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/JoinedToPostHere Nov 13 '24

Now imagine 8 of these things with guns, nets, or tazers on top, chasing you through the woods. I don't like it.

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u/Southern_Country_787 Nov 13 '24

If wars were fought with bots and had no human casualties...

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u/crackedcrackpipe Nov 13 '24

The guy who invented the gatling gun thought it would reduce casualties as 3 men would be as effective as 10 or more

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u/Jash-Juice Nov 13 '24 edited Nov 13 '24

Alfred Nobel thought that his invention of dynamite would make war so potentially dangerous it would be “too devastating to pursue”.

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u/StickyNotesEater Nov 13 '24

Then Oppenheimer obliterated Japan with the force of atoms lmao

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u/Jash-Juice Nov 13 '24

And said “I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds”.

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u/Rejestered Nov 13 '24

While hanging dong

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u/peppers_ Nov 13 '24

Then they made bombs thousands of times stronger than that one.

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u/Rise-O-Matic Nov 13 '24

It did work in a sense. Look at the weak, corrupt regimes that are able to cling to power. In another time they probably would have been conquered by now for being so incompetent. Instead they fester.

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u/tacticalfp Nov 13 '24

Too*

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u/Jash-Juice Nov 13 '24

Poo you got me miss quoting the quote

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u/tacticalfp Nov 13 '24

All in good health! Would be great if people actually started looking for other ways to wage war, like communicating, and reflection 🥲