alt Hacker NewsI once again wonder why companies are building bipedal robots. Is it just for show?
If you want to build a general purpose industrial robot, surely a wheeled base with arms/hands is a better starting point. Cheaper, much easier to increase payload weight, and no risk of having it fall over onto someone.
If you want to build something which can navigate general terrain, then surely a robot dog is a better solution.
90% of use cases don't need both, and once you've solved building a general purpose industrial robot I promise you won't have trouble finding funding to add legs to it.
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FLeXMurphy • today at 2:55 PM
> Is it just for show?
No, and they aren't just bipedal. It is for replacing humans.
A drop in replacement for a human in the very long tail of useful tasks is worth a lot.
And it’s a winner take all market as the learning curve and efficiencies of scale will drive down the cost for the most general purpose form of robot.