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Launch HN: Nori Robotics (YC S26) – A low-cost humanoid robot for development

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Re: Launch HN: Nori Robotics (YC S26) – A low-cost humanoid robot for development

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Post by doodlebugging »

dvt wrote: post #4

Neat vision, but I can only imagine this thing literally fucking everything up. Like, knocking shit off my table, setting my kitchen on fire, bumping into things like an idiot. Not sure who the market is here apart from SF tech bros with money to burn.

Yep. If we're dependent on SF tech-bros to build useful robots we're already screwed. The Chinese robots can literally run circles around anything I've seen come out of the US. Maybe ours are not public. Don't count on that because in SV if you have an idea that might work, like this one, you're publicizing it if only to slurp up VC money before your company fails.

Re: Launch HN: Nori Robotics (YC S26) – A low-cost humanoid robot for development

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Post by theahura »

honored to welcome another nori* business, alongside

- nori.ai (ai health coach)

- heynori.com (ai family hub)

- nori inc (soil based carbon sequestration)

- noriagentic.com (that's us, ai cloud infrastructure)

and my personal favorite

- nori.co (makers of 'The Nori Cloud' a clothes steamer, as seen on Oprah's Favorite Things)

Re: Launch HN: Nori Robotics (YC S26) – A low-cost humanoid robot for development

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Post by ghostly_s »

pj_mukh wrote: post #32
arjie wrote: post #19

Where are you guys in SF? Would love to come see it. Mostly interested in seeing the speed of action (what multiple is the video replay at, etc.) and looking at center-of-mass etc. issues. I have a pretty straightforward use-case in a home. The Dreame we have in the living room is pretty good at avoiding most obstacles, but I usually have an LLM-based agent review the image automatically and either send out the vacuu…

Wow, I have the exact same use case. Just move stuff off the floor so my vacuum robot can run and my life will improve 3-4x. Easy $2000 buy. The matic is being sold as one with better obstacle avoidance and I have no doubt it does but the point is I want the obstacle out away and the floor cleaned underneath.

Having stuff moved off the floor for your robot vacuum will make your life 4 times better?

Re: Launch HN: Nori Robotics (YC S26) – A low-cost humanoid robot for development

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Post by quertyrecord74 »

elictronic wrote: post #34

The biggest problem is they are using RC style servos. This is why all the arm motions are jerky and lack precision. What this means: No force feedback on positioning. Jerky motion due to actuator steps. Limited precision. Terrible slow motion control performance. Fast movements will look better. Inability to solve problems with software. Basically think of all the joints like those cheap thermal camera screens that…

whats the alternative to servos that give precise movement and control via software.

Re: Launch HN: Nori Robotics (YC S26) – A low-cost humanoid robot for development

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Post by cpgxiii »

quertyrecord74 wrote: post #46
elictronic wrote: post #34

The biggest problem is they are using RC style servos. This is why all the arm motions are jerky and lack precision. What this means: No force feedback on positioning. Jerky motion due to actuator steps. Limited precision. Terrible slow motion control performance. Fast movements will look better. Inability to solve problems with software. Basically think of all the joints like those cheap thermal camera screens that…

whats the alternative to servos that give precise movement and control via software.

Any of the integrated actuators on the market (e.g. Cubemars, zeroerr, myactuator, many more) do proper control and feedback.

Re: Launch HN: Nori Robotics (YC S26) – A low-cost humanoid robot for development

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Post by listingbott »

arjie wrote: post #19

Where are you guys in SF? Would love to come see it. Mostly interested in seeing the speed of action (what multiple is the video replay at, etc.) and looking at center-of-mass etc. issues. I have a pretty straightforward use-case in a home. The Dreame we have in the living room is pretty good at avoiding most obstacles, but I usually have an LLM-based agent review the image automatically and either send out the vacuu…

The home use-case sounds pretty interesting, especially the idea of having an 8-hour window where speed doesn't really matter. Do you think a robot like this could eventually be more useful at home precisely because it can move slowly and safely, rather than trying to optimize for human-like speed?

Re: Launch HN: Nori Robotics (YC S26) – A low-cost humanoid robot for development

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Post by Mawr »

Right, a $1,688 robot that can:

- Cook food

- Clean up

- Bring me stuff from the fridge

- Load a dishwasher

- Fold clothes

So I guess my main question is: What do you hope to accomplish by shamelessly lying? I mean, beyond the lack of shame, you're selling a product here, so are you not at least afraid of the lawsuits? You do know that false advertising is a crime, right?

Or I suppose you're just very optimistic and naive and think that programming it to pick up one pre-placed item and do some specifically programmed action with it is the same as "brings arbitrary stuff from the fridge to an arbitrary person anywhere in the house"?

Also, people these days are more attuned to the whole "trust" thing. By lying upfront you've just killed your company forever for me and others like me. You could have been upfront about the limitations of your product, but no, you had to say it folds clothes, lol. You're now going to be a scam in the mind of me and surely many others, forever.

Either way, you're in for a rough time.

Re: Launch HN: Nori Robotics (YC S26) – A low-cost humanoid robot for development

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Post by whazor »

So many moving parts that can break. I am already sad my robot vacuum cleaner broke (it's the moving lidar that broke). I have to send the entire thing including dock back to the manufacturer (very expensive).

My preference would be ifixit level guides where you can easily replace parts yourself. Then it would be perfect if the same servo is used everywhere so I can have 3 or 4 stored somewhere.

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