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OftenBen  ·  3387 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Boston Dynamics: ATLAS bipedal robot

I think the idea is that you solve a lot of other engineering problems when you solve automated bipedal locomotion. Plus sci-fi has been hyping the (probably not super effective) robot soldier for a long time. People want to see something that looks like this.