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There is no hope. The Robots are coming (Original Post)
zebonaut
May 2015
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Maedhros
(10,007 posts)1. "Old Glory Insurance. For when the metal ones decide to come for you - and they will."
https://screen.yahoo.com/old-glory-insurance-ad-000000469.html
("WARNING: Persons denying the existence of Robots may be Robots themselves."
("WARNING: Persons denying the existence of Robots may be Robots themselves."
Doc_Technical
(3,527 posts)2. I, for one, welcome our robotic overlords.
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)3. awww how adorable :) n/t
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)4. add them to this :)
tclambert
(11,087 posts)5. But "Battlebots" is coming back on June 21.
Because who doesn't love some mindless robot violence?
DirtyHippyBastard
(217 posts)6. I am torn between
thinking this one of the coolest things I have ever seen, and pooping my pants from the fear of how it could be used.
MADem
(135,425 posts)7. Looks more like a buffalo than a cheetah!
Very cool, though, whatever they call it.
bonniebgood
(943 posts)8. Sorry to remind you, but the robot are already here, they
are in congress.
paleotn
(17,956 posts)9. Interesting, but still cluncky.....
.....the real thing is still several orders of magnitude more graceful and efficient. Hard to replicate millions of years of evolution in a few decades.
suzanner
(590 posts)10. And this is for military purposes, space exploration,... or will we have to contend with this
every time we go for a walk outside?