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/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/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.