A new humanoid robot prototype uses fluid-filled muscles to kick its legs while hanging.
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Dangling, twitching human robot with synthetic muscles makes its debut
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Definite uncanny valley. Reminds me of Bishop in Alien, white fluid leaking everywhere.
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Why the hell did this company put that music and sound effects to that? Are they trying to terrify everyone away from their products?
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All I read was that you want "us" to marry AI and also human-like muscle robots.
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creepy dangling cyborgs aside, I feel like this tech would see better traction in developing new prosthetics for existing humans
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I know it's all mechanical, but with that white sleeve over the 'body', it makes it look like it was birthed in a pool of goo...a synth.
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Just wait until one of these from the adult entertainment industry gets a hold of YOU!!
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You want mass-production-type Evas? This is how you get mass-production-type Evas.
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"Have they tried turning it on and off again?" (Well ,the IT guys in WW were sooooo dumb ;-)
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I have every sympathy (lost a family member the same way) but TBF the article headline made it very clear what was coming. You then clicked Play on the video.
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ColdWetDog
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Consider that Microsoft (a world leader in bizarre marketing) is calling its AI agent that can control physical items Magma it seems like tech marketing folks have left the last vestige of caution behind. Pedal to the metal dystopia.
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I watched with the sound down and my brain didn’t register this as creepy.
I think it’s because it looks so human-like; almost like someone in a fencing outfit; that it just seemed like a human.
Now having one of these standing around ok my house would be different. It would feel (at least for a while) like a person was there with me. This I think would feel creepy.
I’d rather have my multi-purpose robot servant be in non-humanoid form. Probably not even on the “cute” spectrum so I never instinctively feel guilty for telling it what to do.
I think it’s because it looks so human-like; almost like someone in a fencing outfit; that it just seemed like a human.
Now having one of these standing around ok my house would be different. It would feel (at least for a while) like a person was there with me. This I think would feel creepy.
I’d rather have my multi-purpose robot servant be in non-humanoid form. Probably not even on the “cute” spectrum so I never instinctively feel guilty for telling it what to do.
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To be honest, to me the motion doesn't seem much better than Disneyland-class animatronics. As other have noted, the curious visual and audio stylistic choices in their videos makes me wonder who or what the intended market is. It may be a deliberate attempt to get people talking about the company, at which it seems to be succeeding, as a way to raise more money.
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The main detail that went unanswered in this article is what they mean by "myofiber".
McKibben actuators have been around for quite some time. I knew some folks in the late 1990s doing robotics research using them. They're basically just the inverse principle of a "finger trap" puzzle, where instead of making the tube shrink in diameter by pulling on the ends, you push out from the inside to make the ends pull toward each other. This gives you a contractile force similar in form to a biological muscle.
They have some issues with practicality, because of all the rubbing between the inner bladder and the outer mesh resulting in either a leak-prone bladder or a lack of force because the bladder is so thick. They're also typically suuuuper loud because of the pump and valve noises, an issue somewhat mitigated by using hydraulics rather than pneumatics in this instance.
McKibben actuators have been around for quite some time. I knew some folks in the late 1990s doing robotics research using them. They're basically just the inverse principle of a "finger trap" puzzle, where instead of making the tube shrink in diameter by pulling on the ends, you push out from the inside to make the ends pull toward each other. This gives you a contractile force similar in form to a biological muscle.
They have some issues with practicality, because of all the rubbing between the inner bladder and the outer mesh resulting in either a leak-prone bladder or a lack of force because the bladder is so thick. They're also typically suuuuper loud because of the pump and valve noises, an issue somewhat mitigated by using hydraulics rather than pneumatics in this instance.
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I think the idea is that they're versatile and most items we interact with on a daily basis are designed around human-shaped users.
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I, for one, welcome our new
Also, Nintendo would sue them if they made a Robo-Machamp.
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The decision by Clone Robotics to not use their synthetic musculature to animate a giant, wagging schlong is -- quite frankly -- inexcusable.
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This was a plot point of the GN version of "A History of Violence," I believe. The hero had to put someone who had been hung on a meat hook and tortured for years out of his misery.
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It makes sense if you take a short term approach to it. To take full advantage of task specific robots, you would redesign your production process around them. Replacing humans with general purpose human form robots in current production processes may not be as efficient long term, but it would certainly be lower risk, and cheaper in the short term.
Also, you can't use consequence free inappropriate touching and sexual assault as management recruitment perks, with, no doubt, a few peculiar exceptions.
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At least the creators are aware that this is horror movie shit, based on the music choice.
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My first reaction was scary as fire truck. But the idea of prosthetics that react more lifelike alone is a good thing.
Likewise the idea of power assistance for manual labor and elderly, or in the case of aging farmers both, looks to be awesome.
We already have hydraulics we use for tools, but those are encased in hard metal shells that are quite effective in their work but also easy to damage things by just scrapping by. Imagine a farm tractor for an orchard that softly brushes past the trees instead of gouging them.
I also wonder how a massage chair made with this technology would work, you can extrapolate your own kinks from that as you wish.
Likewise the idea of power assistance for manual labor and elderly, or in the case of aging farmers both, looks to be awesome.
We already have hydraulics we use for tools, but those are encased in hard metal shells that are quite effective in their work but also easy to damage things by just scrapping by. Imagine a farm tractor for an orchard that softly brushes past the trees instead of gouging them.
I also wonder how a massage chair made with this technology would work, you can extrapolate your own kinks from that as you wish.
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I find it interesting that we're constraining ourselves to the humanoid form. Surely there are alternative designs that are better from a purely functional perspective? Engineers aren't constrained in the same way that biological entities and evolution are. Maybe we need AI to come up with something truly innovative.
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Mungus the Unhyphenated
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"Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to pick up a piece of paper..."
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My mom used to say "You'd kick if you were hung with a new rope".
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Took me years before I got the joke.
I think thats a Montana thing.
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Took me years before I got the joke.
I think thats a Montana thing.
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