Either way, Marc is probably "comfortable". --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505
505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 8:13 AM Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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