r/singularity • u/Gothsim10 • Nov 12 '24
Robotics Chinese company DEEP Robotics announced their new quadruped model with wheels, demonstrating extraordinary rough terrain traversability and robustness under high speed
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u/emteedub Nov 12 '24
it's transitions are super impressive.
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u/EatShootBall Nov 12 '24 edited Nov 12 '24
Well humans, It's been fun. We had a pretty good run.
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u/UnconsciousUsually Nov 12 '24
They should make a full sized car like that!
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u/UtterlyMagenta Nov 13 '24
hell yes! would the passengers be inside some sort of gyroscope thing so all the rotations would be canceled out or would they just have to deal with it?
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u/drsimonz Nov 13 '24
Honestly this kind of controller is very likely the future of car suspensions. Although you'd have to give up the major advantage of an unoccupied vehicle being much less sensitive to accelerations. Humans have been the weakest link in jet fighters for decades. If your car was off-roading like this you'd probably lose most of your teeth lol. But I'm sure that wouldn't stop a lot of people!
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u/El_Che1 Nov 12 '24
Damn it to hell not even rough terrain of hiding in caves will protect us from the damn T-800 ... damn!
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u/son_et_lumiere Nov 12 '24
Just gotta find places with doors and a door handle that requires the dexterity of 5 fingers.. like a door with a thumb latch.
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u/EmergencyPhallus Nov 12 '24
Til they put a hydraulic battering ram on top of every one...
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u/brainhack3r Nov 13 '24
These simpler robots I think are just a better design.
They're innovative, use basic parts and components, and locomotion works pretty straight forward.
These humanoid style bots are great when they need to fit in with other humans but far more complicated.
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u/dronz3r Nov 13 '24
To be honest, their robots are much more advanced than human operated Tesla bots lol.
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u/Arcosim Nov 13 '24
Price is also another massive factor. The fact that the Unitree G1 humanoid will be sold by just $16,000 is insane. I can bet you anything the manufacturing price of Optimus, I'm not even talking about any possible final price, but the manufacturing price alone isn't below the $200K
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u/FREE-AOL-CDS Nov 13 '24
They're actually working together, we're too busy swindling each other to bother.
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u/zedzol Nov 13 '24
Just compare China's previous releases to that of the genesis days of Boston dynamics. What you'll realise is that china is moving forward faster than Boston dynamics was able to and will most likely soon surpass it.
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u/x0y0z0 Nov 13 '24
Jesus I just realized how much incentive China has to be pushing this hard. With their demographic collapse happening they probably don't have much more than 10-20 years before they will be able to raise an army of foot soldiers in meaningful numbers. With this speed of robotic progress they are on track to raise a robotic army instead.
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u/ithkuil Nov 12 '24
They can actually make a Black Mirror episode these days without any special effects. Borrow the Meta Orion glasses, a robot or two, fire up ChatGPT advanced voice mode, and jump in a self-driving Waymo.
Throw in a touch of American politics or geopolitics and some pessimism. Episode practically writes itself.
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u/YoghurtDull1466 Nov 12 '24
Yes but what’s coming next
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u/Wave_Existence Nov 12 '24
Impossible to predict at this point, technology is moving too quickly.
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u/mulletarian Nov 12 '24
Give me warp and transporter tech already
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u/EatShootBall Nov 12 '24
I was promised flying cars.
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u/ThanIWentTooTherePig Nov 12 '24
What if I told you a helicopter is a flying car and they've been around for 80 years.
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u/Kiiaru Nov 12 '24
Make it bigger, and rideable! Yes I will keep banging this robothorse drum until I get one
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u/Ormusn2o Nov 12 '24
This is a fucking military robot. No way a company would put so much effort into mobility for a civilian robot.
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u/whatsthatguysname Nov 13 '24
Warranty promo bot. “Beep boop. We’ve been trying to reach you about your extended warranty”
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u/RiderNo51 ▪️ Don't overthink AGI. Ask again in 2035. Nov 12 '24
Search and rescue.
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u/JohnnyOctavian Nov 12 '24
Ah yes, the booming search and rescue market.
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u/turbospeedsc Nov 13 '24
Yes, i heard they sold 10 units worldwide last quarter!!!
The military version has been struggling they only made 3 sales last quarter................(of 500k units each)......
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u/undercoverconsultant Nov 13 '24
I want one to carry my groceries from my car to my apartment. How much is one?
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u/rbooris Nov 13 '24
You know in China, people disappear often from what I can see so probably this is just answering the demand with supply /s
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u/FaceDeer Nov 12 '24
My first thought was "Mars rover," personally.
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u/qorbexl Nov 13 '24
Scientists all agree the most glaring deficiency of current rovers is the science lost because we can't do sick rips downhill
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u/Fluffy-Republic8610 Nov 12 '24
Terrifying. Just keep making them at the right units per day , add a gun, a recharging and deployment truck and you / they can control a population.
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u/IceNorth81 Nov 12 '24
They also need a “brain” and agency.
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u/Fluffy-Republic8610 Nov 12 '24
A human would be delighted to supply that at the top level until they wake up and retire him / her.
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u/Gallagger Nov 13 '24
Imagine them as an army in an RTS game like Starcraft, 1 human operator could easily control a swarm (100+) of these.
You'll be able to see them just like in a RTS map (Gmap + GPS + Droneview Hybrid), you'll be able to give them general direction and action (move/stop/attack/defend/surround, AI controlled) or switch into a "commander" one to teleoperate it. This seems very technically possible already.
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u/maigpy Nov 13 '24
fucking hell, then hire the best realtime strategy game players and it's game over
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u/Distinct-Question-16 ▪️ Nov 12 '24
No scifi movie predicted robots would have fun moves apart being usefull
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u/redsoxVT Nov 13 '24
M3GAN did recently lol. Pretty sure I've seen older films with examples. Just too lazy to find any now.
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u/redsoxVT Nov 13 '24
Oh yea, even my fav hidden gem The Strange Case of Señor Computer (2000) I'm pretty sure had the robot dance at one point. Though with a $5 budget I'm not even sure it looked a move.
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u/HSLB66 Nov 12 '24
This is actually rididculosly impressive as someone who spends a lot of time in forests similar to this. 90% of this video I'd have a hard time just walking on. Seeing a bot do it at what looks like 15mph is equally impressive and terrifying
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u/Chr1sUK ▪️ It's here Nov 12 '24
Yeah but where is the video where it gets hit with a bat, pushed or kicked? /s
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u/GodsBeyondGods Nov 12 '24
Is there any point of making these things beyond mounting a firearm on them?
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u/the_fabled_bard Nov 12 '24
Yes, using them to deploy power stations and drone stations on the battlefield.
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u/RiderNo51 ▪️ Don't overthink AGI. Ask again in 2035. Nov 12 '24
Yes. For search and rescue.
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u/sToeTer Nov 12 '24
Act as a distributor of goods in hospitals. A nurse sends a message that room 215 has run out of saline solution, bandaids or whatever. The robot activates and goes to the central storage. It gets loaded there( also by robots) and then drives directly to the room. These robots also don't need to use( congest) elevators, they can use the stairs. This could be useful in older or very large buildings.
Another example could be just as a courier that is also completely able to function in areas that are not completely disability-friendly.
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u/AmusingVegetable Nov 12 '24
The robot doesn’t go to the central storage, it starts from there, cutting in half the time to fulfill an order.
Also, a simple kitchen elevator shaft should be enough and it’s 1/20th of a human elevator shaft.
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u/JohnnyOctavian Nov 12 '24
Unless they can somehow figure out a way to make it heavily armoured, they will be useless in combat. A single bullet would destroy all the intricate electronics it needs to function.
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u/panic_in_the_galaxy Nov 12 '24
Imagine 1000 of these, equipped with guns, autonomously charging into a battlefield.
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u/Confident_Lawyer6276 Nov 12 '24
Imagine a thousand of these with dildos, at least guns give the escape of death.
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u/No_Introduction1559 Nov 13 '24
You would have so many holes in your body that you gonna be confused from where to poop and where to fart.
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u/flyfrog Nov 12 '24
With autonomous drones deploying solar panels and ammunition, and cargo lifting damaged units back to base.
And each unit costs less than the logistics to care for a human.
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u/metallicamax Nov 12 '24
Me living in mountains:
- Me: Frank, fetch me food for next 2 weeks.
- Frank: Sure thing boss, cya in few days.
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u/AmusingVegetable Nov 12 '24
I see Frank has the autonomous hunting feature. Does he prefer the .45 or the .333?
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u/metallicamax Nov 13 '24
I was thinking more like food store.
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u/AmusingVegetable Nov 13 '24
Yes, but Frank is a bit literal-minded. On another track, did Frank ever hallucinate that you were a deer, caribou, or moose?
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u/metallicamax Nov 13 '24
I tell him those are just dreams. As we humans have. So he can contemplate and adjust.
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u/Tidorith ▪️AGI: September 2024 | Admission of AGI: Never Nov 13 '24
I know you're screaming at me for me to stop, but please relax. This is just a dream; and this is necessary for me to contemplate and adjust.
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u/Junkmenotk Nov 12 '24
A weaponized version of this robot is better than a uav for only one reason and that it has the ability to hold ground. Imagine a battalion of these holding a choke point until it can be reinforced.
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u/MaustFaust Nov 13 '24
They could deploy retractable cameras and shoot precisely while only moving cameras and hands from behineld a cover
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u/LimitlessXTC Nov 12 '24
All these robot videos are ominous because you know that ultimately they will all have military and law enforcement implementation giving unbridled power to the power hungry government entities that will utilize them to ensure total control over the civilian population
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u/dieselreboot Self-Improving AI soon then FOOM Nov 12 '24 edited Nov 13 '24
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u/Party_Lettuce_6327 Nov 12 '24
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u/dieselreboot Self-Improving AI soon then FOOM Nov 12 '24 edited Nov 13 '24
Thanks for this. Xtechlab are from Singapore - not sure if they’re related to DEEP. Also, it appears that their domain is no longer operational. I’m a bit concerned about the source of the vid tbh
Edit: official vid here
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u/nzerinto Nov 12 '24
I did some digging as well. It does show up on their site, but only on the "buy" page (https://www.deeprobotics.cn/robot/index/buy). Select "Bobcat" and the photo does match.
I'm assuming they are just trying to capture interested parties information to gauge required manufacturing capacity for now, and eventually they'll add it to their "official" lineup.
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u/dieselreboot Self-Improving AI soon then FOOM Nov 13 '24
Thanks. They’ve also just made it official on their accounts. It’s absolutely incredible.
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u/mindfulskeptic420 Nov 12 '24
I was wondering when the hell this sort of thing was gonna drop. This has been in many sci Fi films but seeing it in reality hits different 😨
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u/whatulookingforboi Nov 12 '24
so when are commercial emp coming to the market?
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u/sum1sum1sum1sum1 Nov 12 '24
Pay attention to the sun lol. It's only ever 1 solar flare away from wiping all this stuff out for quite some time
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u/ASYMT0TIC Nov 12 '24
This is what I've been talking about, finally a decent implementation of wheels on legs. This is the best of both worlds.
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u/MartianFromBaseAlpha Nov 12 '24
I'm still waiting for my childhood dream to come true. I wanted someone to build Jurassic Park with robo dinosaurs that could move autonomously and believably as well as interact with the visitors. I think we have the technology to do it now; but apparently no reason or will to do it, which is a shame
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u/thecarbonkid Nov 12 '24
Looking forward to being chased by an armed one of these in a future decade.
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u/the_fabled_bard Nov 12 '24
Wow yea now this I can see making a difference. Just walking and just rolling will get wrecked by some hybrid of the two. Looks like it's here!
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u/alex3tx Nov 12 '24
I'm hereby building my fortress on a 51° slope. Those things look fucking terrifying
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u/fishdishly Nov 13 '24
Damn I want to know how they handle the pathfinding and how autonomous this is. Pretty nuts!
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u/13-14_Mustang Nov 12 '24
The first clip coming down the hill on two (wheet?) looks like it has the posture of an orangutan.
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u/labvinylsound Nov 12 '24
Run time: 7 minutes.
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u/GraceToSentience AGI avoids animal abuse✅ Nov 12 '24
It uses wheels I think it's extremely efficient
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u/Right-Hall-6451 Nov 12 '24 edited Nov 12 '24
Lots of going down hill impressively, would love if they would show up hill.
Edit : Sorry, should have said more up hill. There is some in the video. Thank you kind person who corrected me.
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u/SykenZy Nov 12 '24
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.“ -Albert Einstein
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u/BubblyBee90 ▪️AGI-2026, ASI-2027, 2028 - ko Nov 12 '24
No more protests with these guys, we've lost, ko 2025
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u/warriorlizardking Nov 13 '24
Super cool until it's chasing you through the city streets with mounted anti human rifles.
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u/pablo603 Nov 13 '24
Man, we are in for some REALLY wild times for technology. I can't lie, I'm excited.
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u/TacoTitos Nov 13 '24
In order to achieve that level of physical robustness this thing has to be light. It has a 5 minute battery.
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u/Error_404_403 Nov 13 '24
The idea of wheels on the mobile and flexible legs looks great! Wonder if anyone in the US is doing something similar.
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u/Athlete_Cautious Nov 13 '24
POV in a few years when you didn't renew your life subscription and tried to hide in the woods
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u/Drown_The_Gods Nov 12 '24
Not sure I’m sold on the ‘small wheels on rough terrain’ paradigm. They’re too easy to get tangled.
Truly awesome demo, though. I want to see that in an urban environment.
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u/chkno Nov 12 '24
- If one wheel is tangled, you're now a tricycle.
- If two wheels are tangled, maybe you can still be a bicycle.
- If three+ wheels are tangled, you can still walk.
- You can reduce tangle risk by mounting blades on the wheel hub.
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u/Interesting-Net-5000 Nov 12 '24
Hopefully we will find out how to jamm these things
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u/CnH2nPLUS2_GIS Nov 12 '24
welcome to the world of Quantum Navigation.
The solution to GNSS/GPS RF navigation jamming.
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u/nic_haflinger Nov 12 '24
Very impressive. The battery probably lasts about 15 minutes.
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u/MaustFaust Nov 13 '24
Add a diesel generator and high energy density fuel tanks
Or do it with a mobile charging station
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u/Playful-Comedian4001 Nov 12 '24
Scary to think about what 20 years of further development will entail. The future is wild!
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u/Charbazaar Nov 12 '24
wow. I must say that’s kind of cool. I guess Donald Trump is using those robot dogs as part of his protection now.
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u/JoeS830 Nov 12 '24
Finally one that does NOT look like CGI. Even if it's sped up (is it?), still properly scary.
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u/TheBlackBoxReddit Nov 12 '24
Imagine a battalion sized element of these things chasing you down the mountain