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  • BeBopALouie@lemmy.ca
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    23 hours ago

    Dumb. Who cares how fast a robot can go. Not rocket science, it will be faster than humans. Why is this even a thing?

    • RogueBanana@piefed.zip
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      10 hours ago

      Anyone who are interested in robotics would care. A bipedal humanoid robot was not faster than the fastest human just an year ago. Now they are, saying this is useless is kinda like saying why are we inventing a car when horses run faster. Not all innovations are immediately useful, this is just to showcase (or advertise) the rapid improvement in robotics. Boston dynamics also did the same for their promotional videos and a lot of people liked it as you don’t need to be knowledgeable on the field to understand the feats.

      Whether this is a good thing to replace dangerous jobs or a cheaper alternative to wages is a different discussion but this news is certainly something worth publishing.

    • Gsus4@mander.xyz
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      19 hours ago

      Yea, what I wanted was battle bots: the drone cage fight reboot.