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Chinese humanoid robots smash human records in 100m sprint and high jump at Beijing robot games (apnews.com)
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[–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

That's funny. They praise the robots for smashing human records, but if you spend fifteen seconds watching the video, you can see the robots smashing into a padded wall. Doesn't matter how fast you're going, you wouldn't get far in the Olympics without knowing how to stay on your track.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Pretty sure a car can smash any record as well. Or a remote controlled car. Or an autonomous car. What are the metrics here? The legs? The robot didn't hop into a plane, booked a hotel and got into an uber who drove him to the track. I'm pretty sure fast robots exist for some time, they juat didn't look humanoid, which also seems like a weird metric. If you want to go faster, build something better than a bipedal humanoid.

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