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Mon, 17 Mar 2008
like something from my worst nightmares
Usually seeing a cool new robot do something amazing fills me with joy. For some reason this thing scares the heck out of me. Perhaps it's the loping gait, or the headless design that makes it look like some Geiger-esque horror show.
It's crazy to think that just 10 years ago walking robots were considered almost impossible to implement in the real world. Now, thanks to Moore's law and some very determined dorks around the world, it's not a question of if we'll see lifelike autonomous robots in my lifetime, but merely a question of when it will happen. My bet is on soon.