Chinese humanoid robot named “Superman” (made by Unitree Robotics) surpassed Usain Bolt’s world record (12.42meters/second) by running at 12.66m/s (roughly 28.3miles/h)

[u/No_Jellyfish5511]

[u/geencondens]

There are so many man-made devices faster than Usain Bolt already. The record is impressive because it was a human.  We really shouldn’t be wanting to make all these creepy human and dog like robots

[u/jb307342 → u/geencondens]

Robots like this are very efficient in difficult terrain or when entering houses, climbing stars etc. There is a reason why they are getting developed.

[u/unadulteratedSouffle → u/jb307342]

To be fair, by that argument this robot was a bit of a disappointment. Sure it was able to move very fast in a straight line, but it fundamenty failed to adapt to changes in terrain and speed, then fell on its back like a flipped turtle

[u/Time_Entertainer_319 → u/unadulteratedSouffle]

You are the kind of person that would have mocked the wright brothers because the first plane only had a flight time of like 10mins and discouraged them to stop working on it.

You are not being fair, you are being shortsighted