Re: OT: The Robots are coming.

On 12/9/2024 9:13 PM, Mad Hamish wrote:

On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 14:38:24 -0500, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
 

I know for many it's politically correct to crap on anything Elon Musk
is involved in these days, but its worth keeping up with his companies
accomplishments.
>
Here's his robot, walking over uneven terrain, up and downhill, and
recovering from slips:

 I worked for a guy 20 years ago who'd previously worked in robotics in
the USA
Companies had worked out walking robots when he was there.

Link?
1. Did it operate from on board power, or was it cabled?
2. Did it use on-board computers, or was that also cabled?
3. Could it walk over rough, unstable surfaces, as this one does?
The earliest bipedal robot I can find is actually Chinese, from 2000,
called Xianxingzhe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTBxHOM-NmM
It doesn't meet any of the 3 above conditions, though it can handle
stepping over an obstacle.
The new ones can do all these things. They are a hell of a
lot closer to Asimovian robots than anything that came before.
Tesla has done in 3 years what took Boston Dynamics 20.
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