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For robots to do flower work, it has to be Boston Dynamics——
Their own Spot and Atlas robot danced the dance of the boy group BTS.
At the beginning, we sent 7 Spots to stand in formation and dance in unison:
The movements can be said to be uniform, whether it is jumping or walking, there is no deviation in the formation.
Not only that, Atlas also interspersed with a solo show:
This little “ghost step” walks, it’s really the case.
This kind of work has attracted netizens to exclaim:
Can win Britain’s Got Talent.
Atlas’ actions were jaw-dropping.
(This article recommends listening and watching)Boston Dynamics robot dance
One thing to say, from the perspective of the overall effect, in terms of the amazing degree of flexibility of the movements, we have to watch Atlas’ performance.
(It’s humanoid after all)
For example, does this set of “getting dry together” have a human taste?
But it is not just as simple as completing the action, but imitating the action of the characters in the MV of the song “Permission to Dance”.
Between the gestures, it is also full of “human flavor”:
And not only Atlas, Spot’s group dance moves are also as much as possible to imitate the men’s group dance in the MV:
The formation and movements are not just the one that is uniform, the 7 Spots will also change flexibly with the music:
Even the Ending Pose is imitated vividly.
So this time Boston Dynamics’ new work can be said to have its own robot shoot a men’s group MV.
But as netizens put it:
These dance demonstrations are more than just fun, they demonstrate how robust and flexible robots can work together.
But there is one more interesting point.
This time, Boston Dynamics mentioned “Hyundai” in the title for the first time in the video released by the YouTube.
And Hyundai’s official tubing is also linked to Boston Dynamics to release the video.
This has to be reminiscent of its “acquisition history”.
More than a year after being acquired by Hyundai
Boston Dynamics has changed three owners since 2013: Google, SoftBank and Hyundai.
The reason is basically that it has not been commercialized for a long time.
In December 2020, it was “sold down” to the new owner for $1 billion – more than a year after Hyundai, what has it done?
The most is still dancing, dancing and dancing.
No, on the first New Year’s Day in modern times, the whole family is dispatched:
The robot dog Spot, the bipedal robot Atlas, and the two-wheeled porter Handle took turns taking turns, either “alone”, “dou” or dancing together, to the best-selling hit “Do You Love Me?” in the 1960s.
The video garnered millions of views within hours of its release (now 37.74 million times), and Musk was amazed by the realistic dance moves: this is not CGI.
Then there was the “Thousand-Headed Avalokitesvara” with BTS a few months later. The wonderful action choreography and the uniform performance of the 7 Sopts made the audience shine again. Some people even thought that Boston Dynamics could transform into a robot choreography company.
Later, Spot re-enacted the dance video of the Rolling Stones hit “Start Me Up” in 1981, and the movements were so accurate that it was difficult to tell who was imitating who.
So some people ridiculed that Boston Dynamics can release an album for the robot dogs.
In addition, the robots will occasionally express that they have no time to dance, and go to the construction site or work part-time.
Other than that, not much of a move.
Of course, I still learned some new little skills, including: dynamic re-routing and so on.
Among them, the protagonists are basically Spot, and Atlas, which is also high-profile, only presented an additional parkour, and rarely appeared.
However, Atlas’ progress was indeed not small. The backflip and one-handed vault made many people admire them.
If you want to ask what big moves have been made after Hyundai acquired Boston Dynamics, you can’t say no.
Just two months ago, it set up a research institute in the United States —
BDAII (Boston Dynamics AI Institute).
It is reported that this project was invested by Hyundai with a start-up capital of 400 million US dollars.
Its main goal is very simple, is to study how to take the technology of robots to the next level.
And because it is independent from Boston Dynamics itself, there is no commercialization pressure.
From this point of view, the commercialization of Boston Dynamics will still take some time.
Netizen: More and more like an entertainment company
Finally, based on the performance of more than a year, especially the release of the latest video, some netizens directly said:
Boston Dynamics has become more and more like an entertainment company after entering the modern era.
On the surface, it seems quite reasonable, after all, Hyundai is a Korean company.
However, there is a point of view that it is not easy for robots to be commercialized, and many products that do not seem practical before that are bound to be produced.
The implication is that entertainment companies are also understandable.
However, to say that they have no practical value, some people may not agree.
No, someone said: If these robot dogs/people hold a concert, they will definitely buy tickets!
This wave, have you entered the pit? (manual dog head)
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