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Introducing Stretch | Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2021–2021).
SignalTube analysis
Among 55 other demo videos tagged Robotics, the mean is 0.7 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 1 distinct HN recommenders, about 1.5× that mean. Recommendations span 1 distinct month; the peer average is 0.7 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
25% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2021–2021; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 2 minutes 1 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2021-03-29.
- Channel / speaker
- Boston Dynamics
- Verified runtime
- 2m 1s
- YouTube upload date
- 2021-03-29
- Hacker News mention years
- 2021–2021
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Robotics. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introducing Stretch | Boston DynamicsCurrent video | 1 | 1 | 25% | — | 2m 1s | 2021-03-29 |
| Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everythingdemo · Mark Rober | 5 | 5 | 29% | No recorded overlap | 21m 32s | 2023-03-18 |
| Festo - SmartBirddemo · Festo | 4 | 4 | 67% | No recorded overlap | 1m 48s | 2011-03-22 |
| Boston Dynamics Big Dog (new video March 2008)demo · olinerd | 3 | 3 | 38% | No recorded overlap | 3m 29s | 2008-03-17 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a critical mention in “Boston Dynamics’ Stretch robot can move 800 heavy boxes per hour”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Boston Dynamics’ Stretch robot can move 800 heavy boxes per hour”. Its short rationale: Intro video shows what Stretch does better.
The archive classifies this as a joke in “US hunger crisis persists, especially for kids, older adults”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.