1. The world is designed for humans. If you need to reach the places humans reach then you need to be the same size as a human.

2. Nature has tested many different form factors and the human form dominated the others.

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jasondigitized 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Ask a plumber what he thinks about reaching places human reach. Nature tested what exactly? Birds and spiders are sub optimal?

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epolanski 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But this is all based on the idea we need generic robots when we really need specialized ones.

It's like skipping making kitchen blenders and vacuum cleaners and instead building a robot that will be mixing stuff manually or using a broom.

Manufacturing, where 90% of the process is generally automated has countless specialized ones. It would not make sense to put generic ones there, because humans really are doing very specific work in manufacturing.

	▲	sejje 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I agree there's a great market for specialized ones. I own some of those, like a vacuum bot. But the generic robot is the endgame. I think Musk tries to achieve the endgame, probably too soon. FSD, interplanetary travel, etc

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AlexandrB 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

1 is the real reason. 2 is really down to things like a big brain and opposable thumbs. Our trunk/legs are evolved for persistence hunting and long distance walking - activities that drive approximately 0% of the economy at this point. If robots didn't have to navigate an environment built for bipeds, other configurations would be far more reliable/efficient.

For instance: a quadruped base can be statically stable in case of power loss - a biped really can't.