Boston Dynamics introduces a fully electric humanoid robot that “exceeds human performance” - eviltoast

…replacing the previously hydraulic version.

Insert obligatory welcome statement here.

  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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    7 months ago

    It says exceed human performance, not exceed the peak humans in a given discipline.

    Could Kiptum, race an F1 car as fast as Lewis Hamilton?

    Could Lionel Messi play basketball like peak Kobe?

    Sure the headline is hyperbole, but I don’t think we still should compare things like this.

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      7 months ago

      Hyperbole is an understatement, the headline is obviously just trying to generate clicks. Idk how else we should quantify “human performance” though. Should we compare it’s strength to a sedentary office worker instead? I think the marathon comparison is actually very generous because I doubt this thing can even replicate a reasonable facsimile of a soccer performance.

      • deczzz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        7 months ago

        Indeed. And lots of normal human beings are able to run marathon. Pretty easy if you set your mind to.