| ▲ | para_parolu 5 hours ago | |||||||
When comes to lower part it’s always bipedal (hard to balance) or wheels (low capabilities). Why no one makes 4-6 legs, insect like? That seems like an easier problem to solve while gives much better mobility. | ||||||||
| ▲ | solid_fuel 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
Going from 2 to 4 legs doubles the amount of actuators required and substantially increases power consumption since you must move more mass, going to 6 compounds the problem further. In a future where we have more dense power storage and better (and cheaper!) motors, you probably will see robots with more legs. But for now, the most efficient solutions are bipedal. Especially because this thing is already $8k, I imagine they have already done some substantial price optimization. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | beau_g 35 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
How about a centaur? - https://www.satyress.com/ | ||||||||
| ▲ | shaewest 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
I wonder how much of it is training data. We can very easily get training data of 'human tasks' because humans can wear tracking suits, and those suits track bipedal movement. Anything we train off that isn't bipedal (ie dogs) don't do human tasks, don't hold anything, so a different set of requirements. | ||||||||
| ▲ | ceejayoz 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
Entomophobia/arachnophobia is far too common for giant bug-like robots in folks' bedrooms. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | 05 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
They make robot dogs, e.g. famously Boston Dynamics but many others as well. And 6 is probably overkill for price/performance increase incremental to 4. Wheels are still much more practical and you can use them as feet in hybrid designs to be able to step over obstacles but still more agile than comparable bi/quadrupeds | ||||||||