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Reality Is Ruining the Humanoid Robot Hype: The obstacles to scaling up humanoids that nobody is talking about (spectrum.ieee.org)
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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 14 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

But in the short to medium term, there are much more reliable, efficient, and cost-effective platforms that can take over in these situations: robots with arms, but with wheels instead of legs.

I never understood why the first generation of robots can’t just be on wheels. Even if it needs to go up and down stairs often, it’s still easier to have legs just for stairs and resort to wheels all other times.

The article also thinks battery life is an issue. IMO too many things have batteries, why can’t it just rely on a power cord. Sure that won’t work in some situations, but damn it it can fold my laundry.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 27 minutes ago

why can't it just rely on a power cord

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Think of it like grandma. She can fold your underwear for you but needs to go sit down every half hour

[–] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

Yes, more specialized robots for now. When it's harder to build for a human to do the job, build for a robot to do the job.

At some point in the future, it makes sense to combine the features of different types of robots into one form that can step in to human jobs