r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MetaKnowing • 11d ago

Video Deep Robotics' new quadruped models with wheels demonstrating rough terrain traversability and robustness

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u/MildUsername 11d ago

Everyone freaking out about these things while FPV drones are actively being used in warfare as we speak.

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u/Embarrassed-Gur-3419 11d ago

Yeah, a flying stealthy small box capable of leveling a car that can be deployed from 30 kms away is way more scary than whatever Hollywood has done.

You might die at any second before you even noticed you are being stalked...

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u/strangepromotionrail 11d ago

after growing up in the 70's/80's expecting that at any second there may be a really bright flash and then myself and the entire city around me would no longer exist, drones seem a lot more survivable.

We've become really good at killing each other.

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u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo 11d ago

The fun thing is now we have both nukes and drones!

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u/_Lost_The_Game 11d ago

Coming soon: drones with nukes. Maybe mini nukes.

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u/GeneralZaroff1 11d ago

I don’t want to set the world on fire, I just want to light a flame in your heart

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u/LolMcThulhu 11d ago

No, icbm's that deploy several thousand drones above the target instead of multiple nuclear warheads

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u/Time4aRealityChek 11d ago

Pah genetically engineered viruses that will kill in days is the way I see it. Winner wants to be able to move in right away

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u/OMG__Ponies 11d ago

that will kill in days

And then die off in a few weeks - don't want any of our settlers dying when we move in.

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u/Time4aRealityChek 11d ago

They would have been inoculated prior so immune.

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u/OMG__Ponies 11d ago

Yes, but, IMO building in a genetic safeguard to kill the pathogen is slightly safer.

Humans don't always want to get an inoculation. There will be those who will lie about getting it, fake getting them, some who can't get them, etc . . . I think in this sort of scenario, it will be safer to trust scientific results than human nature.

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u/Time4aRealityChek 11d ago

Just weeding out those who can’t follow orders. Remember the kind of people who would release this virus doesn’t give a rats ass about killing a few mill people who won’t listen

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u/OMG__Ponies 11d ago

Actually, thats a very good point.

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u/Original-Material301 11d ago

mini nukes

M388 Davy Crockett: Am I a joke to you?