How many times/long can it do that before being recharged? Can it do other walking and mobility tasks?

The headline by itself doesn't really mean much, anyone can build a purpose-built robot to beat specific human limitations. The question is can it have that kind of performance without completely foregoing most other tasks and abilities.

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skeledrew 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> How many times/long can it do that before being recharged? Can it do other walking and mobility tasks?

You should ask those questions in the same spirit re a 1 vs a 5 vs a 20 year old. May lead to some insight on development-level-based capability.

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shevy-java 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I agree there, but IMO these are problems that can be fairly easily solved.

My bigger problem is that this is labelled as "humanoid robot". IMO that is more like some machine gadget that looks very remotely like some non-descript model of a humanoid, but not anything at all like a humanoid robot. I am a bit spoiled by Blade Runner here - these robots right now come nowhere close to anything like that right now, even if they run faster than Usain Bolt (but they run differently, so they are cheating; look at the angles, the tiny feet, the cheating in the hip area, the barely existing head - so many things are CHEATING here. I can not call this humanoid robot).

	▲	hakfoo 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There's a good chance that most humanoid robots are not going to look particularly hunan. You might have different proportions due to different weight distribution or use cases (maybe the legs are made less flexible if the workspace has fewer obstables, for example. Maybe "bipedal" is a better descriptor, since wheels are a proven way to go faster than Usain Bolt, but walking-style strides are new.

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mmooss 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> anyone can build a purpose-built robot to beat specific human limitations

Anyone could build a robot that could run on two legs at that speed for 100m? I think someone would have done it before. Even the other robots in the race were slower.

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AngryData 15 hours ago | parent [-]

Why would they when we can already far exceed humans with other methods of locomotion? I don't see high jumping huminoid robots either despite it being even easier to implement.

	▲	esseph 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Now climb a mountain with your wheeled robot. (You can't.) Your bipedal one might be able to walk or run or jump up there though. > I don't see high jumping They did high jump in this very same contest.