Thread 106899402

You can make a robot carry or sit on you if you wear a t-shirt with QR code?

>>106899402 (OP)
Why do they insist on humanoid robots for those tasks? There's thousands of more efficient designs.

>>106899847
>Why do they insist on humanoid robots for those tasks?
Money. Simple as.

>"There are two schools of thought on how to solve real-world robotics: build an environment specifically for robots, or reverse it and build robots for our human environment. We could have either millions of different types of robots serving unique tasks or one humanoid robot with a general interface, serving millions of tasks. At Figure, we believe general purpose humanoid robots built for a human environment is the desired route to have the largest overall impact. For that reason, our humanoid robots resemble the human body in shape — two legs, two arms, hands, and screen for a face. With one product we can meet the complex human environment with human-like capabilities, and provide endless types of support across a variety of circumstances."
https://www.figure.ai/master-plan

>>106899941
>Money. Simple as.
nta but thats extremely vague

>>106900049
As expected. He wrote this treatise in one sitting at the very founding of the company. I'm sure (as he mentions) there are literally millions of possible scenarios with the human form (or, conversely, millions of possible robots that would need developing instead). Which would you choose?

>tl;dr
Don't throw the baby out with your pet peeve, fren.

>>106900135
>which would you choose
certainly something quadrupedal at least
thats gonna solve so many problems and make it so much more capable while keeping the same functionality

>>106900135
btw
>He wrote this treatise in one sitting at the very founding of the company.
thats not how you design
you iterate
this applies to everything

>>106899402 (OP)
humans can do all of these things, what the fuck do we need these for? to prance around like faggot?

>>106899402 (OP)
its honestly so lame how they're trying to make them humanoids.
>look it can highstep
>look it can sit
like lol i get why, but its retarded. just turn it into a forklift tank and start getting some economic use out of them.
oh right
>its all investor bubble con

>>106899847
VC capital. Business majors are not smart, or efficient, or even know where to really put their money for a good return. Most VC capitalists, simply shove their cash into a bubble and try and pull out before its too late.

Until computer leaves the analog age, we won't see any real sci-fi type shit.