Re:Tesla Announces a Humanoid Robot “Tesla Bot”
by elurg on Saturday August 21, 2021 @08:51AM
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> We already have the technology to send people to Mars.
Not for live humans we don't. The record for landing on Mars is around 1 ton for >$1B, this is too little for a crew cabin and ignores the life support requirement for months spend in space.
Re:Tesla Announces a Humanoid Robot “Tesla Bot”
by inglor_cz on Friday August 20, 2021 @10:58AM
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"We sent people on round trips to the moon 50 years ago, so a one way ticket to Mars now isn't really that hard."
IDK, man, life support systems for such a long trip are much more demanding than for a jaunt to Moon and back.
Re:Tesla Announces a Humanoid Robot “Tesla Bot”
by marticode on Friday August 20, 2021 @11:40AM
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For sure, they need to last longer which means more supplies and more reliability. But we also got 50 years of progress since Apollo 11, and we wouldn't don't need to pack a return vehicle and its propellant.
On the other hand we just do not have the technology for a full humanoid robot, neither now nor the near future. An AI that can do mundane tasks like ironing and folding clothes is way beyond our grasp, and then there are the issue of limbs and power too.