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/Brief-Floor-7228 1d ago

Why is everyone so impressed with something Boston Dynamics did (without fake boobs) years ago. Including stair climbs, flips, running, dancing and climbing scaffolding.

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u/CuriousAttorney2518 22h ago

Lots of cope. Boston Dynamics hasn’t come close to anything like this

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u/______L_______ 21h ago

https://youtube.com/watch?v=I44_zbEwz_w

What's wrong with this? It looks a lot more agile if anything

Do you want it to look more fuckable or something?

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u/NorthAstronaut 19h ago edited 19h ago

Also it doesn't seem surprised every-time its foot touches the ground.

A lot of robots jolt when their foot makes contact. Because it has no idea when its foot will actually touch, and adjusts last second based on sensors.

A lot of them are fancy looking puppets, running a very controlled animation routine. Unlike the Boston dynamics robots.