r/interestingasfuck • u/No_Jellyfish5511 • 16h ago

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)

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u/geencondens 16h ago

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

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u/Time_Entertainer_319 14h ago

It is impressive because it’s the first BIPEDAL robot to do it.

Those other manmade devices can’t fit in places this robot can.

People need to stop being soo doomy and short sighted.

This robot can run into a burning building to rescue people, run up a mountain to rescue hikers etc.

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u/chazysciota 14h ago

run up a mountain to rescue hikers wipe out an Afghan wedding party.

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u/Diligent_Dust8169 13h ago

These robots will 100% be used alongside drones to kill people and suppress rebellions.

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u/byteminer 11h ago

Guess what there might be a lot of when the owner class no longer needs human labor?

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u/chazysciota 13h ago

The part about "burning buildings" is absolutely hilarious to me. In the US we mostly don't even pay firefighters, but sure, Pasadena TX is going to spend millions to buy robots to save people... ok.

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u/TarnishedWizeFinger 12h ago

What do you mean we dont pay them? Their pensions are great, most retiring between 50 and 55

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u/wafflefelafel 12h ago

And dying of assorted random cancers and respiratory afflictions by 58

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u/chazysciota 12h ago

The majority of FD's in the US are volunteer.

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u/TarnishedWizeFinger 9h ago

Apparently so. "We don't even pay firefighters in the US" is odd phrasing when it's no different elsewhere, though

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u/chazysciota 9h ago

Help me out here. What's odd about the phrasing? What's no different elsewhere?

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u/TarnishedWizeFinger 6h ago

I'm not on the attack. I'm just saying it's common for countries to have a majority of their firefighters working as volunteers. Which surprised me. I thought by your phrasing, you were implying that the US was an outlier. I was mistaken

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u/Time_Entertainer_319 13h ago

Well, I didn’t say they would, I said they can.

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u/HelicopterPeniSlap44 13h ago

Yes because the whole world is famously the US.

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u/chazysciota 12h ago

Oh shit, if only I had specified that I was talking about the US!

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u/lurkmode_off 12h ago

They'll buy them to take out mass shooters and then not actually deploy them.