Robotics and humanoid robotics & civilian drones discussion

First came motors, then came reinforcement learning. Some companies have become industry trendsetters, while others have become followers

I can't wait for the next stage of robotics after the lower limb control - hand and finger dexterity. That is a bigger challenge than endurance running. Then we will know how close a robot is to taking over human chores like vacuuming the house using a traditional vacuum cleaner and cooking fried rice.

iewgnem said:

Man Boston Dynamics really has fallen pretty far, considering where they were 10 years ago, to now trying to keep up with Chinese startups....

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Eh I wouldn't say that, this latest video's movements are quite a bit smoother and more dynamic than most of the Chinese startups

"A Shanghai-based robotics firm has unveiled a groundbreaking open-source dataset that it hopes will allow companies and research institutions around the world to better train robots in replicating the nuanced dexterity of human hands.

The dataset was built using a revolutionary VR-driven method: humans wearing headsets guided a humanoid robot's hands via teleoperation, capturing intricate real-world movements."

I feel like all of these humanoid robots are still very early and each on of these companies kind of has a small piece of the overall puzzle that they are specializing in. I think it will be a while before one of these companies is able to bring it all together in one package, or maybe we see various humanoid robots of different configurations in the end. Either way, I think it is very early days for this technology.

Here is cool video so some Figure .02 robots collaborating on a task.