[ExI] China’s six humanoid robots steal the show at concert, perform synchronized dance

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of John Clark via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] China’s six humanoid robots steal the show at concert, perform synchronized dance

 

I'm not as big a fan of Elon Musk as I once was but I have to admit the man has a pretty good dancing robot of his own:

 

Tesla's Optimus robot  <https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DicNKZyCnJc> 

 

But I'd be even more impressed if somebody would make a robotic hand that had the dexterity of a human hand, when I see a robot performing a magical card trick or repairing a mechanical watch I'll know that the revolution has begun in earnest. 

 

John K Clark

 

 

 

 

 

 

A hand as dexterous as the human’s hand is a lot tougher engineering problem than dancing.  However, the need for a mechanical hand is noted.

 

The mechanical world offers a number of advantages over the biological, such as the option to reconfigure as needed.  In your example of card trick and watch repair, the biological world can only offer the same hand for both tasks.  The cards are designed around the human hand, but the hand is to big for watch repair.  If a finger could be removed and replaced with a much smaller arm with multiple digits, then the robot would have an inherent advantage over the biological system for the task of watch repair.

 

There are companies working on that.  The investor who chooses the right company is analogous to the guy who buys Apple at 5 in 1976.  Good luck!

 

spike

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