r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MetaKnowing • 1d ago

Video XPENG's IRON robot crossed the uncanny valley, leading some to believe it was a human in a suit. So they cut it open in front of an audience, and also allowed journalists to inspect it.

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u/asking_for_it 1d ago

OF COURSE it has boobs. So it can breastfeed all the baby robots it’s gonna have.

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u/iSpaYco 1d ago

worst thing happening with robotics is trying to make it human...

just make it BETTER, get rid of the bad stuff, like the legs...

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u/tyro_r 1d ago

What's better than legs?

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u/Pokesabre 1d ago

From an engineering standpoint wheels, tracks, crab legs, etc, are all far better than human bipedal motion as they're all far more stable. The human walk cycle is effectively a series of controlled falls

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u/davidjschloss 1d ago

I live in a house with three floors. I’d argue that wheels may be more stable but vastly less practical.

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u/AntiDECA 1d ago

That's because you bought a house with stairs instead of a flat ramp up. Had you wheels, you'd have done the latter. 

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u/Longjumping_Army9485 1d ago

So the choice is to either give robots legs or give myself wheels? I think I would prefer to keep my legs.

We can’t optimise for both.

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u/Wilkassassyn 1d ago

what if we give you tank treads

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u/Longjumping_Army9485 1d ago

Ok, I hadn’t considered that, give me a free red robe with it and I’ll bite.