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First Bipedal Robots With Hands Coming to BMW Factory (gizmodo.com)

submitted 10 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

yes we have millions of tethered robotic arms in use today with tools as hands. but once an untethered humanoid robot is available on the market with robotic hands, the use cases are infinite.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't think it's productive to try replicating the human hand accurately enough to do most manual tasks, especially with very different technology like servos, actuators and pneumatics. If we ever get there, the resulting product will be very expensive and still less capable than purpose-built robots. Why buy a $1M humanoid robot that can split logs with your existing $20 axe when fully automated splitters cost tens of thousands?

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

the estimates are $40k per robot plus ai cloud subcription