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Ask HN: What is the interesting use case of humanoid robotics?

2 points| glaksmono | 2 months ago

I don't think there's a use case that really "works" yet at the moment and the exploration is still undergoing

curious if anyone have seen an interesting use case of humanoid robotics that "works"

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accrual|2 months ago

I agree crash test dummy could be useful. Maybe the impact tests could actually improve the internal models by giving them training data on severe incidents.

Personally I would love to just be able to say "hey go get me $tool from the shop" and have it returned to me a bit later. Maybe I could ask about its journey and it can tell me about almost slipping on the ice outside while I'm busy working on whatever.

glaksmono|2 months ago

Lol, then why the hell we're spending so much time training the hand

digitalDM|2 months ago

I like the idea of a crash test dummy.

allears|2 months ago

If you want a robot that does back flips and dance moves, they've got you covered pretty well

KellyCriterion|2 months ago

...well, as far as i can remember, that one guy in Tokyo(?) went brankrupt by trying to establish a robo-based "adult business" :-D