00:00We may have crossed the Rubicon a bit here, folks, because now they have created a mascot
00:07of sorts, and this is a robot that they're building not to have, you know, test out and
00:14whatever.
00:15No, no, no.
00:15This is a robot that they're going to be sending out into public, like those in the grocery
00:19stores, those things that roll around.
00:21Those, like, Uber, Instacart things.
00:24I don't know what they are.
00:25Actually, I don't even know what they are.
00:27They're Instacart?
00:28They're, like, those big tubes, basically, and they, like, they wheel around.
00:33They'll just, like, stop right in front of you.
00:34It's like, hey, what's up?
00:36I always thought they were there to, like, catch shoplifters.
00:39You know, I thought that was their thing, but that's not really what they're there for.
00:43I don't know exactly what it is, and I haven't seen one of those things in a store in a
00:46while,
00:46so maybe they discontinued.
00:48Oh, they're just delivery robots.
00:49Delivery robots?
00:50That's it?
00:51Huh.
00:52Okay.
00:52Well, whatever they are.
00:54I feel like I haven't seen as many of them lately.
00:56At any rate.
00:58We're talking something a little bit more interpersonal than a delivery shopper robot in the grocery store.
01:06Let's hear a little bit more of this from our friends at NBC.
01:08Is that right?
01:09NBC10?
01:10Excuse me.
01:11WHDH.
01:12Channel 7.
01:13Here's that.
01:14Meet Hugo.
01:15He's warm.
01:16He's fluffy.
01:17He's the latest creation made in part by Boston Dynamics.
01:20The Waltham Company is partnering with another called Dynamic Creatures to release this new robot.
01:26Okay, stop it right there.
01:27If we have the, I don't know if Tristan has this up on the, there it is.
01:30Okay.
01:30So you can see right there.
01:33That is our new mascot.
01:35What's his name again?
01:37Hugo.
01:38Hugo.
01:39Not to be confused with Ugo.
01:41I think it's pronounced Ugo, actually.
01:43Ugo, the AI robot.
01:44But he is purple.
01:47He looks like a purple Muppet.
01:49He has horns.
01:51It's ambiguous what kind of animal he is.
01:53He has like fangs and horns, but he's smiling.
01:57He looks like a friendly, friendly Muppet.
02:00But I don't know.
02:01The horns and the fangs kind of leave it open for interpretation.
02:04At any rate, at any rate, what does Hugo do?
02:07At Dynamic Creatures, we're combining advanced robotics, animatronics, artificial intelligence,
02:14and world-class storytelling to create living characters that don't just move.
02:19They interact, learn, and build relationships.
02:22Okay, stop.
02:23This is Westward.
02:24Or Westworld.
02:25That show Westworld on HBO.
02:28If you didn't see it, it was a show based on like an old movie, or maybe it was an
02:31old
02:31show, I don't know.
02:33But it was about this cowboy theme park with all these robots, and all the robots looked
02:40like humans, and you could, you know, live out an old West adventure at Westworld.
02:46It was a pretty weird show.
02:47The first season was great, and then it got weirder and weirder, and then at the end,
02:51I was like, I don't know about this anymore.
02:53Jonathan Tucker was in it for a season, which, friend of the show, Jonathan Tucker.
02:57Got to get him back in here, or at least back on the phone.
03:00I saw a Boston Magazine article about him and his fight against TD Garden, and I was like,
03:04we were on that months ago.
03:05Months ago.
03:07Welcome to the party, Boston Magazine.
03:09At any rate, Twitch chat is saying it looks like the Cookie Monster on Ozempic.
03:19Asian Persuasion 77 said it looks like if the Monster's ink cast was on Ecstasy.
03:25Pretty good.
03:26Pretty good.
03:28Okay, so Hugo is an animatronic AI robot who is going to be dispatched out to theme parks
03:37and such.
03:38Let's hear a little bit more.
03:39Hugo is designed to interact with tourists at theme parks.
03:42He's a purple, bear-like character with horns.
03:45He can walk, wave, dance, and even roll his eyes.
03:49The designers say their goal is to create bots that redefine human-robot interaction.
03:54We will work with...
03:55Okay, wait a minute.
03:55Wait, wait, wait, wait.
03:57Redefine human-robot interaction?
03:58The only human-robot interaction I can think of from my childhood was going to Chuck E. Cheese,
04:03and the band comes out, and they play.
04:05You know, that was it.
04:06But they weren't rolling their eyes and having conversations with me and whatever else.
04:12And it's a bear with horns?
04:14What is that?
04:15What is that even supposed to be?
04:16A bear with horns?
04:18And fangs?
04:21He's got like a little purple...
04:23Looks like he has overalls on?
04:24Or is that like a backpack?
04:25I can't really tell.
04:27And he's going to be at...
04:29He's going to be at theme parks, just wandering around with all your children around, this
04:34robot.
04:35Totally normal.
04:37Programmed to interact with your kids.
04:41Anyone else see a problem here?
04:42Anyone else think this is weird?
04:45I don't like this.
04:46Yes!
04:46I don't like this.
04:46Mad Dog, what is this?
04:48What is going on?
04:50This is...
04:51This...
04:51I don't like this.
04:52Whatever happened to holograms?
04:54Right?
04:55I thought we were getting somewhere with the hologram.
04:57Who would win in a fight?
04:58Hugo or Liberty Biberty?
05:01Liberty Biberty is just like a ball, right?
05:03Like, the Hugo would clearly win.
05:04Yeah, it's got no arms and legs.
05:06It's like Hugo by a lance.
05:08He would just have to...
05:08You could pick him up and punt him, you know?
05:11Unless Liberty Biberty is like a puffer fish, you know?
05:13Like, you just...
05:14You touch him and you die, like one of those type of things.
05:16But I don't think so.
