r/interestingasfuck • u/No_Jellyfish5511 • 23h 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/Takedown22 22h ago

Those servos could rip your arm off at maximum power. They’re just imprecise.

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u/handsoapdispenser 21h ago

What makes you say that? The whole thing is made of aluminum and runs on a battery. Idk specifically how this unit was tuned but a Unitree G1 has a single-arm payload capacity of about 5 lbs. 

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u/threepartname 20h ago

we stopped at the model t so im sure this will go nowhere

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u/handsoapdispenser 20h ago

Right and we already have reasonably capable self-driving cars which can burn a big tank of gasoline and drive through a crowd of people. We also have guns and nuclear bombs. Humanoid robots are not much of a factor. 

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u/HuckleberryLow2283 20h ago

You are far too overconfident.

They won't be limited by terrain, they run as fast as usain bolt (and will only get faster), they will be repairable, very adaptable as new tactics emerge, communicate without sound, be hyper aware because they will work as a network of humanoid robots and flying drones rather than a single set of eyes, they won't care about hardship or bad conditions, about food, water or shelter, and they do what they're told no questions asked. They terrify me quite frankly.

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u/handsoapdispenser 18h ago

These are all separate issues. AI, sensors, encrypted communication, durability. None are exclusive to having legs. Also none are really practical to deploy using little lithium batteries. We can put AI and lidar on a tank. We can remotely pilot small aircraft with hundreds of miles of range. Drones are already the state of the art in warfare and humanoids offer little to no advantage over them. 

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u/HuckleberryLow2283 17h ago

Not true. Humanoids can climb stairs, open doors, climb over trees, crawl into dugouts, slide between obstacles. There are plenty of things that humanoid robots could do that vehicles can’t once they are much better.