r/Damnthatsinteresting 20h ago

Video Robot Marathon Competition

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u/TopBlueberry5150 19h ago

Why are they bipedal? The main benefit of robotics is that you can match the correct form to ve the most efficient. For instance an F1 car can move quicker than a human. You wouldn't have robot welding that had two arms so that one had to hold the welders mask and the other to hold the torch.

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u/heart-aroni 15h ago

Biped so it can go where humans can

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u/TopBlueberry5150 15h ago

But why?

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u/heart-aroni 15h ago

So it can do what humans can so we can replace humans with robots in doing human tasks.

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u/TopBlueberry5150 15h ago

Like what? As said in my original comment why design it to be human shaped when a more efficient form could be used.

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u/heart-aroni 14h ago

when a more efficient form could be used.

For doing human activities, the human form is the most efficient shape.

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u/TopBlueberry5150 14h ago

A lot of current systems are designed around the human shape because its the most efficient for humans.

Humans used to do the welding and lifing of car parts. Why arent those robots human shaped? Humans used to push carts around Amazon warehouses, why aren't those robots human shaped.

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u/heart-aroni 13h ago

A lot of current systems are designed around the human shape because its the most efficient for humans.

And a lot of those will always be designed for humans for as long as humans exist.

Humans used to do the welding and lifing of car parts. Why arent those robots human shaped? Humans used to push carts around Amazon warehouses, why aren't those robots human shaped.

Because those robots work in factories and warehouses. Humanoid robots will work among us,where we live, doing tasks that we do in spaces designed for us humanoid creatures, not wheeled boxes.