Japanese Technology Spreading Worldwide!

[matsuki]

5-10 minutes to fold a shirt....amazing, they've managed to replicate that "catch copy" Japanese uselessness in this. Neat idea, shit execution.

[Grumpy Gramps]

That thing is bigger than my wardrobe. How would that ever fit in a Japanese 1K? And the only way, I can put all my shirts in their drawer, is making ranger rolls or else there is not enough space. Works just as well with jeans and other stuff.

And it's done in a minute, once you get the hang of it.

[Russell]

Just buy a Lego set...

[Taro Toporific]

SoftBank's wholly owned subsidiary, Boston Dynamics.

You mean the company is still producing our future robot overlords without a Japanese management transplant/overhaul? Imagine all the time saved by not faxing, printing employee guidebooks, and learning unique Japanese business card etiquette and teeth sucking culture...

Hyundai might buy evil robot dog company Boston Dynamics for $1 billion
Jalopnik.com | November 10, 2020
...Hyundai is in talks to buy Boston Dynamics from SoftBank, as Bloomberg reports
...Proposed terms of the deal would give the South Korean automaker control of the robotics company in a transaction valued at as much as $1 billion
At times, Boston Dynamics has functioned more like a research organization than a business, churning out machines that are technologically advanced and whimsical but unprofitable. That includes Spot, a maneuverable dog-like robot. Videos of its creations regularly rack up millions of views on YouTube; however, the company has said it is not currently generating profits.
By contrast, Hyundai makes highly practical industrial robots intended for factory use.
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[matsuki]

At times, Boston Dynamics has functioned more like a research organization than a business, churning out machines that are technologically advanced and whimsical but unprofitable. That includes Spot, a maneuverable dog-like robot. Videos of its creations regularly rack up millions of views on YouTube; however, the company has said it is not currently generating profits.

Makes it sound like a perfect fit within Japan Inc.

Most of the AGV manufacturers I'm working with are making automated forklifts and pallet movers. Not so sure how practical the BD robots will be for manufacturing/warehouse work for Hyundai.

...and despite Toyoda's shit take and overconfidence with we Japanese robotic vehicle manufacturing, I think Tesla's approach to mega casting vehicles in larger pieces makes soo much more sense than over complicated, large assembly lines with hundreds of expensive robots welding hundreds of parts to get the same result. Of course they may be butthurt that they don't have the SpaceX engineered metal that makes this casting possible

...but I do think BD robots are great for security/rescue/etc. I fully expect to see the 'merican droid army when China starts WWIII

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[Taro Toporific]

Hyundai might buy evil robot dog company Boston Dynamics for $1 billion
Jalopnik.com | November 10, 2020
...Hyundai is in talks to buy Boston Dynamics from SoftBank, as Bloomberg reports
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SoftBank sells controlling stake in Boston Dynamics to Hyundai
japantoday.com | 2020 Dec 12
SoftBank Group will sell an 80 percent stake in robotics firm Boston Dynamics to Hyundai, the trio said Friday, in a deal that values the U.S. company at $1.1 billion.
Boston Dynamics has drawn huge attention with viral videos of its humanoid and dog-like robots, whose uncanny movements and impressive tricks have helped stoke fears that androids could one day become a threat to humans.
The engineering firm was founded in 1992 and bought in 2013 by Google, which sold the company on to SoftBank three years ago.
The Japanese conglomerate will keep a 20 percent stake through one of its affiliates and will work with South Korea's Hyundai to "propel development and commercialisation of advanced robots", the companies said.
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[Mike Oxlong]

Haha, their WeWerek BS has caught up with them.

[matsuki]

I was starting to wonder how much Tesla would have gained from buying Boston Dynamics besides the engineers themselves....with Hyundai and Softbank retaining a 20% stake, my feeling is it will continue to be underutilized and fail to live up to it's potential for useful robots.

[Coligny]

Had you learn anything in (*) school you'd know that the Emperor of Man will had ruled AI as heresi long time ago in the future...





(*) the Warhammer 40k club at
(**) dear got, that stuff was,just starting back then, look where it is now !

[matsuki]

No doubt there is a lot of potential scary stuff with AI but I'm not so sure I agree there is motivation for AI to want to do any of it.

[Taro Toporific]

Boston Dynamics might now be Korean and not Japanese, but they still know how to have fun...

Let's dance to celebrate the rise of the robot apocalypse.

[Marked Trail]

Let's dance

░"░T░h░i░s░ ░i░s░ ░h░o░w░ ░I░ ░w░i░l░l░ ░d░a░n░c░e░ ░o░n░ ░y░o░u░r░ ░g░r░a░v░e░,░ ░p░i░t░i░f░u░l░ ░h░u░m░a░n░.░"░

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[matsuki]

Amazing....and yet Japan is "robot cuntry" if you believe the PR

[dimwit]

I dunno. They have more sense of rhythm than most boys bands.

[SovietSupreme]

Amazing....and yet Japan is "robot cuntry"

Welcome to the final stage and gasp of Capitalism---Happy 2021 Comrades!

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[Taro Toporific]

SoftBank sells controlling stake in Boston Dynamics to Hyundai
japantoday.com | 2020 Dec 12

Hyundai horseshit...
Here the newest PR from our soon-to-be robot overlords.

[matsuki]

We bought the company that made these from another company that bought that company....so, we now have robot cred!

[Taro Toporific]

Let's ...celebrate the rise of the robot apocalypse,　ハッピー!

[matsuki]

Tesla AI day is this week...meanwhile, still faxing handwritten forms here in Tokyo.

[Buraku]

Japanese architect reuses phone technology to craft a musical instrument from rings of bamboo and carbon fibre
https://www.campaignasia.com/article/ja ... rin/472456

Japanese company that exported machinery capable of making bio-weapons to China sues over arrests
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics ... io-weapons

...Speaking of a drugs crisis and the USA with opioids and narcotics destroying States

Monkeys hooked on oxycodone and trained to self-administer the drug sharply reduced further drug seeking when given AT-121. "It looks very promising," Bohn says of the new compound

guess this jewtube Susan Wojcicki vid was of interest?

20 yrs of smuggling shit onto American streets taken inside the assholes of jihads from Asscrackistan?...Gary Webb was probably going to write a book about it all but found dead in, 2004, with two suicided gunshot wounds to the back of the dead head. His non-suicide death was ruled a suicide by the Sacramento pedophile masonic County coroner's office.