Comment on Kawasaki is developing a robot to be ridden like a horse - Asia Times
drmoose@lemmy.world 1 month agoWhy not? Our legs are already better than any wheel could ever get. Why not apply this to robots given they can be good enough
Comment on Kawasaki is developing a robot to be ridden like a horse - Asia Times
drmoose@lemmy.world 1 month agoWhy not? Our legs are already better than any wheel could ever get. Why not apply this to robots given they can be good enough
nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Because ambulation and transportation aren’t the same thing otherwise the wings on planes would flap like a birds.
drmoose@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If airplane wings could flap they absolutely would. Our biological equivalent is objectively better than any mechanical tech we have right now. It’s really hard to beat millions of years of evolution.
You can very easily smooth out passenger’s position same way a horse’s head feels comfortable on top of a horse.
superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Suspension exist, and if horses had built in suspension systems we wouldn’t have stopped using them.