There's so much dancing and kung Fu moves being shown from manufacturers. As impressive as they are, they really need to show them reliably conducting tasks in a factory or domestic chore to instill confidence in their viability.
The unitree H2 is bullying the poor G1 robot. The G1 robot lose his front torso plate and had a dislocated elbow due to H2 kicks.
I think there are two reasons for this:There's so much dancing and kung Fu moves being shown from manufacturers. As impressive as they are, they really need to show them reliably conducting tasks in a factory or domestic chore to instill confidence in their viability.
Humanoid robot reliably preforming Factory work is a far higher difficulty task comparing to doing aerobatics in a open space. I think if they can demonstrate a humanoid robot playing chess, that will be a true lightbulb moment.I think there are two reasons for this:
1. If a robot can perform difficult dexterious moves in a rapid succession, then surely it should be able to do repetitive and predictable tasks at a lower difficulty threshold?
2. These robots are not just for industrial uses. Consumers will begin to buy them too. And they are more impressed by these tech demos than a robot screwing the same screw in a car factory 1000 times. I suspect the early adopter crowd care less about dishwashing over testing the limits of technology. Mass market adoption will come later.
The unitree H2 is bullying the poor G1 robot. The G1 robot lose his front torso plate and had a dislocated elbow due to H2 kicks.
A robot that works in a factory is going to look very different from a humanoid.Humanoid robot reliably preforming Factory work is a far higher difficulty task comparing to doing aerobatics in a open space. I think if they can demonstrate a humanoid robot playing chess, that will be a true lightbulb moment.
At their current level of control and automation, they're more suited to military breaching and CQC via teleoperation rather than domestic use.