Hyperrealistic robot dolphins may replace captive animals at marine theme parks
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A company that has made robotic animals for roles in Hollywood blockbusters including Free Willy, Deep Blue Sea and The Abyss is now hoping to apply its technology to the real-life task of transforming marine parks. In September 2020, Edge Innovations showcased a convincing robotic dolphin as a possible alternative to the use of live animals being captured or bred, then trained to spend their lives in captivity.
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I don't understand why people are against this. This is literally about saving the wildlife, not replacing them with robots.
Because there are idiots among us. They hate that people capture animal and place it in zoo saying we stole their right,now we found a solution and they say it's not OK for some reason.
I completely agree it only takes 1 generation to save most of earths species from extinction
@Keep1t Down11 I don't undertsand. What does it have to do with changing real dolphins to robot dolphins? Polution isn't something that happened because we use robot dolphins in zoo. I don't know why you bring that topic here
@@kuhaku3805 just some counter argument, also..with this hyper-realistic animatronic..we can solve The Shamu Shenannigan or Blackfish Documentaries stuff. Also, the wildlifes are actually being promoted this way...the only minor setback is...How are we going to feed this robot? More powerplant?
@Anonymous Potato. Well, some folks really afraid of artificial lifeforms..they said its blasphemy against their lord or nature or stuff, while we keep trying to do some wealthy race towards popularity and amass fandom...for me, this robot atleast solve the marine park dillema.
This is literally the solution. People just want to see how animals look like, so be it, they don't need a real animal.
By that logic, why go anywhere if books exist?
@@dmwanderer9454 a) Books can portray things that you can’t see in real life (yet)
b) No senses are actually being experienced by you; e.g. you can’t smell anything
@@dmwanderer9454 You’re telling me you’ve smelled/felt a dolphin? They don’t let people at marine parks do that. Also you can’t see books. And photos aren’t moving. But if you really want to experience the world through only videos, go right ahead. That’s probably what you do anyway.
@@dmwanderer9454 to look at a picture than to look at them closely is two different things. Thats how these places work, for people who wants to experience the real thing. Humans can just make it artificial yet realistic and people would have their satisfactions fulfilled.
@@dmwanderer9454 That could be the dumbest analogy that I’ve ever read.
It's honestly crazy how similar it looks and acts compared to a real dolphin. Wowww
I think they use the Machine learning AI
Not if it breaks down. I hope they give these artificial dolphin shows free of charge now. Don't know why anyone would pay to see these
@@GI876758 yeah free and only skin need to pay 😂
It reminds me of the machines in Horizon Zero dawn
I’m assuming the silicone feels likes dolphin skin because I’ve touched a dolphin before at Bahamas
These are so realistic... It's like CGI, but in real life!
And if someone ask
Just said: "because its science!"
Westworld
Practical effects, dude!
Way beyond CGI!
MainBlag Banner haha exactly. This is just basically the opposite of cgi
Imagine the robot doing a flip then just snapping in half in front of the audience
😂 it made of silicone so I don't really know but making such technology is going to be interesting since you can make shows out of it but let say someone put the real thing such as a shark by mistake. And that would be a complete disaster. Just a thing they'll probably have to check at all times whether their real or fake.
@3D Modeller he ruined it by putting an emoji...
@3D Modeller bruh he was just stating it
I mean that's nothing compared to accidents involving real animals. Like, seaworld handlers have died cause of the orcas, which is way more horrifying. Sometimes the orcas will even get set off & fight each other during shows.
@@loveisinfinite1997 Because the seaworld trainers literally starve said orcas when they don't do tricks in shows.
Next level mechatronics. I hope they could do something like this for extinct animals like the Dodo. That'd be cool imo.
Very interesting indeed..you want to see hyper-realistic animatronic prehistoric park?
@@wikansaktianto9215 yess
Rather go to the ocean and see wildlife then pay rip off money to see something fake
@@khael2127 I said wildlife like ocean or going scuba diving, not sea world.
@@GI876758 I really doubt you can see prehistoric animals in real life though. That was what op was talking about anyways and not dolphins
This is one of the most meaningful use cases for robotics! Soon, all wild dolphins can be free to their big wide ocean!
And die because they cant adapt or be hunted by humans choose
Not until the Japanese finds them.
@@theshriekinghominin1760 or chinese
@@MichaelKing015 at this point, it's more japanese than chinese which go after sea wildlife.
@@warren5037 yeah but the thing is chinese will eat anything that moves FYI ive been to china unless you are in devoloped cities you wont see any birds that tells you ALOT
Honestly, if you didn't tell anyone, no one would know
Welp too late for that
Except for the wire coming out of his belly...
I saw a reel on Instagram and couldn’t tell if “Robot Dolphins” were actually a thing or it was just some “click bait”. So yes nobody would notice lol
honestly, i'm happy for one reason. i really feel bad when i see animals captured and left in a small space. like animals deserve to live in their natural habitat and they shouldn't be used for entertainment. i wish they release the dolphins back into the sea and keep the robot dolphins in these marine theme parks.
Agree... after all theme park is entertainment no one bats an eye whether its a robot or not... also they can bring to extict animals in action for educational purposes...
@Keep1t Down11 when animals are left in their natural habitat even if they don't have food or has to suffer from sickness, and destruction, they atleast have something way more important - freedom.
The question is how are they going to maintain these things so it doesn't break in the middle. They also need to consider lower the price of parks now if they want to attract people to see these.
Most dolphins in Western marine parks were born in captivity. In fact, capturing cetaceans has been banned for decades in most places. The wild-caught dolphins living in marine parks are usually very old and captured in the '80s. Dolphins born in human care cannot be released into the wild because they lack the survival skills and immunesystem. It has been tried, and it has failed before (sadly, the animal paying the ultimate price of death).
would you wanna be free where almost everything and anything is trying to eat you? LOL xD and your food sources are almost depleted? or.. in a beautifully clean giant pool where you're fed all day
_"SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH."_
*~ The Dolphins (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)*
Beautiful 👏🥺
Lol this was the first thing that popped into head when I watched this
Ya it’s not that they want to replace them, it’s that they are all leaving the planet in preparation for some event 🤔
Developers: How can we save captive dolphins?
Manager: Idk. But I just started playing Horizon Zero Dawn...
Developers: Say no more fam
thanks to the manager
I want to have a pet watcher now
*Overrides a dolphin*
These robots are so realistic, no one would know the difference. Stop capturing wild dolphins, and let dolphins be free.
Oh yeah that sounds logical enough! Let's put the clearwater Florida dolphin with a prosthetic tail into the ocean and give it our blessings 😇
This comments are even worse, I wonder is people are mentally disabled sometimes
@@dragonp.4520 what
This is a genius idea
Oh I can tell the difference
This is amazing!!! I might actually go to seaworld for once if they agreed to this.
X2!! I really want to try seaworld roller coasters but im really strict with myself when it comes to animal abuse, i really love this robot idea!!
Plot twist, it's really a real dolphin but they want you to THINK they are relplacing the real dolphins with robots so that the conservationists will come back to marine parks
You realize SeaWorld has saved tens of thousands of animals right?
@Isabel T Sure we can do that too. But you will still have companies that are wrecking the environment and causing species to go extinct. Who will protect the animals then? 🤔
@Isabel T Right, Because that will just happen. Please come back to reality.
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You have called the entire Jojo community here now
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I’m so happy about this!
It’s really cruel how they just steal the dolphins from their family in the wild and shove them in a tub for humans to stare at. Hopefully, their will be no more dolphins who has to get their skin burnt by chlorine, have severe depression and get to live a free life :)
They don't capture wild dolphins anymore, not for a long time. Most dolphins and other animals you see in zoos were born in captivity and used to human care. The humans are usually researchers and caretakers.
@3D Modeller possibly. Releasing a captive born and raised animal into the wild normally makes for a short lifespan for the animal. The animals haven't learned the necessary "fight or flight" response that wild animals learn.
For human entertainment, I support this a hundred percent !!!
It will be used as surveillance by CIA first
XY Gog I know, right LoL
@@armanasaintclair8962 unfortunately we humans are just scummy. 😭😭😭.
Next the birds will be robotized
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What happen if we implement emotions into robots?
Imagine Implementing " talking " into them, and kids would grow up thinking dolphins can talk 😂😂😂
"They're taking our jobs"
- Dolphins
Jobs they didn't want in the first place
What’s the pay ? Lost of freedom for comfort and pleasure just like humans in this world
It's called jail
@@yuriang_8050 it’s called a joke
@@cameronharbin2102 it's called I didn't laugh
Previously: do robots dream of electric sheep?
Now: do people dream of electric dolphins?
I love his vision at the end. Not just dolphins but lots of other marine life and fantasy life
This is better than keeping more animals in cage
It’s incredible! I would never be able to tell that was a robot if I wasn’t told that!
The future will have flying cars
The future: Robot dolphins
this is better than flying cars
Kids: thinks it's real
Robot dolphin: malfunctions, contorting itself in unnatural positions while oozing out oil
Plot Twist: They'll still use real dolphins and say they are robots
Always that 1 dumb person in the comments that always say something negative
The way it looks and acts is actually surprisingly accurate to a real dolphin.
' Fantasy Dragon that could come out of the water and spit fire'. That sound great.
This is the answer to hunting and capturing wild animals for zoos, millionaires' pets... Imagine the educational and entertainment potential.
Wild animals are rarely captured for zoos.it also isn't the answer to animals in zoos cuase zoos mainly exsit has a back up plan encase something happens to the wild population.
This however does help dolphins in theme parks. zoos ≠ theme parks ≠ exotic pets. These places are varied and do different things, some way more immoral or cruel than the others
I doubt it will stop hunting or exotic pets
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Seaworld: We have Orca Shows
Public Opinion: Release them!!!
Seaworld: But what about the Orca shows?
This Guy: May I offer an alternative?
Human ai: I'll take over humans!!!
Dolphin ai: oh me too
Amazing tbh should happen, be what animals can behave instead of having the actual animal in a cage
Dont be to happy because the robot dolphin is expensive and not many people will visit zoo for fake animals
@@trainer-bq4wj it’s a shame they won’t cause people should know it is time to move away from zoos, breeding programs I’d say will still go on but marine animals should be the first to get replaced by such technology.
@Danish Wistara yes that is true but the animals in the zoo don’t know that
@@tos-sn5pl They are not real dolphins just like your teddy bear is not a real bear. Noone cares about Robots, they are not the real thing. I would never waste my money on such a fake zoo. I would much rather pay more for a boat and go see them in the ocean than pay to see a peace of metal and silicone.
Should we replace pandas for robots and watch them go extinct bc they have no help?
I agree that if bottlenose doliphin is not endangered and if they are depressed if they live in zoos then they shouldnt be in a zoo. But dont replace them with robots, its a waste of resources.
If theres no zoos then there is no money for breeding programs. Where you think that the money for breeding programs comes from?? In order to have breeding programs you must have animals under human control.
Many species of Frogs are endangedered bc theyr habitats were destroyed in central and south america. Should we replace them with robots and set them free in theyr none existent habitats with no support from breeding programs?
Wow this is great now those poor dolphins in captivity have a chance to breed and be free in their natural environment and people can enjoy the show as well.
2020: Even dolphins get jobless
i dont think thats a job that they want
At the first place, dolphin didnt apply for a job to entertain human😂😂😂
They should definitely attempt to do Orcas next…I know they are huge in size but I would love see the real ones out of sea world and other places.
the next thing we're gonna know is robotic dolphins are gonna take over the world
No it would be robot chickens
No wonder Polpot and Chairman killed so many scientist.
I, for one, welcome our new robot dolphin overlords.
Red Alert II
This work is absolutely revolutionary. I hope this technology can also benefit the captivity of other animals in the future!
Imagine all the upset children as the dolphin floats dead everytime the batteries have run out lol. Looks pretty convincing though.
shouldn't they be disappointed that we hold animals in captive for amusement?
@@enoch8604 You do understand that lol kinda means its a joke. Take your self righteous attitude some place else.
I’m more frightened by how realistic it looks.
I want to thank all the people who have made this happen. I am so ready to get these captive animals out into the wild and still be able to learn about them in the water. I’m so happy they made this happen.
In captivity the animals only let them be kissed and hugged because they know that they get a treat after. They have so much stress, pain, and suffering they have to endure and this can make a change.
Submechanophobia be like: Allow me to introduce myself
I just hope the real dolphins are safe and can live in the natural wild instead of being kept in these containers for a long time
I am all up for it. Its gonna save the wildlife and bring new attraction to the theme parks. Its a win win for everyone and definitely moves towards sustainablility and environmental protection.
Dude, this has so many possibilities, zoos and museums, animals from the past and even mythical creatures!!!
I think the only thing people would be worried about is that generations would grow up not appreciating real animals. They'd be taught that it didn't matter, it's only a robot, or something far off they can't see and doesn't affect them. I met real, wild dolphins (who chose to come say hello) off the coast of Australia several years ago. They were funny, engaging and altogether as human as any person as I've met. I treasure that memory and the experience has meant that the idea of an ocean without dolphins is something I can't imagine. So much so that I try to limit my plastic use and try, wherever possible, to reduce my impact on marine wildlife. Obviously, marine parks are not the ideal environment for these animals but, I digress, surely there must be a happy medium that allows the animals to thrive whilst maintaining that essential contact with humans? Let's be honest...we're a rather selfish species and unless faced with the reality of our actions we rarely choose to change our habits.
the coast? a happy medium that benefits both us and dolphins does not exist. keep dolphins locked up for humans entertainment or let them free in the ocean. the robots are only in ocean. if they want to see a real dolphin, go to the coast or something
You're not allowed to visit wild dolphins any more except for research purposes in a lot of places. There's always a solution to every problem though. You just need to find it and stay positive!
Thank you! Someone else points out the glaring problem this will encourage!
Everyone keeps forgetting the actual purpose aquariums and zoos have in recent years!
Yeah but human to animal contact usually lands them being killed and also who respects animals as attractions? Like a dolphin doing a flip isn't going to have a spiritual connection other than entertainment. Like at least the swim with robotic dolphin is more ethical and since the behaviour will be very close because Hollywood engineering it would be a similar experience. No animal has to suffer for what you'll experience an hour. Animal don't belong in cages for crimes they never committed... Like imagine having fantasy realistic animal robotics. But also to like get up close without a wild animals being in the picture. Showing wild animals being wild animals instead of unnatural wild behaviour. I don't why unnatural behaviour equals teaching people about wild animals when your not even seeing Thier true behaviour and mentally unwell due to not being stimulated in a natural way. It's more cruel to keep them in confined spaces than creating a realistic robot.
This would lower food bills at places of animal captivity severely.
Please do this with all animals so no more have to suffer life of captivity.
this would probably be a very slow adoption rate. some if not most dolphins are born in captivity. theyre not trained to live in the wild. also, before we let them go, we have to handle our poaching problem first. no sense in letting them go if theyll just get poached or fished
this would be such a great idea. It looks just like a dolphin, kinda Disney like almost!! We can free the other ones, and kids will still be entertained.
I think this is quite cool. It’s able to help people understand how we can protect dolphins and the ocean. Some people against this. I don’t understand.
Fnaf fans: I sleep-
“Animatronics being brung into zoo’s”
Fnaf fans: *I HAVE BEEN AWAKENED*
*How sad even Dolphins are loosing their jobs to automation*
Ok so their jobs are to be in captivity and not with their families I’ll write that down
Their job isn’t to entertain you though...
Lol
Also guys I’m pretty sure it’s just a joke 😂😂
@Peter Salucci Happy???????????
It’s really about why human need to see and touch wild animals.
To expirence them.
It would be better with wild dolphins, in the ocean, obviously if experts tell you it's ok
YESSSSSS I SUPPORT THIS 110%. TIRED OF SEEING ANIMALS LOCKED UP IN AQUARIUMS, CAGES AND SMALL AREAS TO MOVE AROUND PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND MAYBE ILL ACTUALLY GO TO A ZOO 1 DAY
The dolphins be going ⬇️↗️↘️➡️⬅️↗️⬇️↙️
imagine having one of those in your pool
Yup we need it!!
Imagine a world where animals live free and humans just get to see these in zoos instead
This is revolutionary. Mother Nature would be very pleased 😊
Robot dolphin: *dolphin things*
Dolphins:THERE STEALING OUR JOBS
That is a lot better than captivity
this so cool and it would be funny seeing these used in a dolphin show and one of them start to malfunction, seeing the kid’s confused faces lol
This is great for obvious reasons, the welfare of dolphins and other animals...but also give a job to a gamer lol.
Sign me up
Me too
Time to use my Ace combat PSM skills!
@@weregarurumon3202 Post stall Maneuvers for real
I want dolphin pilot in my portfolio.
This is a better solution than capturing real life animals and keeping them in small spaces for show and for entertainment.Let them live free,I'm glad we were doing well with technology and robot inventions
imagine Jurrasic Park like this
@@Hi-zx9sl engineer gaming has to look at this comment
Dolphins around the world are cheering rn
Now they dont have to train a dolphin to spy for them
They just need to build one
This would be terrifying with other animals, imagine a hyper realistic dinosaur
WOWW THIS IS FREAKING AWESOME🤩LIKE NO NEED REAL ANIMALS IN ZOOS👏🏻AMAZING AMAZING👏🏻✨
Imagine how many make a wish kids you could fool with this😂😂
5 million dollar for 1 robot, and then the maintenance which need an expert, and a chance for malfunction which need to send the robot to the manufacture, so that cost a lot of time and money, sure this is great but i think we won't see it as replacement real dolphin
in 10 years or so maybe.. but rn i dont think so
Im sure China will find a way to make them for cheaper
@@Hi-zx9sl im pretty sure itll be turned into a surveillance drone first. to scout for submarines and other submerged vehicles
Now if only circuses had animatronics instead of real animals.
I agree! So that the marine life can live as how they should live (in the sea)
That poor robot stuck in such a tiny tank :(
I wonder if everything would be replaced with robots and we would all be half cyborg in the next few years? But I don't like it.
The robot dolphin in the ocean be like: *WE ARE THE BROTHERHOOD OF SILICONE*
in America: EVERYTHING IS CAKE
in China: THE ANIMALS ARE FAKE
cringe comment
It's pretty funny how the comments saying this is cringe are even cringier
Imagine all the dolphins trainers rocking upto work and being handed a remote control 🥴🤣
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If they stop doing dolphin shows, I’m all for it
People really out here arguing that this is bad when it's saving the animal... Plus of the zoos or aquariums would bring in more people cause tons of nerds would love to see a hyper realistic Dolphin and how it works... 2 birds 1 stone
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Soon
2:25 I like this guys thinking. Give me a giant sea serpent!!! 😆
So we get to still have dolphin shows while also not trapping real dolphins in fish tanks anymore? Cool. Win win for everyone
Imagine if they used this for marine ocean research and observation, the things they can do will be next level!
I wanna see a real dolphin meet the robot dolphin.
It moves really naturally in the water. I keep thinking they're sliding in videos of real dolphins for comparison.
I wonder if it can/ will be able to perform tricks like jumping out of the water?
Set the real ones free! Yay!
Unbelievable. This is revolutionary! They can replace endangered (or non-existent) species in captivity or for humans to admire.
Hello everyone this is YOUR daily dose of internet
when the wifi cuts in the middle of the show
This is brilliant, but they'll just sell a gold pass or premium pass or something like that to see a real life dolphin.
Please do it! It's an amazing solution, because people can see how this animals looks like, but without real animals
I’m a little concerned that future generations would never develop the same kind of love we have for these animals if they grow up only watching synthetic facsimiles. They might just deem animals unnecessary to the natural order and just replace them in the wild with machinery designed to do their job better than them.
I would like to see how orca's would react if one was placed in their territory.
They'll be chewing on metal and wires lol
Real comment: it is actually cool tho!
It will be used as surveillance by CIA first. They tried with real dolphins in the past.
Plot twist, it's really a real dolphin but they want you to THINK they are relplacing the real dolphins with robots so that the conservationists will come back to marine parks
This ain’t the answer to extinction, giving all the male dolphins a blue pill is
You.
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This is the pinnacle of what conservation is. Raising money with (expensive) robots, and putting that money into protecting the real ones in the wild. I’d assume it would be cheaper to have robots than actual animals soon
We should replace the human audience with hyper realistic models too. This way nobody can spread COVID. Idk why you guys are mad, this about saving people.
This is really creepy, but as long as it's for the best, I can get behind it. I appreciate the creativity.
There is no downside to this also this dude literally said Jurassic animals? Like Jurassic Park?
The person who made this concept is A FRIGGIN GENIUS
When we getting anime robots?
You are a man of culture indeed.
Yes this will say millions of dolphins across the world being used in shows