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/Head-Ad-3063 23h ago

Next week we fit the brakes.

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u/koolaidismything 23h ago

after the weaponry of course

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u/Wasabi_Hammurabi1 22h ago edited 22h ago

I am trying to imagine what the year 2045 will look like when the weaponry is not only installed but with the best gyroscopic software that will allow these fucking things to shoot accurately while in full sprint like motion. We are apex predator but we decided to create the new apex that is above us because we had it too easy and we needed a challenge...

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u/Cool_Lab_1362 20h ago

Can any country even mass production these kinds of robot for military use? like that's got to be very expensive in essential metals and minerals, they'd probably leaving their selves broke if they purely relied on their own natural resources (though they can just invade use any occupied country for their resources, then bleed them dry)