Comment by tailsdog
7 hours ago
Does it even need legs? For most of these factory use cases would it not be more efficient/cheaper to have a version that has wheels to get around?
7 hours ago
Does it even need legs? For most of these factory use cases would it not be more efficient/cheaper to have a version that has wheels to get around?
The main appeal for human robots in general is that, in theory, they can go wherever humans can go. As soon as a facility has stairs or even a single step up wheeled robots can't work.
Unless there's also an elevator.
Yeah, sure, but in practice your humanoid design might get beaten by a wheeled robot with arms long enough to grab things off the ground without bending down.
Sure, until it needs to go up or down stairs.
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And some kind of bin holding attachment would be far more efficient than using arms and 'fingers'
a forklift?
Maybe the plan is for this thing to be able to drive a forklift?
Automate forklift? like a conveyor?
Many companies are developing wheeled-base humanoids ("bimanual manipulators"):
https://www.unitree.com/G1-D
https://www.unitree.com/H2-D
https://www.agibot.com/products/G2
https://rainbow-robotics.com/en/products/rb-y1/
https://www.aurixrobotics.com/products/astribot-s1-ai-humano...
https://thehumanoid.ai/hmnd-01-alpha-wheeled/
https://www.waldenrobotics.com/
The market for souped-up vacuum cleaners is already saturated.
One needs legs to allow for more intimate appendages that sell.