I hate to be negative but it is really just astonishing at how bad the Vice network is at choosing anchors... Each one is more boring than the last. I feel like they should be checking these people for a pulse.
Will Danner He really doesn't know what to do with his hands lol.... You'd think he was a stand in and someone else called in sick, but I've seen him in other videos...
D Poop No, under normal circumstances they wouldn't, DARPA setup communication blockages between the teams and robots to mimic nuclear fallout, EMP blasts ect.
Ehm, I think if the public saw it, it means it is public information, anyone could have made a video of the winners so I don't see how it's classified. Sorry, not trying to argue.
SkeetRadar Good point. Though it seemed to me that the host had very little understanding and clearly no respect for just how difficult robotics actually is. I am curious Skeet, were you at the event by chance?
It's so clear that the host does not appreciate this competition. Presumably because he doesn't understand how hard it is to engineer these robots. Please choose better hosts.
True, but if you think about how much work and effort is put into even making it be able to walk is crazy, it looks so simple but all the programming and such is quite difficult.
***** Wow, you guys are absolutely awful at picking like-able hosts. Please get someone who is more enthusiastic and technologically educated. This guy has no business doing tech news, or any news for that matter.
***** I mean seriously, is it just nepotism or do you actually think your target demographic likes these dull, smug, and scientifically uninformed goofballs? PLEASE PICK BETTER HOSTS.
The competition sounded interesting but the video was very poorly made and shows very little of the actual competition. The announcer clearly wasn't interested and even seemed to be a bit of a prick about the way the competition went.
Cool stuff for such a complex technology in early stages of development. Disappointing that we only saw about 5 seconds of the winning south Korean robot, sounds like it might have been the only one worth watching
KAIST gets so much funding compared to Virginia Tech. KAIST is a science and technology school composed of more graduate students than undergraduate students. Whereas Virginia Tech is mainly composed of Undergraduate students who are mainly there to party and have fun.
Couldn't you use braided nano hydraulic lines to mimic the structure of human leg muscles so that the robots don't fall over? I know that the software would need to mesh well also, but it would be easier to control with independent hydraulic lines to where the robot can adjust on the fly on uneven terrain.
Good video but I'm disliking because of the host I mean seriously MB you guys couldn't get anyone else he looked like he didn't want to be there and couldn't give a rat's ass either way ...
I have a a young baby who's been walking for 3-4 months and these robot's don't walk like a baby learning to walk, watch a babies feet and your'll see exactly what i mean
While the South Korean team may have won the competition I do not believe that the US DOD will contract out our military tech to other nations (and by extension international companies or organizations).
DARPA's intent troubles me some. It's clear the contest is being marketed as the development of rescue robots but you know that won't be the only application. As soon as these thing can move competently and with purpose the military will seek to armor it up and strap a gun on it. However I have put some thought into a robotic take over. Even if they became advanced enough to accomplish the tasks in this course they are a long way away from being truly dangerous. Not to mention a shotgun blast or even a little water would royally mess up sensors on one of these things. Come at me robot I've got a super soaker! Just put down that 30 cal machine gun first.
Extremely biased and subjective "reporting". If you were a truly objective & scientific channel you would show the winning robots, too, regardless of their nationality. Subjective favoritism at its worst!
I hate this guy. He's so awkward, and apparently has never been tradeshow before either. "Distopian signage" or somesuch nonsense. Get a competent reporter please.
Cars used to be shit, but look where they now. All progress starts slow and builds upon itself, constantly accelerating. They might have trouble climbing stairs now, but before long they'll be running and jumping. Just have patience and let people do what they want; these teams aren't hurting anybody.
How the fuck did this host land this job?! This guy is human valium.
I hate to be negative but it is really just astonishing at how bad the Vice network is at choosing anchors... Each one is more boring than the last. I feel like they should be checking these people for a pulse.
Will Danner Since one of the key requirements is being a leftist hipster, the range of personalities is limited considerably from the get go.
Will Danner Would you prefer a peppy blonde girl excited about life?
SCHIZOPHRENlC
What about a person interested in technology, rather than "lifestyle"?
SCHIZOPHRENlC anything other than monotone is fine with me as long as the information is true to the point.
Will Danner He really doesn't know what to do with his hands lol.... You'd think he was a stand in and someone else called in sick, but I've seen him in other videos...
looks like most of those robots need life alert buttons... Help, I've fallen and I can't get up!!!
Lol!
D Poop No, under normal circumstances they wouldn't, DARPA setup communication blockages between the teams and robots to mimic nuclear fallout, EMP blasts ect.
Why not show how the best robots did?
kevjtnbtmglr Maybe because the best robot was Korean! dun dun dun jk
kevjtnbtmglr It is classify information.
***** If so it wouldn`t be a public event.
Mois Mois
It is classify information in a public event actually.
Ehm, I think if the public saw it, it means it is public information, anyone could have made a video of the winners so I don't see how it's classified. Sorry, not trying to argue.
LOL the host must be someone high up's kid, how can you be so unenthusiastic and still get your stuff posted?
kenithish I was thinking the same thing, he seemed a little too happy that day 1 was over
kenithish
His attitude was frankly terrible the whole video.
Chris Yokum it was, but the heat might have been contributing to that, its been really fucking hot lately and most of this was outdoors, still though
SkeetRadar Good point. Though it seemed to me that the host had very little understanding and clearly no respect for just how difficult robotics actually is. I am curious Skeet, were you at the event by chance?
no but I wish I was, I just assume that because its hot here its hot there
Host didn't seem interested at least be fake about it.
this dude is so not into it
Oh gawd, not a door!!!! Open it, open it, success!!! *instantly dies*
It's so clear that the host does not appreciate this competition. Presumably because he doesn't understand how hard it is to engineer these robots. Please choose better hosts.
disappointing results from such amazing machines
True, but if you think about how much work and effort is put into even making it be able to walk is crazy, it looks so simple but all the programming and such is quite difficult.
Cotton candy? Check. The distinct smell of livestock? Check. Advanced semi-autonomous robots? Check.
***** Wow, you guys are absolutely awful at picking like-able hosts. Please get someone who is more enthusiastic and technologically educated. This guy has no business doing tech news, or any news for that matter.
Nick Amodio Shut up fuckhead.
***** I mean seriously, is it just nepotism or do you actually think your target demographic likes these dull, smug, and scientifically uninformed goofballs? PLEASE PICK BETTER HOSTS.
Hail Sagan
+Hail Sagan he was a fine host your just being pernickety
These terminators look like... pushovers.
:^)
Why compete if u cant even get ur bot to stand up.
Can you guys hire a report who is not tech illiterate?
WandererOfWorlds0 no
The host putting that degree in snark to good use. How'd his robot place?
This looks like a really fun challenge.
I don't understand why they get a guy who's scared of robots to do motherboard
Dude I didn't know they do this. I totally would of went....next year I guess.That's like 10 minutes from my house too. double bonus
So rather than showing us what a good robot can do we get to see two shitty robots that fell over trying to open a door.... Great video guys
Hey guys, I have a great idea, lets send the most hipster sarcastic interviewer to the DARPA challenge. He will have a great time.
The competition sounded interesting but the video was very poorly made and shows very little of the actual competition. The announcer clearly wasn't interested and even seemed to be a bit of a prick about the way the competition went.
Cool stuff for such a complex technology in early stages of development. Disappointing that we only saw about 5 seconds of the winning south Korean robot, sounds like it might have been the only one worth watching
CircuitBreaker259 gotta please the networks contributors right? haha
This host successfully made robots seem boring. congrats.
Did this guy even watch the video he posted? I was having insomnia until I started watching this. Now I'll sleep like a baby.
haha that montage of failures at the end was funny, its like watching a little kid give up on something and fall to the ground
man am i the only one who wants to dress up as a robot and just nail that test!
AGAIN: Why did THIS guy do this report...?
it seems really amateurish
That's because they don't show the Deathbot 3000 to the public.
sverebebe didn't he say something about DARPA purpusfully jamming the comms to the machines? mayby most of the teams werent ready for that
autoalanamis hahaha that's hilarious. The senior scientists are just like trolling all the teams haha
Americansikkunt
No the point is that the robots should work in a nuclear reactor.
they should have covered some other teams not just the 2
were you too embarased to show how much better the Korean robots were?
Right, I don't even know which one it was. At least show us the robot and what it can do.
KAIST gets so much funding compared to Virginia Tech. KAIST is a science and technology school composed of more graduate students than undergraduate students. Whereas Virginia Tech is mainly composed of Undergraduate students who are mainly there to party and have fun.
6:57 that evil laugh though.
I love this kind of thing - sure it's clunky at the moment, but just think of how suddenly it might advance and change things :)
So, how many of the competitors were using neural network chips?
Couldn't you use braided nano hydraulic lines to mimic the structure of human leg muscles so that the robots don't fall over? I know that the software would need to mesh well also, but it would be easier to control with independent hydraulic lines to where the robot can adjust on the fly on uneven terrain.
What is motherboard's relation to vice,
don't tell me this guy feels alienated on such an event, he looks like he just got beamed from the Voyager. This should be like DisneyWorld for him!
even when the robots fall they do it in slow motion
Fracking toasters
Wait! i thought it had to walk! didn't S-Koreas Robot just wheel itself?
The rules were it had to walk the whole way, stop making rules on the fly, rules *R* rules
they cheated, end of
give it 100 years
or even better
give it 1000 years
and we will see
these robots need a self-destruct button. so does the host.
Good video but I'm disliking because of the host I mean seriously MB you guys couldn't get anyone else he looked like he didn't want to be there and couldn't give a rat's ass either way ...
I'd bet someone is jamming their competitor's control signals
How the robots just fall over has me r o l l i n g
I bet Honda's Asimo robot would win this competition hands down if he entered.
15 years and its terminator time.
lol didnt show the first place robot....hmm I wonder why
I have a a young baby who's been walking for 3-4 months and these robot's don't walk like a baby learning to walk, watch a babies feet and your'll see exactly what i mean
While the South Korean team may have won the competition I do not believe that the US DOD will contract out our military tech to other nations (and by extension international companies or organizations).
Vice be focusing on the worst robots at le DARPA 0/10 best content
"Theres like robots everywhere herpderp" wtf vice
You didn't the ones that didn't get to compete because they were purchased by companies like GOOGLE right before they got to compete.
Kermit Frosch boston dynamics is owned by google and that one was the escher
Sohinki from smosh games is that you
1:45 what robot is that?
what are they worth?
DARPA's intent troubles me some. It's clear the contest is being marketed as the development of rescue robots but you know that won't be the only application. As soon as these thing can move competently and with purpose the military will seek to armor it up and strap a gun on it. However I have put some thought into a robotic take over. Even if they became advanced enough to accomplish the tasks in this course they are a long way away from being truly dangerous. Not to mention a shotgun blast or even a little water would royally mess up sensors on one of these things. Come at me robot I've got a super soaker! Just put down that 30 cal machine gun first.
yeaaaa lets go KAIST!!!
Maybe they should have advertised, For US nationals only. Sook.
tax dollars are yummy
Probably one of the worst reporters you could choose to report on such a story...
SKYNET is coming sooner than we think..
Bah, give it a couple of years.
i wont feel like human livestock until robots become far more advanced versus the primitive bipedal robots that fall over often on flat terrain,
Sarah connor would love this!
Lol this guys looks like KATYA from rupauls drag race season 7
This anchor seems like he doesn't even care about the Darpa competitions. He sounds so bored with that monotone voice.
born and raised in the city of the 6 Ps
... and use them as soldiers
Pfff - Skynet-level robots r miles away. We can sleep safely. World won't end.
I fell asleep during the video
The top heavy robots are dumb as shit.
that's so sad 6:52
Darpa=Skynet
DARPA = SKYNET
R to the O to the B to the O..
Extremely biased and subjective "reporting". If you were a truly objective & scientific channel you would show the winning robots, too, regardless of their nationality. Subjective favoritism at its worst!
Motherboard should send this reporter to Syria to cover ISIS - perhaps then he would appreciate the need for robots to do dangerous jobs.
1:05 go team virgin
this is disappointing
Theres a joke about about qwop
I hate this guy. He's so awkward, and apparently has never been tradeshow before either. "Distopian signage" or somesuch nonsense. Get a competent reporter please.
First
So much hate because the host wasn't 'enthusiastic enough'; go back to your popcorn and Michael bay movies.
south korans are still the smartest people around...
StarCrusher considering your spelling skills,should i assume that your not from south koran?oh snap i mean South Korea....
Expensive, slow, stupid, unproductive, time consuming. These robots are shit.
Cars used to be shit, but look where they now. All progress starts slow and builds upon itself, constantly accelerating. They might have trouble climbing stairs now, but before long they'll be running and jumping. Just have patience and let people do what they want; these teams aren't hurting anybody.
+Brucho Sindicate Expensive,slow,stupid,unproductive, time consuming. Your brain is shit
what are they worth?