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What would you use it for that other machines are unsuitable for? Carrying stuff? Helping with somewhat heavy construction tasks? The torso seems a bit too in t
by KronisLV 6mo ago
What would you use it for that other machines are unsuitable for? Carrying stuff? Helping with somewhat heavy construction tasks? The torso seems a bit too in the way of the hands to be useful for anything. I mean, it looks cool but might be kinda useless.
- tw1984 6mo agoboost the valuation of your company.
- 2ndorderthought 6mo agoI could see some applications for it. But they are selling it as a mode of transportation?
- joe_mamba 6mo ago>The torso seems a bit too in the way of the hands to be useful for anything. The wide torso/cage is what's protecting the human operator should the robot fall over. Tyeah, the ones from Avatar look cooler, but imagine you fall on your face in it, you'd get turned into mush.
- wongarsu 6mo agoIt might fit a niche between a forklift and a crane. Pick up large things and move them, with some of the versatility of the crane and mobility of a forklift. While being too big to fit in most places, and probably having a fraction of the load capacity of either I think the article nails it: > Early buyers are likely theme parks, industrial operators, or deep-pocketed enthusiasts It looks cool, and unless you have a very specific niche that will be its main feature
- jcgrillo 6mo agoThere's no way this thing is stable enough or heavy enough to be even remotely useful for that application. They state 500kg including operator. No outriggers, all the weight is up high... that dog don't hunt.
- ottah 6mo agoNot to mention that there is no way it even has enough onboard power to operate long enough to do useful work.
- ASalazarMX 6mo agoNext iteration: the spider robot!
- jcgrillo 6mo agoTBH the 1999 visionary documentary The Wild Wild West is the foundational pedestal upon which I emplace technology writ large.
- close04 6mo agoIt's about as useful as an F1 car if you see it as a development platform.
- pjc50 6mo agoIt's for throwing the alien queen off the spaceship, obviously. (It looks uncannily like the loader Ripley drives in Aliens)
- philipwhiuk 6mo agoOr destroying AI controlled attackers swarming from the ceiling (It's also close to the APUs in Matrix Revolutions).
- ASalazarMX 6mo agoAlso looks like a rudimentary Fallout power armor.
- jcgrillo 6mo agoA forklift would be more useful and you'd have like $600k+ left over
- ramesh31 6mo ago>What would you use it for that other machines are unsuitable for? The thing I love about the tech culture in China is that they never really seem to ask themselves this question. They just do cool things because they seem cool. See their EV market for more of this. A car with a movie projector for headlights? Why not? Wish we had more of that in the US.
- datadrivenangel 6mo agoMeta ray bans and evtol drone taxis and waymos... we've got plenty of cool stuff in the US that's cool and question.
- econ 6mo agoFor the boss to walk around the factory and strike fear and laughter deep into the hearts of employees.
- ottah 6mo agoThe only thing I have seen that bipedal and quad robots have over wheels is the ability to traverse more terrain types.
- moralestapia 6mo agoWhat is the use of a Hermes bag? Carrying stuff? Did you know that people buy sneakers for thousands of dollars and don't wear them at all? What is the use of that? People like to have fun, you already know this; but perhaps what you don't know is that the "fun" segment of the world economy is trillions of dollars big. People like to have fun a lot, having fun on its own is enough of a trigger for many people to acquire stuff. This thing will sell like hot cakes.
- ASalazarMX 6mo agoIt's a weird and kind of ridiculous vehicle, but it'll improve and find uses with time. I can't think anything outside warehouses and entertaining, though, because I couldn't ride one of these to work.
- torginus 6mo agoI disagree - teleoperated robot arms with human like kinematics makes it possible for human operators to perform relatively delicate but heavy tasks that needed heavy machinery before. Imagine one of these things working on a powerline or stacking bricks like legos to build a house.
- rasz 6mo agoTeledildonics was the future that never really materialized at the wider scale. If porn cant make it work then no one (other than military for obvious reasons) will.
- torginus 6mo agoI never wouldve thought my post about industrial robots would serve as a setup for an elaborate yo mama joke
- eunos 6mo agoNeed a few prototype before we can create the penitent engine