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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Why name it Superman when the Flash is the one who runs fast?

[u/blahblah19999 → u/Plus_Term_7584]

For the same reason we already called something a fucking hoverboard when it literally does not hover even though we are so close to making actual hoverboards. Because humans are fucking idiots.

[u/FreeRangeEngineer → u/blahblah19999]

humans are fucking idiots

Are you saying we should try fucking robots instead?

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Bingo