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Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines

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Re: Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines

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Post by gpm »

yial wrote: post #28
gpm wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FPV drone hardware has commercialized very cheap very low latency video feeds to headsets. Not with headtracking though. Not sure that's reasonably possible.

FPV headsets can have head tracking. I don’t know cost now, but it was possible even in 2012/2013/2014 when I worked in that industry.

Huh, so there is, with physical servos moving a camera.

Any idea what latency numbers might look like? Seems unlikely the physical movement can be especially low latency.

Re: Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines

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Post by ASalazarMX »

rkagerer wrote: post #26

They weren't kidding about it looking like an awesome 80's robot! Resembles Johnny 5 (from 1988): https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/robotics/images/4/49/Johnn...

I wasn't sure if it was justified, but was instantly sold when it nodded with its little head.

Re: Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines

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Post by fragmede »

roughly wrote: post #22
ano-ther wrote: post #4

Here is a video of it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owSJK7vMSLk Interestingly, humans come very close to it during operation.

That looks incredibly cool, and also instantly nausea inducing - I can’t imagine the video feed and the head gyros are fast enough to avoid that little bit of lag and judder that turn VR into a vomit machine. The feedback on the arm is very cool, though.

just over so it on the cameras so there isn't a latency because you're not actually moving the giant robot head

Re: Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines

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Post by nashashmi »

maxglute wrote: post #13

It's still user controlled like a surgical robot but for construction. I'm guessing it's eventually going to be run remotely by a bunch of japanese operators too old to work in the field. Also disappointingly small for "enormous", was hoping for a gundam.

By enormous I was expecting something that could lift a rail car.

Re: Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines

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Post by jolmg »

rkagerer wrote: post #26

They weren't kidding about it looking like an awesome 80's robot! Resembles Johnny 5 (from 1988): https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/robotics/images/4/49/Johnn...

Huh. Robot with denim jacket in Chromium, but placeholder image (mountain and sun icon) in Firefox. Can view in Firefox if cb query param is removed. Weird.

Re: Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines

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Post by analog31 »

maxglute wrote: post #13

It's still user controlled like a surgical robot but for construction. I'm guessing it's eventually going to be run remotely by a bunch of japanese operators too old to work in the field. Also disappointingly small for "enormous", was hoping for a gundam.

I think putting it in a reptile suit would not be too much to ask.

Re: Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines

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Post by anotherhue »

anigbrowl wrote: post #23
maxglute wrote: post #13

It's still user controlled like a surgical robot but for construction. I'm guessing it's eventually going to be run remotely by a bunch of japanese operators too old to work in the field. Also disappointingly small for "enormous", was hoping for a gundam.

Gotta start somewhere, once the initial bugs are sorted out we can start forcing ambivalent high schoolers into existential crisis situations.

...all's right with the world.

Re: Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines

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Post by aaron695 »

maxglute wrote: post #13

It's still user controlled like a surgical robot but for construction. I'm guessing it's eventually going to be run remotely by a bunch of japanese operators too old to work in the field. Also disappointingly small for "enormous", was hoping for a gundam.

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