…replacing the previously hydraulic version.

Insert obligatory welcome statement here.

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    I’m getting really tired of that metric.

    Like, human performance has a very wide range and scope.

    My car “exceeds human performance.”

    My toaster exceeds human performance for making toast.

    Michael Phelps exceeds the human performance of myself in a pool.

    I exceed the human performance of any baby.

    This just tells me that the robot is more able at something than the worst human at that thing.

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      Exceeds the very limited parameter we used to define as “human performance.”

      “Look, this robot’s arm can spin 360°! It exceeds human performance!”

      Ok, can it get a glass out of the cabinet, put ice cubes in it, fill it with water and bring it to me?

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          In a random home, then. A human would know what a refrigerator is, where the ice is (dispenser or freezer), check cabinets for cups/glasses, and operate the sink. The BD bots would likely have to have everything pre-mapped, RFID’d and/or programmed.

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      I think they specifically chose that to display that it has no “forward” axis, robots don’t need to be 100% anthropomorphic and follow our biological limitations, this is a very significant evolution in design that will allow for better mobility

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    Vaseline…Invest in Vaseline when the robot army comes. They can’t do shit with Vaseline on their camera lenses.

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      Idk my limbs don’t rotate 360° degrees, At least not multiple times. Unless yours do he has us beat on something.

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    I mean, the planet’s dying, but ok. At least we’ve got robots that “excced human performance” in making their overlords profits. Imagine if these scientists were putting their efforts to real use.

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    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

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      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.

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        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.

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