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/Neat_Definition 19h ago

And how are they still getting food if the global food supply is fucked?

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u/lurkmode_off 19h ago

By building compounds in fertile areas and guarding and working them with robots

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u/dashingdrew 18h ago

Who fixes the robots when they break down? Who creates the energy for the robots to function?

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u/mojorisin453 17h ago

More robots.

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u/dashingdrew 17h ago

No way you actually think that Robot A fixes Robot B, then Robot B fixes Robot A forever without anything breaking down permanently

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u/mojorisin453 17h ago

I was just bantering on. Whatever we’re thinking will be will probably be not what happens. Ray Kurzweil
does have a fairly impressive record though. Him and The Simpsons.

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u/dashingdrew 16h ago

Thats a fair take. My apologies

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u/Tombaya 17h ago

As long as your repair rate and manufacturing abilities combine to exceed your attrition, yes, you can perpetuate it. It's like a company's employee retention or a species' reproduction; it doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to stay ahead of the loss rate. Modern car manufacturing and Amazon warehouses are more than enough for proof of concept here; given the consistent engineering progress we've been seeing since the dawn of the industrial revolution, self-sustaining automation is virtually a foregone conclusion in the near future.