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Re: Microduck

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Post by iamwil »

numpad0 wrote: post #164
skinfaxi wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this version has a certain charm to it, reminiscent of Wall-E. I think avoiding the uncanny valley is better than trying to cutemax and failing.

All of Sony bots have somewhat abstract aesthetics. It's not about realism at all but about optimizing the looks. There are tons of basic stuffs like concave eyes that Aldebaran Nao had that a lot of art majors and 3D modellers should be able to come up with that lots of these cutebots are missing.

Any specific Sony bots you're recommend looking at and studying?

Re: Microduck

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Post by iamwil »

dgellow wrote: post #17
kodoman wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why not?

Because it’s a lie. And is pushing for even worse sycophantic products > Emotional AI Support, Powered by Intelligence Targeting emotionally vulnerable people with AI promises is pretty disgusting

Plato thought writing was a lie:

> If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written...And it is no true wisdom that you offer your disciples, but only its semblance, for by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing, and as men filled, not with wisdom, but with the conceit of wisdom, they will be a burden to their fellows.

Basically, reading writing (without instruction) will only make people seem like they know stuff, by parroting others, when in fact, they know not much of anything.

Re: Microduck

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Post by num42 »

I found a few open-source small bipedal robots on the internet. There are actually many open-source robots available:

[1]. https://robotics.umich.edu/news/2024/a-smaller-simpler-biped...

https://github.com/daviddoo02/Legolas-an-open-source-biped

[2].https://github.com/MuShibo/Micro-Wheeled_leg-Robot

[3].https://github.com/Yuexuan9/Tinker

Quadruped:

[1].https://github.com/stanfordroboticsclub/StanfordQuadruped

[2].https://open-dynamic-robot-initiative.github.io/

Re: Microduck

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Post by _carbyau_ »

toasty228 wrote: post #91
_joel wrote: post #22

It's either this or https://mondorobotics.com/ and I'm torn. Obviously it's for my daughter and I will just be safety checking, definitely, 100%.

Both are expensive e waste, companies come up every 5 years with these "house robots for kids", they're used for about 5 days, I've seen the cycle many times already

I love Battletech. If the IP holders ever get their shit together and have a properly walking Vulture/Mad-Dog, I'm sold.

Bonus points for laser tag capability like those tabletop tanks.

Re: Microduck

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Post by d3Xt3r »

silisili wrote: post #182
lambda wrote: post #75

Tried out the simulator and was surprised to find that the movement keys are ZQSD; then realized that's the equivalent of WASD on an AZERTY keyboard. Checked and sure enough, Pollen Robotics is a French company. They may want to at least add a preference for keyboard layout, pretty sure that QWERTY and QWERTZ are much more common worldwide than AZERTY.

When I started out playing Quake 1 many moons ago, when I complained about how to reach keybindings as I was using the arrow keys, a veteran player on the server told me patiently to use ESDF like a normal person. So I did, and learned, and it stuck with me. It wasn't until years later I realized that was more a rarity and people usually use WASD. I kept ESDF because I was used to it, and because it's nice have those…

There was an interesting discussion around this a couple of years ago, I was quite surprised to see people still using ESDF: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41148889

Re: Microduck

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Post by [deleted] »

telecuda wrote: post #36

It doesn't walk like a duck, but Reachy Mini by HF/Pollen Robotics is a great entry-level robot. And you get to assemble it! Direct links: https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/ https://pollen-robotics.com/reachy-mini/

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