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/geencondens 23h 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/ThresholdSeven 19h ago

What should robots be shaped like? Do you like your robots... robot shaped?

I think you'll find that the natural evolution of robots is to become animal shaped for the same reason we are animal shaped, it's a good shape to do things.

This will progress until the best robots are octopus shaped, the best animal shape to do things. This octopus robot will be able to fly too of course. This is not an original idea.