[FRIAM] robots

[Frank Wimberly]

Here's what Marc said to me recently:

Frank,  Long time, no see.  How are you doing?  The dancing robots was my
favorite project in recent times.  Happy New year.  Marc

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 7:25 PM Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> They do have hips which are critical in maintaining balance.
>
> Not Boston Scientific but Boston Dynamics, which is now owned by Google
> but is still directed by my friend.
>
> Frank
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 6:31 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dave,
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>> In my physical anthropology class years ago I was taught that the most
>> important innovation in human walking was *gluteus maximus, *the large
>> muscle that connects the legs to the upper body and keeps us from falling
>> over when we walk.  So far as I can see these robots HAVE not gluteus
>> maximus.
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>> What’s with that?
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>> n
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>> Nick Thompson
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>> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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>> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Prof David West
>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 5:40 PM
>> To: friam at redfish.com
>> Subject: [FRIAM] robots
>>
>>
>>
>> Sixty Minutes did another segment on the robots of Boston Scientific
>> (Frank knows the founder). Puff piece, in that they did not discuss the
>> controversy of the $75,000 quadrupeds being sold to police departments, and
>> uses to which they are being put.
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>> But the 3 minute film of four robots, two bipeds, one quad, one wheeled
>> doing the Mashed Potato was quite fun, and actually quite amazing.  Clip is
>> earlier demo and does not show Mashed Potato dance.
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>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFK9lkez32E
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>> davew
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