Think of this like a car company having a racing program — building stuff like this will pay dividends elsewhere in the company; from product design to production chain. Example - boy, does that gait look uncomfortable to sit through. I can imagine wanting to spend more time on smoothness, careful foot planting, gait variations, etc. after having my R&D guys ride around in it. And with that done, I can imagine better wear cycles and faster, better looking small robots benefiting.
I’ll also note that cockpit has been padded. I’d love to see the crash outtake videos.
Yes, ouch. But, also, surely someone is working on getting cantering, galloping, etc implemented? To your point the biggest innovation might be better seating.
That we're all looking at a bipedal walking robot you can sit in and ride around and no one here seems remotely impressed by this is a sure sign we're in the future.
What would you use it for that other machines are unsuitable for? Carrying stuff? Helping with somewhat heavy construction tasks? The torso seems a bit too in the way of the hands to be useful for anything. I mean, it looks cool but might be kinda useless.
It might fit a niche between a forklift and a crane. Pick up large things and move them, with some of the versatility of the crane and mobility of a forklift. While being too big to fit in most places, and probably having a fraction of the load capacity of either
I think the article nails it:
> Early buyers are likely theme parks, industrial operators, or deep-pocketed enthusiasts
It looks cool, and unless you have a very specific niche that will be its main feature
You switch your position, the back becomes a seat and vice versa. Gotta be hard to execute in a limited space, so probably you're not even supposed to do that while being inside.
highly recommend watching the Benn Jordan video which interestingly enough dropped yesterday, "Robot Dogs Are A Security Nightmare"[0].
potential backdoors, weak security and other concerns.
[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA8WuXDXfcI
Think of this like a car company having a racing program — building stuff like this will pay dividends elsewhere in the company; from product design to production chain. Example - boy, does that gait look uncomfortable to sit through. I can imagine wanting to spend more time on smoothness, careful foot planting, gait variations, etc. after having my R&D guys ride around in it. And with that done, I can imagine better wear cycles and faster, better looking small robots benefiting.
I’ll also note that cockpit has been padded. I’d love to see the crash outtake videos.
> Example - boy, does that gait look uncomfortable to sit through.
Oof yea, now that I think about it, it's not like a horse trot that you can post through, since you're strapped in to the seat.
Yes, ouch. But, also, surely someone is working on getting cantering, galloping, etc implemented? To your point the biggest innovation might be better seating.
I remember years ago there was giant robot duel
looong youtube video, a lot of unnecessary hyping - all to end in 5 second after one robot drove into the other and it just fell
looks like someone made a supercut of all the fights, and it is still too long and has uncomfortable hyping from narrator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTkVrRkziDI
That we're all looking at a bipedal walking robot you can sit in and ride around and no one here seems remotely impressed by this is a sure sign we're in the future.
What would you use it for that other machines are unsuitable for? Carrying stuff? Helping with somewhat heavy construction tasks? The torso seems a bit too in the way of the hands to be useful for anything. I mean, it looks cool but might be kinda useless.
It's for throwing the alien queen off the spaceship, obviously.
(It looks uncannily like the loader Ripley drives in Aliens)
It might fit a niche between a forklift and a crane. Pick up large things and move them, with some of the versatility of the crane and mobility of a forklift. While being too big to fit in most places, and probably having a fraction of the load capacity of either
I think the article nails it:
> Early buyers are likely theme parks, industrial operators, or deep-pocketed enthusiasts
It looks cool, and unless you have a very specific niche that will be its main feature
I could see some applications for it. But they are selling it as a mode of transportation?
>The torso seems a bit too in the way of the hands to be useful for anything.
The wide torso/cage is what's protecting the human operator should the robot fall over.
Tyeah, the ones from Avatar look cooler, but imagine you fall on your face in it, you'd get turned into mush.
It's about as useful as an F1 car if you see it as a development platform.
boost the valuation of your company.
We got the first real-life Spiderman villain before GTA VI
Wow it can even break a mortarless brick wall, impressive!
Wonder if the security posture is as good as the robot dog Benn Jordan tested.
I want to watch Cybertruck vs GD01
Why the Cybertruck? What does it bring to the table other than a futuristic name and a polarizing design? Why not a Ford Raptor or F-150 Lightning?
Optimus Prime isn't on commercial offer in full scale yet?
Dam china making gundams, before GTA 6.
Neat, I wonder just how far these things can be scaled.
The design is very human
so when it's on all fours you're just on your back looking skyward?
You switch your position, the back becomes a seat and vice versa. Gotta be hard to execute in a limited space, so probably you're not even supposed to do that while being inside.
toy
It indeed looks like a toy for rich people. Ideal for when you want to break a loosely stacked brick wall.
looks ugly.