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As Elon Musk quipped, in a few years this thing will move so fast you’ll need a strobe to see it. It’s not subject to the human reaction time or mechanical cons
by throwaway84742 8y ago
As Elon Musk quipped, in a few years this thing will move so fast you’ll need a strobe to see it. It’s not subject to the human reaction time or mechanical constraints.
- joss82 8y agoIt is subject to mechanical constraints AKA laws of physics. Acceleration is limited by the grip on the ground under its feet. It could slowly accelerate to amazing speeds though.
- throwaway84742 8y agoIt could use spikes and/or go on all fours in “fast” mode. It’s whatever you design. My main point though is not mechanics, but the significantly lower reaction time. Given enough compute, the world that seems “real time” to us could appear to be slow as molasses to a robot. I think the natural thing to do would be to make it move at the speed that provides a good balance between accomplishing objectives and energy consumption. I think that this speed is much faster than what we’re used to with humans. For eg military robots that balance could be further tweaked in favor of quickly accomplishing objectives.
- carapace 8y agoCompressed-air rockets. Or H2O2 with a platinum catalyst; "decomposition ... into steam and oxygen" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_peroxide#Propellant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_peroxide#Propellant We're spit-balling hero-bots, not nasty kill-bots, riiiight?