It’s definitely made that accurate/creepy for marketing reasons, they’re probably hoping this will help them get investors. I would also assume you can simplify the human body design a good bit before losing the functionality we actually want from something like this.
Comment on Robot with 1,000 muscles twitches like human while dangling from ceiling
brsrklf@jlai.lu 2 months ago
It’s clear they made this weird on purpose but still, so many questions…
the robot hangs suspended from the ceiling as its limbs twitch and kick, marking what the company claims is a step toward its goal of creating household-helper robots
Oh yeah, definitely a huge step in that direction…
Clone Robotics designed the Protoclone with a polymer skeleton that replicates 206 human bones
That’s all of the bones of an human adult. Yeah, I’m sure absolutely all of them were necessary.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Draegur@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Maybe they’re attempting to make it ‘learn’ how to move itself using neural networking instead of programming discrete movement presets.
TheFriar@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Ooh yeah let’s hope that’s the case.
Draegur@lemm.ee 2 months ago
the only thing I’m hoping for is that this can serve as a proof of concept that human brains might be able to learn to control limbs made of synthetic muscles like that…
SeaJ@lemm.ee 2 months ago
How is it going to balance if it does not have a fake cochlea? /s
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
At first misread as cloaca. Barely even gave me pause in this thread.
Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 2 months ago
That’s all of the bones of an human adult. Yeah, I’m sure absolutely all of them were necessary.
Are you trying to imply they gave it a dick? If so they don’t have bones in them.
Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No, it’s pretty much only you thinking that. The rest of us were thinking about the 6 tiny bones in the ears only used for hearing or dozens of weird little bones in the wrists and ankles.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Doesn’t mean they didn’t give it a dick though
brsrklf@jlai.lu 2 months ago
Exactly, ear in particular was what I thought about. There are very tiny bones in there. I’m pretty sure they didn’t replicate a functional human ear, so those have no impact on anything.
Many bones in the hand and foot are also locked in place together, so modeling each one seems, well, I don’t think it’s a waste of time, but at this point you’re making an art performance.
Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Hmm, I have some questions to ask myself seemingly
brsrklf@jlai.lu 2 months ago
I have literally no idea how that came to your mind immediately. It’s very funny to me that it did though.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Certainly doesn’t need a hyoid bone.
systemglitch@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The goal is to replicate humans, so yeah
junkthief@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I don’t understand these companies’ obsession with humanoid robots. A robot doesn’t have to humanoid to be a useful household helper. It doesn’t even have to be humanoid for people to form a friendly bond with it (something I think would be a good quality in a “household helper”) just look at Star Wars droids
hansolo@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Some of this is also about less complicated ways to use patents that can also be applied to things like prosthetic limbs.
Also, it provides a control case with how well-studied human anatomy is. In terms of basic mechanical motion, there’s a clear baseline goal.
I remember seeing early versions of the synthetic muscle fibers years ago, but as far as ways to practically apply them and test, and refine them as control technology improves with machine learning. 10-15 years ago, this wasn’t really possible.
catloaf@lemm.ee 2 months ago
A humanoid robot can operate in the existing world. It can climb stairs and open a door, for example. A robot on wheels without arms can’t do that.
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 month ago
Wouldn’t a quadruped be easier? You can stick arms onto a robotic “dog”.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Crabs make even more sense. 6 legs makes climbing stairs even easier. 2 big arms to hold thing and manipulate doors, drawers etc.
Nature keeps making crabs, we should just cut to the chase.
catloaf@lemm.ee 1 month ago
You could, but it still has to interact with things at and above human height, like stuff on countertops and high shelves.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
if you want it to interact with a wide range of environments and objects that were designed for humans, then a humanoid robot may be the way to go.
jj4211@lemmy.world 2 months ago
See also: Cogsworth
intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It has to be humanoid to live among humans, using human architecture and technology.