I don’t know how much excitement I can take in one day. I’ve grown used to the idea of a bipedal robot that can dance better than me. I’ve even grown to accept the fact that a robot dog can dance better than me for goodness’ sake (see Do You Love Me?).
But I don’t think I was ready to see a robot that can walk, fly, ride a skateboard, and balance on a slackline. And then my chum Jay Dowling sent me a link to this video on YouTube.
Apart from anything else, the comments to this video provide points for us to cogitate and ruminate over, like the person who said: “Imagine like 50-100yrs from now when androids are looking back at their history and thinking, ‘WTF were they ACTUALLY thinking THAT thing was gonna do?!’”
How about you? Do you have any thought you’d care to share (preferably on what you’ve seen in this blog)?
Very clever- but why is it wearing stilettos?
I wondered that myself, but then I thought that I’d probably not like the answer LOL
The pointy toes and heels were useful in keeping it from sliding off the skateboard. Also the high arch was used to help keep it on the slack line.
You make a compelling argument — maybe we should all start wearing them LOL
That makes sense. Call me warped, but somehow it reminds me of Pee Wee Herman and “Tequila”. Look at the 2:50 mark: https://youtu.be/UVKsd8z6scw
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Didn’t we all have a pair of these back in the ’70s to go with our bell bottoms?
I can so see you strolling around in these! 🙂