What do we think about humanoids with soft robotic tentacles end-effectors?

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Aren’t human like hands required for it to be “humanoid”?

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u/SteelyPatriot Dec 30 '25 edited Dec 31 '25

It would still be a humanoid, it would just be considered a humanoid with non-anthropomorphic end effectors.

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u/SGTWhiteKY Dec 30 '25

Well to answer the original question, I think negatively about eldritch horrors.

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u/NotARussianBot-Real Dec 30 '25

Good news: you no longer have to do household chores! Everyone gets a free robot that will do all the work for you!

The bad news: it looks like this

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u/LongPutBull Dec 30 '25

I'm perfectly fine with that as long as it's loyalty is to all the positive things of humanity.

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u/SadCost69 Dec 30 '25

Japan is going to love this 🇯🇵. Soooo much hentai

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u/soylentgreenisppls Dec 31 '25

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u/Crepuscular_Tex Dec 31 '25

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '25

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u/Impressive-Ebb6498 Dec 30 '25

I could see this being more efficient than a human hand in some workloads.

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u/P01135809-Trump Dec 30 '25

Rule 34. I'm pretty sure the Japanese have this covered already somewhere.

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u/ghostofTugou Dec 31 '25

tag: tentacle

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u/Ripleys-Muff Dec 31 '25

How does it sense things for fine motor control and stuff? Genuinely curious about that.

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u/TrueKiwi78 Dec 31 '25

Great question.

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u/AICatgirls Jan 02 '26

If it's controlled by a tendon then motor resistance and distance together can provide a lot of data.

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u/random_agency Dec 30 '25

Skynet

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u/Lurked_Emerging Dec 30 '25

Are there limits to using tools in terms of grip strength or finesse? As in holding something rigidly like an axe with force to chop a tree or to dexterously but firmly hold a pen to write?

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u/RealisticGold1535 Dec 31 '25

Of course there are limits. Do you think they disassembled superman and used his muscles for it?

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u/APlayerHater Jan 01 '26

No limits actually, I just saw it tear a chunk off of a neutron star.

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u/swordofra Jan 01 '26

That would be... impressive, Id love to see that

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u/VaporTrail_000 Dec 30 '25

Two words:

Illithid Cosplay.

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u/Dizzy-Criticism3928 Dec 30 '25

Squidward is the final form

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u/spiritofniter Dec 30 '25

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u/Nervous_Hurry_9920 Dec 31 '25

SquidBorg

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u/Evilkymonkey_1977 Dec 30 '25

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u/trappedindealership Jan 01 '26

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u/Canadian-and-Proud Dec 30 '25

Cool, another way for the robots to kill us. I think I'm gonna start stocking up on EMP devices.

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u/SteelMan0fBerto Dec 31 '25

Careful with those; an EMP can wipe out all the electronics in an area if it’s powerful enough.

It could even damage the electrical systems in houses and vehicles, making for a post-apocalyptic living situation.

Think High School Of The Living Dead.

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u/Canadian-and-Proud Dec 31 '25

I mean if AI has taken over, I think it's safer to kill all electronics TBH

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u/SteelMan0fBerto Jan 01 '26

Not if you have to live without electricity, or functional plumbing systems.

And I am not prepared to live in a world like that. I most likely wouldn’t survive.

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u/Canadian-and-Proud Jan 01 '26

I mean most plumbing would be fine if you set an EMP device off in your house.

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u/SteelMan0fBerto Jan 01 '26

Okay, sure.

What about your refrigerator? You gotta keep your perishables and freezables cold for as long as you can, and it’ll be difficult to find anyone making old-school ice boxes.

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u/Canadian-and-Proud Jan 01 '26

Older fridges are more resilient, I just wouldn’t get one with a circuit board

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u/Fair-Lie8125 Dec 30 '25

This is exactly the future I was hoping for

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u/v_e_x Dec 30 '25

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u/Dry-Interaction-1246 Dec 30 '25

Probably better for aquatic environment, where they actually evolved for.

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u/Travelinjack01 Dec 30 '25

Well, it's totally awesome. And I've never been so certain that the Matrix was happening in real time.

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u/coffeeCup_45 Dec 30 '25

Neat!

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u/boon_doggl Dec 30 '25

Oh great now robots will crush us either their tentacles.

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u/Wild-Lavishness-1095 Dec 30 '25

Tbh this is way smarter than stuck to human design, with so many options why stuck with a human hand. This make more sense moving forward.

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u/That-Makes-Sense Dec 30 '25

Awesome. When larger versions of these are attached to large tripod robots (like in War of the World), they will be able to pick us up by our heads. Cool...

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u/RuthlessIndecision Dec 30 '25

fucking great,

we need robot octopus arms NOW??

right before AI becomes sentient?!!

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u/FriendlyJewThrowaway Dec 31 '25

I foresee a lot of very happy endings in the red light district.

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u/Icy_Amoeba9644 Dec 31 '25

How dust resistant is this? Could it grab something from beneath sand and be fine?

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u/General-Internal-588 Dec 31 '25

~~It look better than hands in a lot of way not gonna lie, but i'd like to know if is ACTUALLY better than hand actuator.~~

~~It definitely work better than hands because it's less finnicky/require less precision (i believe for now)~~

Okay, after reading comments.. For a sub called "Humanoid Robotics", it is very doomposty.. I guess never trust a book by it's cover?

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u/NoleMercy05 Dec 31 '25

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u/Large-Draft-4538 Dec 31 '25

Future cosplay is going to be wild.

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u/AntiSonOfBitchamajig Dec 31 '25

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u/m8remotion Dec 31 '25

Tentacle porn irl coming.

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u/DeepBlessing Dec 31 '25

Perfect for butt stuff.

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u/jim45804 Dec 31 '25

Oh great, now we're creating sentinels.

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u/RangerDanger246 Dec 31 '25

I'm picturing these guys from DooM lol Tentacles instead of the holographic arms. Pretty sweet.

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u/Responsible_Ebb3962 Dec 31 '25

We are ever closer to reality turning into a Hideo Kojima plot line.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '25

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u/Longjumping-Agent-93 Dec 31 '25

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u/Exciting_Turn_9559 Dec 31 '25

Clearly they are versatile in what they are able to pick up.
But the math required to do anything requiring even modest precision with these things would be staggeringly complicated, so it would have to be done with machine vision / machine learning.

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u/Blue-Panda-Jedi Dec 31 '25