If you were impressed by Tesla's humanoid

Re:If you were impressed by Tesla's humanoid by mrelliot on Monday October 03, 2022 @05:10AM (#33065088)

I really just don't understand the hype over humanoids, I understand the assumption that humanoids can do the same tasks as humans do but at this level of technology it's just too soon to have them do anything useful.

We yet have to achieve proper autonomy for simple tasks using robotic arms like picking items. I still have to prevent my roomba from avoiding socks. Those are machines built specifically for that single purpose and yet they are failing at it.

I just don't see how humanoids can be of any use at this stage apart from generating hype for Tesla or for some sci-fi enthusiast.

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Re:If you were impressed by Tesla's humanoid by robomartin on Monday October 03, 2022 @11:15AM (#33068670)

> I just don't see how humanoids can be of any use at this stage

Today, outside research environments, they are useless. We are still worried about them falling on their face, much less take the dog for a walk and cook you a couple of eggs. Generally useful humanoids are probably decades away.

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