Comment on A $20,000 humanoid that does chores is heading to US homes this year.

jwt@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Because a humanoid robot can theoretically do all the things humans can do, using appliances designed for humans to operate.

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  • jwt@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Non-humanoids can theoretically do that too.

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      “Non-humanoids” is an incredibly broad description. For example, a Roomba can’t empty your dishwasher. But a humanoid robot can use your existing human vacuum to clean the floors.

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      • jwt@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Yes that’s the whole point. They’re forcibly thinking in humanoid forms, while I dont care about form, I care about function. Make shit that’s useful, and I dont care what package it comes in. In the vast majority of use cases it’s incredibly cumbersome to have it in bipedal form; you to have reserve cpu power/mechanics/power for balance and shit, while not at all necessary for the tasks at hand.

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  • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I felt like robo simian made sense for versatility. I can see some thing that is more like a carbon atom so it can naturally tripod but can go to 2 or even one limb as base and have more grasping limbs.

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