• spectrums_coherence@piefed.social
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    4 days ago

    For people who are not aware, “Yao-Shun-Yu” are the first three (half-mythical) kings of China. They are famous for their altruism and kindness.

    At this point, I am not even sure naming robots after human rulers is dystopian or not.

  • yesman@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    The only reason to make a robot humanoid is to fuck it. Every other use-case doesn’t need human limitations or complexity.

    Why design hips, knees, ankles, coordination, and balance when wheels exist?

    Humanoid robots are a scam.

    • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 days ago

      The world around us is shaped to serve the human figure. Steps, stairs, gaps between surfaces, ladders, and obstacles on the ground would be near impossible to navigate using wheels. Instead of changing the environment it’d be easier to make a humanoid robot that can navigate those things the same way we would.

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      I saw a Chinese robot short on YouTube recently where the robot had hips and swayed while it walked. For a more “human like” gait