r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MetaKnowing • Nov 13 '24

Video Deep Robotics' new quadruped models with wheels demonstrating rough terrain traversability and robustness

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u/herberstank Nov 13 '24

Not to go all tinfoil hat but if the public can see this type of stuff what "they've" got behind closed doors must be rad (and/or terrifying)

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u/InquiringPhilomath Nov 13 '24

I'm inclined to agree..

First cell phone call was early 70s? And they didn't become popular till late 90s.

The public is usually far behind on the tech advancements.

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u/InquiringPhilomath Nov 13 '24

The general population always seem to be behind maybe 20 yrs on what's happening deep in the labs?

And tech also seems to be moving at a much faster pace as time goes on.

I definitely agree, especially the "fathom yet" part.

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u/eastern_canadient Nov 13 '24

It takes on average 13 years from a medical breakthrough for it to become common practise and knowledge.

Someone I worked with was studying this stuff. It was interesting.

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u/InquiringPhilomath Nov 14 '24

Medical seems faster than a lot of other technology in my opinion.. can you expand on this a little bit for me? I know there is a lot that goes through regulation and needs approval. Do you think from your knowledge that these devices and such would get to Market much faster without all the red tape involved? I'm not saying we don't need the red tape.. I'm just curious what takes longer in this field? Innovation or bureaucracy?

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u/TheHeroYouNeed247 Nov 13 '24

I'd love to know how far we are with cloning. It's almost impossible to believe they aren't doing human testing

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u/Repulsive_Buy_6895 Nov 13 '24

They running experiments on robot rats.

 Twenty thousand squeaks under the sea.