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Robotic excavator builds a giant stone wall with no human assistance::undefined

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[–] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 53 points 11 months ago (2 children)

"Now that the autonomous robot has successfully redivided Berlin, the German government is willing to hear its demands."

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago

VEB Robotron will rise again and unleash the mighty Ulbricht 2000 Wallmaster.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 11 months ago

I was thinking of the wall between USA and Mexico.. :)

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 43 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Now this is a useful application of machine learning: not killer bots.

[–] key@lemmy.keychat.org 22 points 11 months ago

Until it learns such walls can also be made of human skulls. Dum dum duuuuum

[–] LaSaucisseMasquee@jlai.lu 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

But how will we steal resources from brown-people countries and channel public money to corporations ?

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago

Anti migration wall, so the poor people stay poor in their own countries and can be exploited as God intended.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My first thought actually was how will this incredible technology respond when it's supposed to start construction and there are environmental protestors at a site or whatever? Just one less human between big power and regular people.

[–] Xanvial@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Bonus materials?

[–] Doorbook@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago

History Channel: is this how aliens build the pyermids.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wonderful. This is actually some technology that some desert countries in the middle east could use. Those loosely-stacked walls are perfect to take water out of the air in the chill of the morning. Walls of this kind have been used for ages in that region for this purpose. Having an autonomous building system would allow to spread this use.

[–] Starglasses@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't understand what that means. How does a wall take water out of the air and why is that wanted?

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I presume stones get cold during night, when temperature rise they remain colder than air so water in the air condensate on them. Why is this wanted? Well, to get drinkable water in dry areas?

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Probably evaporative cooling effects.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Condensation. Stone wall is cold in the morning, humid morning air passes through it, water condenses on the large, cold surface, and drips down.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

With no humans WANTING a wall either! The local council was pissed!

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Some madman and probably not? 🤷

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How come half that wall looks photo-shopped?

[–] Fetus@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

For those using reader mode, the caption under the image says:

The HEAP excavator at the construction site – an overlay on the boulders at left illustrates how each one was scanned prior to placement.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

To be fair, you don’t see this caption if you have your client set to automatically use reader mode.

[–] Fetus@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Gotcha, rescinding my snark.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Its going to make an amazing corporate stonewaller, some day, ~~probably~~ definitely

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

KillDozer V2 is gonna be so badass

[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

Makka Pakka

[–] hltdev@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

perfect, now it can learn to stone sinners in like the Romans did