<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Arial;">my bad - used to buy lots of stuff stuff from Boston Scientific when I was a kid. In the Sixty Minutes clip they said that Mitsubishi now owns Boston Dynamics<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">davew<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div>On Mon, Mar 29, 2021, at 7:25 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div dir="ltr"><div>They do have hips which are critical in maintaining balance.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Not Boston Scientific but Boston Dynamics, which is now owned by Google but is still directed by my friend.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Frank<br></div></div><div><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 6:31 PM <<a href="mailto:thompnickson2@gmail.com">thompnickson2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="qt-gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);border-left-style:solid;border-left-width:1px;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="overflow-wrap:break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415WordSection1"><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText">Dave, <u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText">In my physical anthropology class years ago I was taught that the most important innovation in human walking was <i>gluteus maximus, </i>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. <u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText">What’s with that?<u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText">n<u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText">Nick Thompson<u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText"><a href="mailto:ThompNickSon2@gmail.com" target="_blank">ThompNickSon2@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText"><a href="https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/" target="_blank">https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/</a><u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText"></p><div>-----Original Message-----<br></div><div>From: Friam <<a href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com" target="_blank">friam-bounces@redfish.com</a>> On Behalf Of Prof David West<br></div><div>Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 5:40 PM<br></div><div>To: <a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com" target="_blank">friam@redfish.com</a><br></div><div>Subject: [FRIAM] robots<br></div><p></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText">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.<u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText">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.<u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFK9lkez32E" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-color:currentcolor;text-decoration-thickness:auto;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFK9lkez32E</span></a><u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText">davew<u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText">- .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. .<u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText">FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv<u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText">Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 <a href="http://bit.ly/virtualfriam" target="_blank">bit.ly/virtualfriam</a> un/subscribe <a href="http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-color:currentcolor;text-decoration-thickness:auto;">http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com</span></a><u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText">FRIAM-COMIC <a href="http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-color:currentcolor;text-decoration-thickness:auto;">http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/</span></a><u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-gmail-m_-5590837386883645415MsoPlainText">archives: <a href="http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-color:currentcolor;text-decoration-thickness:auto;">http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/</span></a><u></u><u></u><br></p></div></div><div>- .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. .<br></div><div> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv<br></div><div> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 <a href="http://bit.ly/virtualfriam" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">bit.ly/virtualfriam</a><br></div><div> un/subscribe <a href="http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com</a><br></div><div> FRIAM-COMIC <a href="http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/</a><br></div><div> archives: <a href="http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/</a><br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Frank Wimberly<br></div><div>140 Calle Ojo Feliz<br></div><div>Santa Fe, NM 87505<br></div><div>505 670-9918<br></div><div><br></div><div>Research: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2</a><br></div></div></div><div>- .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. .<br></div><div>FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv<br></div><div>Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 <a href="http://bit.ly/virtualfriam">bit.ly/virtualfriam</a><br></div><div>un/subscribe <a href="http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com">http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com</a><br></div><div>FRIAM-COMIC <a href="http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/">http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/</a><br></div><div>archives: <a href="http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/">http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/</a><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div></body></html>