<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b style="">The hand dexterity video demonstrates impressive improvement, but it's still not good enough for sleight-of-hand card tricks. As for the wheeled robot stuff, it says it's not AI generated but it sure looks like it is to me. Can a real robot do that? </b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b style=""><br></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b style="">John K Clark </b></font><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b style=""><br></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b style=""><br></b></font></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 8:50 AM BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Fri, 24 Apr 2026 at 12:32, John Clark <<a href="mailto:johnkclark@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnkclark@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I hope they now concentrate on improving the dexterity of robotic hands, I want to see a robot that can perform close-up magic card tricks. When that happens the Singularity will jump into high gear.<br>
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> John K Clark<br>
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The Unitree G1 humanoid robot can now demonstrate roller-blading and skating.<br>
It also has five-finger dexterity.<br>
BillK<br>
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<<a href="https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/china-unitree-g1-humanoid-robot" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/china-unitree-g1-humanoid-robot</a>><br>
Unitree’s G1 humanoid robot stuns with skating flips and spin in wild demo<br>
The system switches between wheeled and legged modes based on<br>
conditions, boosting mobility efficiency and adaptability across<br>
environments.<br>
By Jijo Malayil   Apr 24, 2026<br>
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Skating (1 min) <<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srPz8TRpZ_8" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srPz8TRpZ_8</a>><br>
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Dexterity hand (1 min.)  <<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rwYOa7pJCs" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rwYOa7pJCs</a>><br>
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