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Elon Musk accused of copying designs by I, Robot director (www.bbc.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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The director of 2004 sci-fi film I, Robot has accused billionaire Elon Musk of copying his designs for humanoid machines and self-driving vehicles.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

If you're building a robot then the humanoid shape is a fairly good shape to use because the world is already designed for things of that shape. Doors, corridors, and staircases all assume a bipedal body of about 6 ft high. So inevitably robots are going to look humanoid.

If the robot is designed to work underwater then it probably isn't going to look humanoid it'll probably look like a fish but I don't think the fish can sue.