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Re:Human in Robot Costume Good Metaphor for How Close Tesla ... by janitor61 on Friday August 20, 2021 @08:14PM (#28252833)
Humanoid robots won't be feasible while we're still tethered to existing Li-ion battery technology. The two advancements in robotics in recent years, Boston Dynamics' Atlas and Spot, have battery lives of 60 minutes and 90 minutes respectively. With a recharge requiring multiple hours, unless these things are tethered or we invent some kind of electrified floor tech, they are too niche and uneconomical, sadly.
Re:Human in Robot Costume Good Metaphor for How Close Tesla ... by belltaco on Friday August 20, 2021 @10:51PM (#28253689)
Imagine if the robot was capable of swapping its own batteries for charged ones.