Kind of shows just how far behind Telsa is with their "robot"
Tesla fans are happy just to pretend.
Boston Dynamics robot Atlas goes hands on [video]
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#72Why does it jump so awkwardly when the part doesn't fit and it has to readjust?
If (armIsStuck) forceZ = normalForceZ * 5; // don't remove this line!!! Bob found that's enough to release the arm when it gets stuck.
Re: Boston Dynamics robot Atlas goes hands on [video]
#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
> The battery life of a human is 6-8 hours. So that's the competition. How many naps are you taking? Normal uptime is at least 16 hours. In special circumstances, much more is possible. I'd be amazed if the robots are more than 2. Slightly surprised if they're over 1. It's not exactly comparable.
Humans have an uptime of 16 hours, but generally speaking can only operate professionally for an 8 hour span. The other 8 hours are spent mostly doing personal maintenance and refueling their physical and mental capabilities. Oh, and humans have traditionally banded together to punish those who ask for more than 8 hours a day or 5 days a week, and have even historically gotten very murdery over the subject. Buyer bew…
The comparison does get kind of non-sensical.
How much PTO does the robot use? Are they a culture fit? Do they have any insights for process improvement?
If robots can replace humans for the most monotonous tasks, I'm all for it, as long as it doesn't hurt living conditions for those humans.
But all these robots are only shown to us in very carefully controlled conditions. If a human was doing what we saw this robot doing in a factory, they'd probably get disciplined unless they increased their speed by 400%. This is state of the art, I presume.
Maybe this kind of thing will be useful some day, but it feels like that day is a long way off.
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#74I think whenever I see humanoid robots like this: What is the battery life? I imagine this will be a critical limitation on these, until further notice.
In many situations, I would imagine an overhead power cable would be feasible.
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#75I think whenever I see humanoid robots like this: What is the battery life? I imagine this will be a critical limitation on these, until further notice.
Humans recharge for 1/3 of the day. That's achievable with batteries. The rest schedule might be a bit different.
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yup, it's a real shame that batteries can't be swapped.
Swapping batteries is often suggested, but rarely actually used in practice due to a wide range of logistical issues like thermal management, cost, etc.
Humanoid robots are often suggested, but rarely actually used in practice due to a wide range of issues. When they come to market, they will bring with them new technologies, like power management, humanoid robots, etc.
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#77The video is impressive, but how does it learn? How long does it take before it can do something new? I realize this is still very much a research project, but I'd love to understand how it works.
Yeah. The robotics is impressive either way but the AI is unclear.
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I often call out the cgi "enhancements" that I notice on Boston Dynamics videos. This one doesn't seem to have any that I can tell. On others, however, when I point them out, I get borderline religious vitriol pushback. From what I've observed, (so preface the following with "It seems to me that:") BD obviously has a well-honed "playback" tool. They have the ability to command the robot to operate in a new environmen…
> I get borderline religious vitriol pushback I can see that. Because you're posting incoherent scenarios with no evidence. Meanwhile we have Spot being deployed in Australian mines for surveillance where the environment is constantly changing. Not sure how they would accomplish this if everything they do is CGI.
I did not say everything they do is CGI. Your response is prime example. Just doubting Boston Dynamic's MARKETING brings out the strawman fallacies. Simply proves the marketing is working. I don't doubt the robots exist. How stupid do you think the average HN commenter is?
Re: Boston Dynamics robot Atlas goes hands on [video]
#79I think whenever I see humanoid robots like this: What is the battery life? I imagine this will be a critical limitation on these, until further notice.
If they put the charge port in the ear then they can just train it with a video library of humans pulling around corded phones.
Re: Boston Dynamics robot Atlas goes hands on [video]
#80I think whenever I see humanoid robots like this: What is the battery life? I imagine this will be a critical limitation on these, until further notice.
The battery life of a human is 6-8 hours. Those pesky humans also want "rights". Takes a long time to make a new human too. So that's the competition.
> Those pesky humans also want "rights".
Yep, you’re not allowed to own them, only rent them. And there’s no right to repair if you have a defective unit.