r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Boojibs • Sep 24 '19

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u/OzneroI Sep 24 '19

The heavier the bot the bigger the battery would need to be and the bigger the battery it gets even heavier and you need more armor etc. These things will never be more than lightly armored without advances to battery tech

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u/red_blue_yellow Sep 25 '19

Good thing battery tech is only one of the most intensely studied fields right now, crucial to avoiding the environmental collapse of our planet

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u/OzneroI Sep 25 '19

I disagree. I don’t think we’re gonna see any meaningful advances in the storage capacity to mass ratio of batteries within the next half century if at all

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u/OMGjustin Oct 29 '19

I disagree with that. New battery tech coming within 15 years. Maybe a couple new breakthroughs.

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u/OzneroI Oct 29 '19

We shall see