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This is really nice, but why humanoid? Spiders, dogs etc with human arm(s) and hands with thumbs etc seem to make a lot more sense. We can design whatever we wa
by anonzzzies 1y ago
This is really nice, but why humanoid? Spiders, dogs etc with human arm(s) and hands with thumbs etc seem to make a lot more sense. We can design whatever we want, why make them humanoid? Or at least 'ape', so it would crawl on all fours normally for stability and can stand up and use it's hands (and feet) for working on things.
- throwing_away 1y agoThe world is already human shaped. It's essentially backwards compatibility for existing physical interfaces.
- anonzzzies 1y agoSure but we can have something compatible while more stable: quadro etc that can stand on 2+ legs. So far I see the only actually practical robots in industry or at home not resembling humans in the slightest. Just the arms, if that.
- pigeons 1y agoAt a minimum it needs roller skates, wings and flippers
- codekansas 1y agoActually the main reason is that the supply chain for humanoid robots is maturing very quickly, and the price has dropped to the point a lot and will likely continue to drop. Also the machine learning methods for humanoids are improving quickly as well. So there's a lot of tailwinds for building humanoid robots.