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(2022) Not seen again, much. In 2024, there's a video of it as a cargo carrier, with a luggage rack replacing the seat. The foam outriggers are no longer prese
by Animats 2y ago
(2022)
Not seen again, much. In 2024, there's a video of it as a cargo carrier, with a luggage rack replacing the seat. The foam outriggers are no longer present, so stability has probably improved.[1]
Unclear why they stuck those omni-wheels on the ankles.
Notice that in the 2022 video, there's a humanoid robot hanging around in the back.
In 2023, Kawasaki showed off a better humanoid.[2] It's pretty good. One of the demos is that it picks up one end of a table, while a human picks up the other, and they work together to move the table, moving forwards, backwards, and turning to get it around some obstacles.
This is Kawasaki's 7th generation humanoid. There's real progress. Unlike Honda's ASIMO, which was abandoned a few years ago.
There are over a dozen humanoid robot projects now.[3] Some of them are pretty good. Most have hands and reasonable manipulation ability.
When funding is mentioned, figures such as US$600 million are shown.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idOV179931052022RP1/ https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idOV179931052022RP1/
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h66xSbIEdU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h66xSbIEdU
[3] https://james.darpinian.com/blog/you-havent-seen-these-real-humanoid-robot-demos https://james.darpinian.com/blog/you-havent-seen-these-real-...