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Re:Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot by embedding-shape on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @04:38PM (#50358561)
> The desire for humanoid robots is purely aesthetic and almost certainly suboptimal

Based on what? Do you think humans evolved into what we are based purely on aesthetic? Of course it may be suboptimal, but given enough time and ingenuity, so could literally everything be. Not sure that should stop anyone.

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Re:Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot by Jtarii on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @04:51PM (#50358703)
>Do you think humans evolved into what we are based purely on aesthetic

A modern house is a very different environment to the savannas of Africa.

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Re:Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot by victorbjorklund on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @05:01PM (#50358851)
Humans are def not designed optimally to live and work in a modern house or office. Don’t confuse “survived better than other animals in the Savannah 200 000 years ago” with modern env.
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Re:Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot by embedding-shape on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:42PM (#50360207)
> Humans are def not designed optimally to live and work in a modern house or office

Agreed, those were designed by humans (mostly) for humans. I don't think we as a species "adapt to things" so much anymore, and instead we adapt our environment to us.

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