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Why iRobot's founder won't go within 10 feet of today's walking robots (arstechnica.com)
5 points by dangle1 82 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


tl;dr the function and training of humanoid robots includes no proprioception just inertial feedback as the device follows a routine set down in the training program. The device doesn't inhabit its environment the way a person does, it injects large amounts of energy to a relatively large mass, and is hard as a rock, so if you end up in its way you'll be clobbered by a device that powers through all it's motions lacking situational awareness and with no coordinated measure of an incidental fine touch.




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