Google's robot strikes back at humans in horror remix - CNET

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Google-owned Boston Dynamics released a video last week of its humanoid Atlas robot performing impressive tasks like opening doors, walking through snow-covered woods and picking up boxes.

But all the viewers could talk about was how mean the humans were to Atlas. They knocked the robot around with a pole and smacked a box out of its hands.

The human-on-robot bullying is actually part of a practical demonstration of how Atlas responds to changes in its environment and then adjusts to complete a task. But YouTube comedy filmmakers Auralnauts saw it as a opportunity to remix the video into the beginning of a horror movie.

The remix kicks off with the ominous missive: "First create a need for something, then take that thing away."

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The strategic addition of a voice-over creates a world where jerk humans have built a robot that loves its precious box more than anything. Poor Atlas searches everywhere for its darling box, only to have the villainous humans knock it away.