[ExI] Unitree Unveils Fearsome Bodyguard Robot

[spike at rainier66.com]

…> On Behalf Of John Clark via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] Unitree Unveils Fearsome Bodyguard Robot

 

On Sat, Oct 24, 2026 at 5:56 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

 

>> this is cool but the video appears a bit AIey.  One clue was the car lifting scene.  The bot lifted the car from a point which will not bear the load.


> A bit? It screams AI-generated CGI.

 

>…Yeah but Tesla's flying car looks 100% real .....right? 

 

 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNUQukRUJLI> Elon Musk unveils Tesla's flying car

 

John K Clark

 

 

I get the feeling the robot video makers weren’t really trying to fool us.  Otherwise they would have had the robot lifting the car from one of the hard points, just aft of the front wheel.  We already know those plastic bumpers will not bear that load.  For that matter, we already know how much force can be generated by electromagnetic actuators, so we know a robot this size cannot hoist a car.

 

In any case, the flying car and the robots are fun to watch.

 

Regarding the notion of a bodyguard robot, instead of all the absurd kung fu moves, why not just have the robot carry a sidearm?  Or integrate a loaded barrel into one of his fingers?

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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