• muelltonne@feddit.org
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    16 days ago

    There really is some futuristic novel hidden there: Robotic hands being dropped by drones over enemy facilities. Sneaking in, pressing buttons to sabotage production or to launch vehicles. People getting murdered in their sleep by robotic hands choking them.

  • eicker@lemmy.worldOP
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    16 days ago

    Great, we’ve finally automated the one thing nobody asked to see scuttling across the floor at 3 AM. ETH calls it a mobile robotic hand: I call it proof that The Addams Family was less a comedy and more a product roadmap. Give it WiFi and we’re moving out. 👋

  • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    I’m 100% on board with this.

    Shit, I’d trade one of my hands for this.

    Damn the consequences! This is all of my wildest dreams come true! I never even knew that this was what ALL of this has been for!

    Let’s fucking go!

  • Røøk@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    They could have even said “that thing from the Adams Family” and not been wrong. This is just purposely obtuse

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    15 days ago

    They need to run this thing through the genetic algorithms a bit longer, that shuffle is pretty janky. It could be really impressive if the movement were a bunch smoother. But as it is, it moves like a windup toy.

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      14 days ago

      I think it is because it is so heavy in the rear end and cannot move the back ‘legs’ effectively without falling backwards. Maybe it could walk on three fingers and shift the mass forward.

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        14 days ago

        Yeah, if they could reduce the weight, or even the volume of the wrist, that would shift the center of mass forward and could significantly improve balance.

        You’re likely right that their options are limited with the current way it balances.