IRonCub: A Humanoid Robot Designed to Fly Like Iron Man

Post by bArray » Mon, Oct 06, 2025, 1:43 PM UTC

eig wrote: post #13

voidUpdate wrote: post #2

I really feel like people need to stop trying to make these sorts of robots look so "human-like". The effect of a mouthless bald doll head strapped on top of an iron man robot isn't exactly comforting, to me anyway. It starts to hit the uncanny valley a bit

Presumably they want to eventually put a human inside it, in which case having a humanoid robot to work off of wouldn't change the aero calculations and designs too much. The article talks about specific design considerations to avoid the exhaust gases.

Post by p0w3n3d » Mon, Oct 06, 2025, 2:06 PM UTC

Post by wsintra2022 » Mon, Oct 06, 2025, 2:14 PM UTC

KineticLensman wrote: post #10

voidUpdate wrote: post #2

I really feel like people need to stop trying to make these sorts of robots look so "human-like". The effect of a mouthless bald doll head strapped on top of an iron man robot isn't exactly comforting, to me anyway. It starts to hit the uncanny valley a bit

A similar type of robot is key to the plot of the superbly quirky film 'Brian and Charles' [0] in which a nutty inventor build a robot that looks exactly a weird old-man's head stuck on top of a washing-machine shaped body. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_and_Charles

Post by stavros » Mon, Oct 06, 2025, 2:22 PM UTC

bArray wrote: post #21

eig wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Presumably they want to eventually put a human inside it, in which case having a humanoid robot to work off of wouldn't change the aero calculations and designs too much. The article talks about specific design considerations to avoid the exhaust gases.

> Presumably they want to eventually put a human inside it [..] I'm imagining a team just putting the organs of a human into the robot to save on space. Basically a brain plus whatever is absolutely necessary to run the brain.

Post by 1234letshaveatw » Mon, Oct 06, 2025, 2:47 PM UTC

MSFT_Edging wrote: post #18

1234letshaveatw wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Ah the classic, "It was about state's rights" argument dressed up a bit. Similar to the original, let's ask "state's right to what?" What was manipulated or suppressed? Bleach is Medicine? The deep state swamp? "Debanking" crypto scammers?