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jwt@programming.dev 1 day agoYes 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.
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
…what? Is your point?
They are largely the same in this case.
jwt@programming.dev 1 day ago
You said non-humanoid is a broad description like it’s a negative. It’s not. Fixating on making the robot humanoid unnecessarily narrows it down. Form and function are by definition not the same, so I don’t understand what you mean by that. But I’m got going to stop because it seems.you’re intentionally obtuse.
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
No, I said it like it’s a meaningless phrase.
Its not a fixation. Its simple logic that I’ve already explained. Everything we own is designed to be used by humans, so creating a humanoid robot makes them extremely versatile.
That’s not correct at all. Function is very largely tied to form, especially in the case of robotics.
jwt@programming.dev 1 day ago
This is not the argument clinic.