Comment on Boston Dynamics introduces a fully electric humanoid robot that “exceeds human performance”
Revonult@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Were the others not fully electric!?!?! Like obviously they were but the title makes it sound like they built steampunk robots.
Yolotan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
They old atlas had hydraulics, this one only electric actuators. Thats probably what they meant.
MightBeAlpharius@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That makes a lot of sense, actually. I also saw “fully electric” and immediately thought of electric/hybrid/ICE cars, and my brain went straight to “hold up, did I miss the fully functional diesel-powered humanoid robot?”
turmacar@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think it was gasoline, not diesel, but there was this
BluesF@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Jesus Christ well I’m glad they moved on from that design.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Petition for the FIA to update the Formula 1 regulations to have the driver’s ride these about