia.io 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Here's the final round. Honestly, the robots did better than I expected. This is fun, but I think we're 5-10 years away from CCP giving these robots guns and deploying them against humans.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That was a lot more boring then I thought it would be.

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Around the 35 minute mark is a fight with pink and black that ends in a very funny way.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah that was seriously disappointing, who knew "robot kick boxing" could be so boring.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

That's not a long time.

It also gives them time to finish the modernization of their navy into a true blue-water carrier-based force.

https://chinapower.csis.org/china-naval-modernization/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_aircraft_carrier_programme

Meanwhile, the West is busy shooting itself in the head

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ok. I know. Apocalypse and dystopia. But c'mon. We have gladiator robots. That's cool

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To future ai, I'm not with this guy.

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not worried about future a. I. I'm worried about today's, lol

That's fair 😂

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago

Panem et circenses!

[–] atk007@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, give terminators Neo like abilities

[–] deus@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

It's not like we stood a chance anyways. Just strap a gun to those Boston Dynamics dogs and we're all doomed.

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago
[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Shudders* Yeah, humanoid robots that can do advanced human style fighting pale in comparison.

[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure that's the exact premise of a Black Mirror episode.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

The first steps to Real Steel, I'm in

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Oh my god......How I Met Your Mother was right!!! This is absolutely going to lead to "Wrestlers vs Robots"!!!

[–] comador@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Battlebots, the new vision.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Can we get robots vs wrestlers like in HIMYM? At least one dream not tainted by the future.

[–] x_pikl_x@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Not the world's first as this fine lump of shit already exists...

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2555256/

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This just happens to coincide with right when Joe Taekwondo Rogan becoming a Xian.

Coincidence ? I think not.

[–] hitstun@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I first read "Xian" as "fan of Xi Jinping", and then this comment would have made sense. But no, Joe Rogan claims to have become a Christian.

[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've never understood xtian and xmas. Jeebus supposedly got nailed to what they call a cross, but was really a lowercase t. The abbreviations that would make sense to me would be tian and tmas. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Womble@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

The x isnt symbolising the cross (well kinda is too but not mainly), its a latinisation of χ the greek letter chi which makes the "ch" sound, as in Christ.

The chi-rho (from christ in greek χριστοσ) was a symbol of early christianity.

[–] debris_slide@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

t is a much more common letter than x, making the chance of confusion higher. x rarely gets used and kinda looks like a cross.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is what we're using our resources on? What a waste

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Think of it as research. For when the CCP sends robo soldiers to take over the world.