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Watch: Chinese company's new humanoid robot moves so smoothly, they had to cut it open to prove a person wasn't hiding inside (www.livescience.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Dadifer@lemmy.world to c/futurology@futurology.today

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I understand the need to wrap the mechanism to help keep it clean, but why no zippers or Velcro or something? From the perspective of a technician, cover panels should be easily removable for access, especially on a prototype. Cutting off the covering onstage seems... dramatic.

Also, um... why does it have boobs?

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are you gonna buy a household robot that you CAN'T fuck?!

[–] JohnnyCash@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Actually my robot vacuum is way better at sucking!

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

You know we HAD been considering getting one...

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 6 points 1 week ago

Well this isn't a prototype, it's a tech demo.

Not only does it have a full outer covering, it also has a thick underweave layer that makes it more fleshy. It has a surprising amount of corners and pinchy bits underneath - honestly sealing it completely is probably also to protect nearby humans

As for the boobs... Well, I kinda figured humanity would wait until we had a generation of useful robots before giving them boobs, but we were always going to end up here...

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

Also, um... why does it have boobs?

You know why. Because it makes it look more appealing.