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Ask HN: What is the interesting use case of humanoid robotics?
I don't think there's a use case that really "works" yet at the moment and the exploration is still undergoing
curious if anyone have seen an interesting use case of humanoid robotics that "works"
- digitalDM 10mo agoI like the idea of a crash test dummy.
- accrual 10mo agoI agree crash test dummy could be useful. Maybe the impact tests could actually improve the internal models by giving them training data on severe incidents. Personally I would love to just be able to say "hey go get me $tool from the shop" and have it returned to me a bit later. Maybe I could ask about its journey and it can tell me about almost slipping on the ice outside while I'm busy working on whatever.
- glaksmono 10mo agoLol, then why the hell we're spending so much time training the hand
- allears 10mo agoIf you want a robot that does back flips and dance moves, they've got you covered pretty well
- gregjor 10mo agoMisdirection from previous next big thing failures. Propping up stock prices. https://harpers.org/archive/2025/12/kicking-robots-james-vincent-humanoids/ https://harpers.org/archive/2025/12/kicking-robots-james-vin...
- KellyCriterion 10mo ago...well, as far as i can remember, that one guy in Tokyo(?) went brankrupt by trying to establish a robo-based "adult business" :-D