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Subject: Re: OT: The Robots are coming.
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:14:50 -0500
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On 12/9/2024 9:13 PM, Mad Hamish wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 14:38:24 -0500, Cryptoengineer
> <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I know for many it's politically correct to crap on anything Elon Musk
>> is involved in these days, but its worth keeping up with his companies
>> accomplishments.
>>
>> Here's his robot, walking over uneven terrain, up and downhill, and
>> recovering from slips:
> 
> I worked for a guy 20 years ago who'd previously worked in robotics in
> the USA
> Companies had worked out walking robots when he was there.

Link?

1. Did it operate from on board power, or was it cabled?
2. Did it use on-board computers, or was that also cabled?
3. Could it walk over rough, unstable surfaces, as this one does?

The earliest bipedal robot I can find is actually Chinese, from 2000,
called Xianxingzhe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTBxHOM-NmM

It doesn't meet any of the 3 above conditions, though it can handle
stepping over an obstacle.

The new ones can do all these things. They are a hell of a
lot closer to Asimovian robots than anything that came before.
Tesla has done in 3 years what took Boston Dynamics 20.

pt