Maybe Google sold BD. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505
505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 8:11 AM Prof David West <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > davew > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021, at 7:25 PM, Frank Wimberly 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dave, > > > > 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. > > > > What’s with that? > > > > n > > > > Nick Thompson > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Prof David West > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 5:40 PM > To: [email protected] > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFK9lkez32E > > > > davew > > > > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > > > > -- > Frank Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > 505 670-9918 > > Research: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >
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