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Robot with 1,000 muscles twitches like human while dangling from ceiling
(arstechnica.com)
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It's clear they made this weird on purpose but still, so many questions...
Oh yeah, definitely a huge step in that direction...
That's all of the bones of an human adult. Yeah, I'm sure absolutely all of them were necessary.
I don’t understand these companies’ obsession with humanoid robots. A robot doesn’t have to humanoid to be a useful household helper. It doesn’t even have to be humanoid for people to form a friendly bond with it (something I think would be a good quality in a “household helper”) just look at Star Wars droids
A humanoid robot can operate in the existing world. It can climb stairs and open a door, for example. A robot on wheels without arms can't do that.
Wouldn't a quadruped be easier? You can stick arms onto a robotic "dog".
You could, but it still has to interact with things at and above human height, like stuff on countertops and high shelves.