Why does every hype-funded general purpose robot (Tesla bot, this robot) NEED to be shaped like a human. I get that our built environment is designed for humans, and some sci-fi loving part of me loves it.
But it feels like theatrics. Boston dynamics makes utilitarian robots, that all have a seemingly purpose built design to them. Even the bipedal + 2 arms + a head robot Atlas, isn’t forced to constrain itself to human proportions. By comparison this robot seems pretty unstable. I wonder if that has to do with humans and robots being fundamentally made of different materials with very different properties.
I probably answered my own question by calling it “hype-funded”.
But it feels like theatrics. Boston dynamics makes utilitarian robots, that all have a seemingly purpose built design to them. Even the bipedal + 2 arms + a head robot Atlas, isn’t forced to constrain itself to human proportions. By comparison this robot seems pretty unstable. I wonder if that has to do with humans and robots being fundamentally made of different materials with very different properties.
I probably answered my own question by calling it “hype-funded”.