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Re: Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot

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Post by dvrj101 »

websiteapi wrote: post #20

I don't understand why this even has to charge at all. It makes sense for multiple reasons to give it 3 batteries that say have 1/3 of the capacity, and make at least 1, if not 2 or 3 capable of charging independently on a station. Then the robot would just go to its station and swap its own batteries. Why even have wireless charging at all? Or even a cable? Or even have it "charge"? Battery swapping seems to make wa…

> can order its own replacement batteries, yeah companies would love to exploit this kind of subscription and definitely agree on battery swapping capabilities, it's more efficient .

> Bonus points if the robot has data on the degradation BMS that can tell battery health is common so this should be there.

Re: Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot

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Post by Blumplumi »

spagoop wrote: post #28

As my parents get older, I'm starting to understand the real value that robots / autonomous driving has for addressing core accessibility issues. I have no idea about the maturity of this company in particular, but it's interesting that glossy robotics startups never lean in on that as a core user base.

Check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqP8IXA-UXs it shows how critical lifting with weights is for old people.

I think we have A LOT of old people in precare situations because they are not aware of the possible difference this can make.

Re: Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot

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Post by browningstreet »

causal wrote: post #14
dpcx wrote: post #2

Maybe it's just me, but everything about this announcement feels very I, Robot... and not in a good way. > allowing the entire fleet to upload terabytes of data for continuous learning and improvement Ugh. Edit: Yes, I meant I, Robot the film. U.S. Robotics and the like.

Yeah tech companies have a weird fixation on using dystopian literature as their entire branding playbook

Dystopian literature was training data and road-mapping.

Re: Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot

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Post by browningstreet »

the_other wrote: post #8
ACCount37 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you believe that thankless, pointless busywork is a virtue, then surely, Sisyphus must be the most virtuous man of them all.

Cleaning is pointless?

All the mindfulness threads on this site would like a word.

Re: Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot

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Post by marcellus23 »

dpcx wrote: post #2

Maybe it's just me, but everything about this announcement feels very I, Robot... and not in a good way. > allowing the entire fleet to upload terabytes of data for continuous learning and improvement Ugh. Edit: Yes, I meant I, Robot the film. U.S. Robotics and the like.

Do you mean "I, Robot", not iRobot the vacuum company? And if so, I'm guessing you're referring to the movie with Will Smith? The original book of short stories isn't really dystopian, it's more just an interesting exploration of Asimov's concept of how robots would work.

Re: Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot

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Post by Citizen_Lame »

the_other wrote: post #8
ACCount37 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you believe that thankless, pointless busywork is a virtue, then surely, Sisyphus must be the most virtuous man of them all.

Cleaning is pointless?

It is, but we want our habitat to be clean.

If robots can fight entropy for us, all the better.

Re: Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot

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Post by Blumplumi »

CooCooCaCha wrote: post #19
Workaccount2 wrote: post #3

What does your life around your house look like when you can shamelessly leave a mess everywhere? It almost makes the uncomfortable with the amount of laziness it enables. At least with a human maid you still feel shame leaving a mess, but a robot?

Why are you fixated on laziness and shame when it comes to tedious household tasks? Why is it so important to you that people fold their own clothes and wash their own dishes? Why do you idolize a life of increased drudgery?

Daily live is living.

There is not a magic portal opening up when you are able to optimize ever aspect away of living and you will gain access to enlightment and everything is different.

And don't get me wrong, I have no clue how our society would look like if everything is done by ai and robots because we as a society don't talk about it and don't give everyone the resources they want or need if they have suddenly no 'drugdgery' anymore.

Give me a million today and i will spend the next 10 years rebuiling an old castle and I will have A LOT of fun doing this. Let me check, my bank balance is not at one million.

Instead i have to pay for a lot of things and then I have to work for 40 hours. Suddenly i'm great at my job, get valued but this is just Drudgery even if its complex work. Its work for someone else which doesn't matter to me.

Re: Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot

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Post by marcellus23 »

iamkoch wrote: post #32

The site uses the word Helix so frequently that I began to feel stupid for having no idea what it means. Helix is used in so many different linguistic settings that it's not clear what it is.

It's explained in the first bullet point, even before the fold:

> Helix: Figure 03 features a completely redesigned sensory suite and hand system which is purpose-built to enable Helix - Figure's proprietary vision-language-action AI.

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