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Boston Dynamics introduces a fully electric humanoid robot that “exceeds human performance” (spectrum.ieee.org)
submitted 7 months ago by dominiquec to c/technology
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...replacing the previously hydraulic version.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Can it outrun a kenyan in a marathon?

Or the real question is if a battery can be made small enough to fit in a human sizef robot that can keep it running over 42km

[–] linearchaos 11 points 7 months ago

I mean, give it a dirt bike mode. Plenty of e-bikes out there can go over 42 km. Nothing says it has to do it like a human to exceed human capability.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It says exceed human performance, not exceed the peak humans in a given discipline.

Could Kiptum, race an F1 car as fast as Lewis Hamilton?

Could Lionel Messi play basketball like peak Kobe?

Sure the headline is hyperbole, but I don’t think we still should compare things like this.

[–] bestagon 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hyperbole is an understatement, the headline is obviously just trying to generate clicks. Idk how else we should quantify “human performance” though. Should we compare it’s strength to a sedentary office worker instead? I think the marathon comparison is actually very generous because I doubt this thing can even replicate a reasonable facsimile of a soccer performance.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Indeed. And lots of normal human beings are able to run marathon. Pretty easy if you set your mind to.

[–] Ultragigagigantic 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Can it out mine John Henry?