return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoWorld humanoid robot games show runners breaking records, bursting into flamesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1287arrow-down112
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minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down3·6 days agoNever. There’s absolutely no need to use humanoid robots for that, other form factors would be much more efficient.
minus-squarebaldingpudenda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 days agoI wanna say it was a dynamics robot that was awkwardly jogging because of an unbalanced load. Stopped. Got on all 4 and ran off WAY faster (50-60kph) up a rocky hill.they basically said going bipedal was really just to comfort the people around it.
minus-squareAmju Wolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoEfficient yes, but humanoid robots are much more likely to be accepted by the general public.
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoIf they’re being used to “chase people down” I don’t think acceptance by the general public is all that relevant.
minus-squareAmju Wolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoIf they’re used to chase down people the general public doesn’t like, it might even be applauded.
Never. There’s absolutely no need to use humanoid robots for that, other form factors would be much more efficient.
I wanna say it was a dynamics robot that was awkwardly jogging because of an unbalanced load. Stopped. Got on all 4 and ran off WAY faster (50-60kph) up a rocky hill.they basically said going bipedal was really just to comfort the people around it.
Efficient yes, but humanoid robots are much more likely to be accepted by the general public.
If they’re being used to “chase people down” I don’t think acceptance by the general public is all that relevant.
If they’re used to chase down people the general public doesn’t like, it might even be applauded.
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