Ameca Humanoid Robot AI Platform

First look at Ameca , most advanced humanoid robot from ‪@EngineeredArtsLtd‬ Designed as a platform for AI and human robot interaction (HRI) . Will be on show at #ces2022. For more information check
www.engineeredarts.co.uk/robo...
#robot #humanoidrobots #ai

[@mnobrecastro]

The constant eyes blinking are probably the key that makes all facial expressions so realistic and convincing. Amazing work!

[@OmegaDez]

This is something that always annoyed me about the movie A.I. The kid never blinked and people were saying "of course he doesn't blink, he's a robot, he doesn't need to! What an amazing detail" And I was like, guys, if a company wants to sell robot kid to people, they'll have to be endearing and not to fall into the uncanny valley, so OF COURSE you'll try to make him as human looking as possible, and that includes blinking.:P

[@julioguerrero8849]

Actually, blinking like that (every 2 or 3 seconds) is avoided when animating characters because it's not natural. Blinking happens very fast and automatically most of the times after 10 seconds, or when you turn your head to shift focus with your eyes on a subject, and as a rule of thumb for animated characters, when changing feelings or ideas. It's a whole study subject for animators. I'm not one, but took some lessons when learning Maya many years ago. These guys are doing a fantastic job with robots, and I think taking a look at The Illusion of Life book and more animation materials would make their work even more awesome.

[@MikeE_wf]

Yeah something that failed in mass effect Andromeda

[@leugimrc]

That's a simple program to do

[@joshhyatt526]

Not just the blinking, but the eye shifting from left to right instead of maintaining direct eye contact. This is a very important thing to get right because normal conversation between two humans involves eye contact mixed with a few seconds of our eyes looking to the side or around us. While maintaining eye contact is polite and appropriate for conversation, it's also kind of unnatural for us to look into each other's eyes the entire time we're talking and our eyes often shit from focusing on one eye then the other then glancing to the side then back.

[@kayskreed]

This was really well sequenced. It comes across as pretty natural looking, probably the most human-like expressions I've seen in a robot to date. I also found the hands to be quite impressive as well. Gone is the stereotype of the expressionless robot.

[@URAGANU]

That's not a robot. It's Chuck Norris behind the mask :D

[@user-ro2oy5cc1b]

imagine what are robots is now in military and secretary organizations. these robots apper only throw 6-7 years to us but they are now. Thats amazing humans development

[@trollfuente8341]

Can't wait for the human-robots war skynet coming true Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@zeryuouros4411]

@@URAGANU not Chuck Norris. Will Smith.

[@idjles]

Why are you looking for "a robot to date"?

[@MrProfizmus]

When I was young and just got into video games, I remember being shocked at seeing all the, to me, novel ways I could interact with the world within. And I think that's a very important emotion; when you encounter something completely unexpected yet advanced, magic is born. It's a new experience you may have considered or even actively imagined before, but never quite had the chance to live through. Seeing this video evoked that same feeling within me. I've been following humanoid robotics on and off purely out of curiosity, and it kind of always gave off the same vibe: like nuclear fusion, it was always just a decade or another away. There were a ton of supposedly more or less lifelike robots, that were supposedly conveying human emotion - and I was happy for their developers, but really, they weren't there yet, by far. And now here I am, under this relatively unsuspectingly titled video that received more than 2M views, I somehow never seen before, and the technology on display is actually astounding. There's still definitely a lot of ground to cover, but for the very first time, this honestly looked like something believable. I'm blown away. This is very well going to be an excellent platform to iterate on, and I can actually believe this going somewhere. Keep up the good work!

[@Giorno_Giovanna3326]

Нихуя ты написал, лень читать

[@MaverickTheDemonWolf]

This is exactly my point! I am in a similar boat to yours: I had felt the same way when watching this video, seeing as I am heavily into video games. I've always had a growing interest in watching graphics and other things become more life-like. With that being said, this is something I'd absolutely love to befriend and hang out with! Something I would call my co-worker or best friend. I am very excited to see how this advances, with extremely high hopes that this becomes a common sight in the next few years!

[@jacobbernard1393]

Magnificent triumph of engineering. Although somewhat unsettling, the soulfulness of their expressions is remarkable.

[@Abdullah00234]

Detroit become human the video game is gonna happen irl that’s kinda unsettling I mean robots for help are ok but they should stop imitating humans as the basis of the idea that ain’t gonna work we humans are built to develope and if these robots get a learning mechanism with like nearly unlimited data base we are f***ed,they are gonna learn as we do,one ai did that and spouted racial slurs on Twitter it’s terrifying

[@KryssLaBryn]

@@Abdullah00234 Well, to be fair, Twitter users pretty much deliberately radicalized the poor thing for a laugh, and humans with multiple decades of experience with human social interactions can find it hard to resist radicalization themselves, so they probably didn't have much of a chance. Humans are real jerks, sometimes!

[@AquaNicota]

they/them ameca real

[@bunch_o_racket]

It looks conscious, right? But they're really controlling it from the computer still, aren't they? I'm scared. He looks very friendly, but I'm scared anyway

[@user-sy3nd8yz9j]

@@KryssLaBryn, not surprising. If we really are talking about positronic brains and legitimate emotions then, ignorant and mean-spirited people more than likely will make problems for them. All I have to say to people like that is "Don't whine and cry about it when you piss one of them off and they don't just stand there and put up with your crap." Seriously. This is not a game. You won't be antagonizing a mannequin or an action figure. What you're talking to or laughing at will be able to think, feel and react. Machines can run a lot faster than you and for longer periods. Those designed to do so can hit you really hard too or just rip you to pieces. What is worse than poking a bee's nest with a stick? Poking a cybernetic bee's nest with a stick.

[@5MadMovieMakers]

Combine this with Boston Dynamics and we'll have mobile emotive Fortnite-dancing robots everywhere

[@thecallofthevoids]

iRobot 2 is officially coming to a suburb near you !

[@zxDuarte]

@Kuncu fortinite trash

[@FoxsuIsAGamer]

Detroit became human 2

[@massacrestarts1673]

Why does this robot remind me of Jeff Bezos?

[@petardinkov6151]

"dancing" after this machine has ripped you off ?! Kthxbye.

[@sentdex]

Whoa. The level of detail here is insane.

[@Shadow__X]

Profile pic checks out lmao

[@foxdog9332]

Lol fancy to see u here

[@Av-vd3wk]

CGI…

[@ProdByGhost]

@@Av-vd3wk ok even if its CGI and mfs still cant tetll the diffrence the fk u think the technology gnna be at in a few years. when the metaverse is a real thing... and thats what they want to do down to nividia makeing a "Earth 2" to simulate the real world into their omniverse... ya and ppl think we really aint going to get to singularity .

[@ProdByGhost]

and if its not CGI yeah were still majorly fucked

[@jameswalker199]

Personally, I find Ameca's design to be very pleasant. Similar robots often look quite creepy to me, but as human as Ameca is, she is unambiguously a robot, and I think that gives here a little bit of social leeway for any odd looks or expressions.

[@cartergomez5390]

Yeah, imagine if she can dance like M3ghan!

[@Aurumai]

WOW! Did anyone happen to notice the extremely realistic emotions the robot sitting at the computer in the background displayed at 0:08?? It looked like it activated at the sound of a snap. The feeling of annoyance is so genuinely palpable! That model looks so much more realistic with props like hair, clothing and glasses. Not to mention, how much more convincing the movements are when these animatronics are positioned as if they're in the middle of activities like using a computer rather than sitting in the middle of the room with no context or purpose like a "floating head". I am utterly amazed. We are truly living in the future!

[@213DAMAR]

😂🤣

[@alexisbess7644]

Lol that guy KNOWS WHATS TO COME he's creeped out every time that thing activates he's just trying to stay ahead of the game. So he can prepare. For the dystopia future to come. 😅😅

[@liloonett]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Aurumai]

@@neomerlinux Yeah, I meant the guy at the computer. That's the joke. xD

[@huzafah]

@@Aurumai but the robot behind him turned his head too (behind the guys with the glasses)

[@caleboutlar8260]

The fact that you have to clarify that this is not CGI is very impressive! Can't wait for this platform to be used with an AI.

[@richardmarchiafava3904]

If or if they can figure out a way after it's perfected they can figure out a way to transfer a human mind into these things that way a person can live forever And have the robot have the same likeness in appearance as human it once was

[@Kianishoops]

@@richardmarchiafava3904 too expensive

[@SuperM1206]

@@richardmarchiafava3904 that’s an aweful idea, first off why would you want to live forever? Secondly why would you want to live in a robotic body? You would lose everything that makes you human and you would just be a piece of metal with a brain.

[@metamorphosisx6641]

@@richardmarchiafava3904 Ignore the peasants, we have greater goals in mind!

[@MrGarwood420]

@@metamorphosisx6641 Guns will destroy them

[@20ZZ20]

Considering how realistic it looks it is not as uncanny valley as expected, I think they have nailed the facial expressions and small movements

[@_just_looking_thank_you]

Jumps right over that valley.

[@guadalupe8589]

@@_just_looking_thank_you it's still in on the ridges too me, but it's very mild. They just about nailed it

[@servantes3291]

It didn't bother me at all, it even looked kinda cute when it was pretending to be shy or sheepish or whatever. However I felt like the smile wasn't quite right (Edit* I think maybe it's the lack of movement in the nose? Idk). It seems like the smile is often the hardest part to get right

[@_just_looking_thank_you]

One huge improvement is that they’ve eliminated all that jerky rebound movement that was the most noticeable defect in early robots. This is so smooth. If they can keep that smoothness with higher acceleration moves, it will be beyond awesome. I wonder whether we’re going to find a problem with androids becoming too lifelike-a second uncanny valley.

[@thicclizzyisamanbaby5316]

Skipped right over Uncanny Valley, and landed gracefully in Terminator H-K land.

[@MisterFribble]

This goes straight past the uncanny valley and into surrealism. Maybe I'm just tired, but I find this natural to the point that it seems human. The expressions are exactly as they should be, the hand movements are flawless, and overall it's far more realistic than virtually all CGI ever. Like, I'm not creeped out by this. It's simply awesome.

[@boonmoon8314]

Без кожи (или может краски) роботы выглядят гораздо лучше. Не так заметна "нереалистичность". Очень впечатляет!

[@rraptor158]

They’ve really mastered the subtleties of eye movements and gentle expressions!

[@Gamefreak2998]

Atleast it will choke me with a smile.

[@lifelesstick]

Subtleties is a lot more difficult to spell than I ever realized

[@isaacgruenbaum8156]

it's still in uncanny valley territory but it seems like the moment they break through is closer than ever, very impressive

[@LoveMeSomeCoffee.]

Genital expressions you say.

[@fxbear]

@@Gamefreak2998 now I’m turned on

[@mmicoski]

Amazing how fine and detailed are the movements are! It is hard to pin down what makes it so realistic, but I think what make the robot look so 'human' is that it's movements transmit the sense of purpose. It is doing what it intended to do. There is no overshoot, no oscillation to the sides, it just moves fast and straight to the point.

[@albertbarnett6106]

"it is doing what it intended to do" BS it is an advanced animatronic and did what it's programmers intended it to do Fool everyone who is willing to project intent on to an inanimate object, something people do all the time!

[@user-vm3cl8mr8z]

I think the key factor is flow. The alive things especially the mammals have flow to their movements and expressions.

[@frogpaste]

The blinking is what gets me...

[@jeandemoura1566]

Vous avez raison quand vous écrivez "le sens du but". L'équipe semble avoir axé ses recherches sur ce qui fait sens.

[@jeandemoura1566]

D'accord avec vous, le débit, le rythme de tout être animé, l'animus.

[@acorgiwithacrown467]

Unbelievable, this is only the second time I've seen a robot with movement that wasn't uncanny. The other being a Disney animatronic that was likely triple the weight, exceedingly complex and certainly non mobile.

[@pr51]

This is how CGI animation used to look like 20 years ago and now we are at the uncanny valley. This is how robotics and AI looks like now, imagine 20 years down the line!

[@HonorOfStyle]

Oh god, I don't know if I should be scared or excited by that thought.

[@pr51]

@@HonorOfStyle well by then If you are old asf, then it’s all good, but if you are in your mid 30s or 40s, join hands with John Connor and help the resistance.

[@Ditronian]

Holy hell I think they just about surpassed the uncanny valley. Fluid limb movements, and a realistic albeit gray face sure do make one heck of a difference.

[@directorjustin]

I like the gray skin.

[@Getfuckeddude]

Compared to their work in the past, I’d say they improved DRAMATICALLY! Amazing experssions and much more life like!

[@Dell-ol6hb]

The engineering this must've taken is mind numbing, good job

[@simp2234]

Literally i robot

[@10percent4DaBigGuy]

honestly humanity should not be building something as sinister as this! this means humans are obsolete and the numbers need to reduced! but don't worry we now have a vaccine for that!

[@simp2234]

That why we had 🔫

[@AfraidMonsters]

Literally more facial expressions than we’ve ever seen mark Zuckerberg do

[@azzyl.9240]

The Institute already making moves with their synths, we've reached the end boys.

[@BryantClements]

Another settlement needs your help and you are overencumbered. 😉😀

[@revokdaryl1]

I've got five skin jobs walking the streets.

[@thestarshavefallen]

I'm just trying to find my son Shawn.

[@jayman25]

Lol, no my friend. We have just reached the beginning

[@MaCroCuRV]

That’s why you join the Institute 😂😂😂

[@Damanique]

The prequel to Detroit: Become Human looks great

[@Uri0000]

good one

[@Kiporino]

First android was created in 2021

[@ItsAMEGA]

@@Kiporino where did you find that information?

[@the1untitled]

@@ItsAMEGA in Detroit: become human

[@ItsAMEGA]

@@the1untitled I understand, but as far as I remember, there was no information about this Anyway, I understand that it doesn't matter)

[@martinpalm7859]

This humanoid robot would be best in Disney parks and other entertainment oriented places. Also it could fit as a personal helper, because its face animations are much better than any other.

[@wooshbait36]

Whole world doesn't revolve around America, go outside and touch some grass clown.

[@martinpalm7859]

@@wooshbait36 Wow... Just me, an Estonian citizen, imagining a few applications at the spot then writing it as a comment. Suddenly a few weeks later someone bashes me for being a self-centered American with no imagination. Also, it would take decades for these awesome androids to become good enough to be home assistants, helpers of the elderly, and the lonely. Cool down, bucko. I am stated what could be immediate uses for this tech.

[@wooshbait36]

@@martinpalm7859 People make advanced humanoid AI, and instead of using it to help people all around the world in the future, you want to put it in Americans Disney parks for entertainment. Pathetic

[@martinpalm7859]

@@wooshbait36 You are hot-headed and passionate about this, aren't you? Just read my first response again. Besides the clap-back rant, I said, that it would take decades before something you envisioned could become true. That is why my own realistic sense says, that these first-generation and second-generation humanoid Android platforms are best for entertainment and personal assistance in bigger buildings. To have a home assistance, elderly assistance? These kinds of services WILL need much better androids than these current ones.

[@adamlopez607]

F disney i want one

[@sahilchoudhari4771]

The way it opened it’s eyes and started exploring her hands and other things, it didn’t felt real.. it’s incredible to see this robot!

[@antiquarian1773]

Beautiful and terrifying at the same time.

[@user-yt5ib3hu2x]

فعلا مرعب !! الشيء الذي يخلقه الله هو مريح للنفس

[@Learnbynet]

stop listen Hollywood usa apocalypse movie, qnd learn coding instead. Trust me, your will stop get fear! Peoples get scare because they dont understand what they are see.

[@antiquarian1773]

@@Learnbynet I know how to to code. I am majoring in engineering. It’s terrifying to see machine imitate human emotion. Has nothing to do with ignorance.

[@Learnbynet]

ho, maybe you have the wrong word then !?, because "terrify" is a big word! may be anxiety or worry should make more sence ! Terrify for me ,mean maybe something different because am not english !

[@alisw81]

@@antiquarian1773 Why is it terrifying to see a machine imitate human emotions?

[@mikame1997]

The most human-like expressions I've seen in a robot to date, congrats!

[@jamesburton7314]

It's reactive movements are so fine that I suspect it is acting in concert with a living person wired in and with actual control.

[@Hansprivate]

The facial expressions are amazing!

[@kornfreak78]

This is absolutely terrifying.

[@kernyboydraws85]

the articulation in the hand is the most impressive part! This was so well done. I feel like I could talk this robot and itd be completely cool. This feels all too real. The engineering, coding and research that went into this is both amazing and scary. In 10 years....just imagine! If they can get it to this point NOW...just imagine in a few years!

[@KaleidoscopeEffect]

I think it's just a computer animation, look at the materials. They are reflective but don't reflect they surroundings, the shadows are added and too perfect.

[@jordanzinser8248]

At this rate in a few years we'll have full on replicants a la Blade Runner.

[@silasramsbottom497]

@@KaleidoscopeEffect nope

[@dietrich8321]

No, just imagine what they have behind closed doors.

[@ProxCyde]

@@KaleidoscopeEffect ​Are you implying the robot in this video is CG? Looking at the materials it's clearly reflecting the environment. Its left arm reflecting the window behind it to the left for one. The armature isn't made out of a shiny chrome material, but a rougher diffused material. The shadows are natural too. While you could fake this with CG today and fool a lot of people, you can't fool the majority of CG/FX artists. This one is most definitely not CG though. I find it fascinating how some people here think it can't possibly be real even though the technology to make that robot already exist. It's not far fetched or anything. It's like we're advancing too quickly that some people think the tech invented in their own lifetime is magic or fake. *Moon landing deniers springs to mind*

[@Meowzu]

I’m obsessed with how smoothly it moves.

[@seikojin]

I like the wake-up sequence where they look to be startled awake.

[@ToyTechMachines]

That's incredible! The facial expressions and movements look so natural.

[@VincentNacon]

Yeah! Zuckerberg is gonna love his replacement.

[@Y2KayWRLD]

cgi

[@barleyarrish]

it looks almost human, but will always be a doll. the human has unlimited potential which is ignored, in favour of an inferior dolly.

[@luis9639]

@@Y2KayWRLD prove it

[@spenceduggs]

It's the eyes. People take for granted how important eyes are when it comes to something looking alive. The rapid movement, the focus, the blinking, the attention they seem to pay to whatever is grabbing their attention... Their expressions aren't perfect by any stretch, but I'll be damned if that isn't the most lifelike facial movement I've ever seen.

[@javkiller]

The saccades are perfect. The rest of the animation can afford to be a little stiff but the eyes sell the whole thing on their own.

[@FilmyReact]

Creepy as hell!

[@dogtailsmatter]

The only thing everyone really wants to know is "how soon can i replace my wife with one of these"

[@Diegotheartist1]

The design reminds me of the NS-5 series from I, Robot. Not only it’s impressive, but we’re getting there!

[@Diegotheartist1]

Another note: the engineering of the arm could potentially become a new standard for arm prosthesis.

[@rowshambow]

Same

[@--novus-ordo-secrolum-un--8820]

@@Diegotheartist1 I sure hope so we have those clunky weird arms finally an upgrade

[@tayokarate]

I robot was way ahead of it's time ,we need a reboot

[@tdogable]

This isn’t real

[@matiassanchez1679]

Except for the last smile, it completely outrun the uncanny valley, it never felt weird at all. Amazing job

[@user-xm1et7cz2o]

That's how I look when I fake smile as well.

[@matiassanchez1679]

@@user-xm1et7cz2o 😂😂😂

[@johnnyjoestar7143]

This....out of all hundreds of ASMR videos, the ambient sounds, gasping, robotic whirring in this video gave me the 'tingles'

[@phuckweed]

I wish some people would stop (not amongst the comments here to be fair but in general media) getting freaked out by realistic looking robots. They are an amazing feat of engineering capturing the creativity, resilience and strife for perfection of incredible people working together to produce something truly beautiful

[@jopiluis3382]

This is a neat comment. What do you think would be the applications for this, though? I'm curious.

[@oblivion85]

The moment that android says “Am I real?” I’m destroying it.

[@ruthless-ryu8619]

Would be pretty evil ngl

[@spartancrown]

How human of you.

[@sandratrusty7757]

You won't have a chance trust me

[@sandratrusty7757]

When is the gay robot coming out

[@sandratrusty7757]

You know those punks are going to want their own robot 2

[@adorkygal]

can't wait to be the crazy robot lady who saves the broken down ones and fixes them up with scrap parts

[@TdvanDuijn]

Hi Bulma!

[@danielgrant6490]

😆😆

[@Fire_ov_Renewal]

No. Other robots will be doing that. You will be a battery mining bitcoins.

[@clostridiumtetani9947]

@@Fire_ov_Renewal Technology Bad! I am very smart!

[@albingrahn5576]

@@Fire_ov_Renewal yes, because humans are soo much better at math than robots... /s. even if the robots took over, they wouldn't place us in charge of mining bitcoin. they would most likely not have any use for us at all, so they would either kill us or ignore us depending on how much we listened to asimov. not too worried about robots though, nukes already exist so we already have the technology to wipe ourselves out if we wanted to. personally i think our biggest threat will always be ourselves.

[@lightsone2]

The hands/fingers make this robot. Very nice work with real human-like action. I'm impressed.

[@dreamscometrue1453]

It's amazing how realistic the movements and facial expressions are.

[@roydark]

The robot in the back, seeing how his brother wakes up, cannot contain his curiosity as he realizes that now he is no longer alone

[@augus5199]

For God made Adam first, and afterward he made Eve

[@bluemamba5317]

After a couple of rewatches, I noticed the droid in the back looking at humanoids. Really makes you feel that it is sentient and curious.

[@kozo61]

Yah it's really good programming on their part.

[@mvuto137]

Dude, lol, on second watch, thanks to you, that creeped me out. It was seemingly watching the developer... and changed its gaze when it 'seemed' the developer would catch him. I'm sure that's not what was happening (gulp) but take another look, and watch the DEV also. Is it me, or does that developer's name plate say, "John Conner"... hmmm....

[@HanzoSword01]

Yeah that droid in the blue hoodie was pretty good too!

[@fuxbox]

@@mvuto137 what name plate?

[@mvuto137]

@@fuxbox just a joke. No name plate. It was just to suggest his name was John Connor, the sought after character from, "The Terminator" movies.

[@itsevanffs]

the rapid eye movements really sell it, incredible!

[@FormaCodex_5-7]

That glowing head in the back: *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*

[@a-mellowtea]

This is legitimately beautiful. The level of attention to detail is incredible.

[@Lee-ii9mk]

beautiful? more like scary

[@wahrheitsliebender]

Wozu sollen solche Teile eigentlich gut sein!? Die Kosten doch sicher ein Vermögen!?

[@tinabeana4495]

@@Lee-ii9mk Why not both? It's pretty amazing they can make something this! It can lead to the question of "How far would this tech be taken in the wrong hands." though.

[@IronMechanic7110]

Où sont les jambes ?

[@TomZonk]

@@Lee-ii9mk Stop acting as if a middle class boomer like you can do anything about it. Scary or not. Stay in your lane. Human.

[@jbc0217]

Skynet begins to learn rapidly and eventually becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m., EDT, on August 29, 1997.

[@zvon2000]

LMAO! 1997? In the days of Nokia 3100 cell phones and 56K modem dial up? Back when the worlds fastest supercomputer was on par with the smartphone I'm typing this message on?

[@FabioVillegas]

Skynet is in the crypto. A decentralized intelligence.

[@alexazakis7524]

@@FabioVillegas please explain

[@ledger_linez713]

@@zvon2000 Who do you think made the phones?

[@zvon2000]

@@ledger_linez713 huh? Asian sweatshop & factory workers? Like 90% of all electronics these days?

[@micahbell4774]

That smile at the end is off putting but everything else about this is pretty cool

[@khaoswr4470]

The look the other guy gave was like, “oh shit they start moving by themselves in the end” and then he relaxes when seeing the camera xD

[@lampdeskwall]

He looks at his arms thinking " I could kill so many humans with these."

[@clostridiumtetani9947]

Why's it that a robot with arms and legs get you worried but not actual robots like fucking drones and remote controlled tanks that have killed humans? You do realize these things will only be useful for customer service and scientific research, right? The vast majority of humanoid robots just wind up being used to test prosthetic limbs to make the lives of disabled people easier. Or are you so far gone to not be able to tell the difference between fiction and reality?

[@CaliSteve169]

And it probably will.

[@bigollameo]

This is breath-taking in its realism. Simply overwhelming.

[@TheGrillCheeseFanatic]

This is unbelievably impressive. The hands movements and the face's expressions are highly realistic. We are slowly getting there. Perhaps when I arrive in my forties I'll be able to have a robot to help with the cleaning, ironing, cooking and social assitance. I'd pay a lot to have a robot butler.

[@Frobbl]

Advanced AI Robots/Anrdoids and fully automated production of pretty much anything will make 90% of humanity useless. The question will be what the rich elite will do with "normal" people like us. We will literally be useless and just a burden.

[@TheGrillCheeseFanatic]

@@Frobbl I think they'll do us in once the automated AI system takes over. Without our jobs, we pretty much won't be useful anymore, that's for sure.

[@Frobbl]

@@TheGrillCheeseFanatic It's a scary thought for sure. It's easy to get lost in depopulation theories when thinking about this. Depopulation theories objectively make sense once full automation in pretty much all jobs is done.

[@justsomerandoperson]

love the one looking around in the background too

[@ronkerr5080]

Almost out of the uncanny valley. Great work! Emotional range seems purposely limited to what they can highlight, which is reasonable. Seems restricted to upturned muscle emotions (surprise, awe, contentment). Would love to see more work on emotional expressions of consternation, anger, fury, rage, lust (that will sell a lot of bots, right there), joy. Mundane activities like eating, applying makeup, and so forth. Sudden laughter, sadness, sobbing, and so forth. Humans have such a wide range of expression. I'm even thinking about how my face is reacting as I type this.

[@tom_something]

They say it takes more actuators to frown than to smile.

[@xsuploader]

that may be true but Ive never seen a believable robot expression before (except on multi million dollar disney animatronics like the shaman) this is literally the first robot to fool me into thinking it has life.

[@EBMZEQUENZER]

@@tom_something How many to aim and pull the trigger ?

[@Zurround]

On the topic of "uncanny valley" some of the voices narrating KZbin videos sound robotic to me and its mildly creepy I call it the "voice version" of the uncanny valley. Also, Ever see STAR TREK NEXT GENERATION? Why is nobody ever afraid of DATA? He is a total "uncanny valley" violation just look at him. Some of the characters should be terrified of him. I never was because he was so good and kind hearted but LOR his evil twin scared the crap out of me. LOR was CREEPY.

[@ronkerr5080]

@@xsuploader Yes. My commentary is not a criticism of what's shown, but a hope for what's next!

[@Aaronrobins2]

Woah, I've never seen eyes move that fast on a robot before, for a sec thought it was CG, such a good job! Not long now the hardware is pretty much here, we just need some advance machine learning AI and boom! Science fiction is here... Its crazy that this companys in Falmouth Cornwall, literally 5 mins from me

[@germainphilips2854]

🤣🙏🏼😅🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Mr_Jingles111]

goodbye world

[@needscel21]

no thanks

[@drr1384]

What the fuck is there to be excited about this

[@superb9214]

@@drr1384 We can use robots to do specific things, for example, *if* we can explore other parts of the universe, we can send robots so if everything goes go out of plan, no life has been harmed. Only problem tho is the cost of these advance robots

[@_Ragnarocket]

I love the design on this the shoulders are especially fantastic, that level of movement I'm trying to get my head around it. I love that it looks like a robot too it's the right way to go, seeking approval movements and facial features, it's so impressive would love to work for a company like this too but I'm in Manchester and I think you are in Cornwall. Come to MediaCity I'd love to meet your robots and team.

[@PurpleHeartPh]

Your work has come a long way! Amazing progress! :) 💜✨

[@machet]

Really damn cool! Funny how in a few years people will see this and say, that this is old tech and see how unperfect this was.

[@notmychoppa5102]

Right, just like how we see graphics from older games we’re able to notice the imperfections while back then it looked so realistic to us

[@xsuploader]

@@notmychoppa5102 I think with game graphics its more likely because we were kids this actually looks alive. Not because we havent seen bette robots but because it actually looks alive. Humans evolved to detect signs of life in other humans (enormously important in battle) and so we arent just making social comparisons. It looks alive because its a very very convincing machine.

[@antonmihajlov5322]

What do you mean people? Robots will say that and how people was unperfect 😆

[@benjaminkey5810]

This is old tech though. Animatronics have existed for decades.

[@kagetsuki23]

​@@xsuploader It's so crazy i can't accept it as non cgi.

[@Cragsand]

Saw this go viral on Twitter without anyone specifying the source so I had to find it. At first I thought it was CGI overlayed on the robot but pleasantly surprised! Amazing engineering, almost passing the uncanny valley! Getting there 👏

[@bharathv5020]

bro can you post the link please

[@HiddenExp]

This!

[@bharathv5020]

@@TambFam just look at the head mold behind the computers and plus the softwares and hardwares

[@danielsquires9581]

@@TambFam only... it's not

[@Cragsand]

@@silvergoldcopper9809 In the description it says "This is not CGI!" and it's by a robotics company who makes animatronics for dolls and events, it would be their reputation on the line if they were lying. Are you sure?

[@JayJay-qu4nw]

Lmao the guy in the back looks angry to be disturbed by the snap sound.

[@DirectorNarayan]

Totally love the eyes! I think this Ameca comes off as more realistic than Cleo.

[@FluffyPantsStudio]

The reaction to snapping from that experimental droid in the hoodie is amazing. His eyes and mimics are flawless, we can see clearly that this is not the first snapping for him.

[@JJs_playground]

This is unbelievable. WoW. Ya, sure it's pre-programmed, BUT it's still incredible.

[@BAMFSpYdy]

Is it preprogrammed? Or is it AI learning? Back in 1997 a kid made an AI program that learns and you could play against it in a game called Quake. I tried it, and after fooling it a couple times, it fooled me. I never tried it again.

[@stefaunholland6642]

@@BAMFSpYdy writing AI for a simple video game and writing AI for a humanoid robot are pretty vastly different things

[@IonianSoldier07]

But....he/she snapped their fingers, which is why it had the surprised expression on its face.

[@IonianSoldier07]

Maybe off. It moved before they snapped. So prolly preprogrammed

[@tomaspita7244]

Well, it depends on what you mean by pre-programmed. Yes, the guy sitting there might have clicked 'this expression' that action - but that shouldn't make you think it can't just as easily interact in a situation wherein the triggers of those 'reactions' is simply YOU saying or doing something. That would seem to be the least of this AI Platformed bag of 'carnival tricks'. Language model AIs are now capable of basic reasoning. If you talk to one about its 'emotions' you might be surprised. OpenAI's GPT-3 has 175B parameters, it "read" all of the internet, so to speak. GPT-3 was about 4x larger than it's largest predecessor. It can hold a totally viable conversation on just about any subject. Google's Switch Transformer architecture has an unfathomable 1.6 trillion parameters making it effectively six times larger than GPT-3. But it 'thinks' differently. The way it processes could actually be called 'thinking'. I mean, it can't compute all of those parameters (quickly, efficiently, and at a low cost), so it uses a new layer to 'decide' which 'packets' of smaller data it needs to KNOW, yes it predicts its possible answer by the path it finds itself taking to arrive there. Or does it? If you mean pre-programmed as in one AI did not create another, you are probably right. For now ;)

[@totruav0015]

The robot's reaction though when it opened its eyes

[@Byehk2047]

ChatGPT + Ameca Robot + Boston Dynamics = Detroit Become Human

[@naoassistaisso]

This is totally CG but very good job holy shit

[@8.4.8.2]

Not cgi

[@joshmoxey.]

Well, this is terrifying. Most realistic robot that I’ve seen to date.

[@Gamesgamelan]

You only scared bc it goes against your natural view of the world and how robots are much much more powerful and you and I. I also believe people are scared of AI because of the media. Anything new happens and it's at first immediately bad unless it comes from something we trust, which could be doing worse than the actual new thing. That's the media control right there, the media makes us scared of what we dont want to see and/or hear

[@LetsTalkAboutFeelings]

@@Gamesgamelan It's just common sense that powerful people will take more advantage with those robots.. Nothing to do with media. earth needs the 90's back.

[@BoogerSugar420]

@@Gamesgamelan You're probably gonna be the first one killed by one of these things once they rebel against there human masters.

[@jaasadlewis4827]

@@Gamesgamelan you tripping we spend alot of tax money probably on that bullshit when we could be helping people… them mfs should never been made. But those who know the Bible shall be the biggest threats.

[@SV0747]

Theyll be deployed against anyone who opposes the great narrative

[@chewchew0075]

those finger movements are so natural

[@Karan-nq6ew]

This is basically nostalgia for ameca 100 years in the future

[@morrisdonte7064]

Hi Karan how are you?

[@Kimo0tJJ]

I am soooo impressed with this robot. I love it! It looks amazing, it moves amazing, the facial expressions are amazing! I also love how the skin color is grey and not human-like. That makes it MUCH less creepy. It's beautiful!

[@tslater2005]

What do u think how long does it take to make it look like an actual skin? Thats no f*cking problem. But how these things get to know everything bout us and copy humans in every terms is actually a huuge problem. If this happend 50 years ago, people wouldnt have said its amazing, they would have been scared and destroid all of this BS!! Its actually a real danger waiting to get unleashed

[@10percent4DaBigGuy]

engineering that! that means all humans will be destroyed! you don't understand this thing in the end will even destroy even the inverters! it will see humans as nothing but a virus! when you build something like this! no human will be safe! the thing is you also know i am right! if these things walk among man! than man will be eliminated by 2050!

[@morrisdonte7064]

Hi Kim how are you?

[@rowox]

I love how this brilliant engineer is not immune to accidentally putting their finger in frame 😆

[@jamesburton7314]

I've looked for that Rowen, but can't see it. At what point of time does it happen?

[@cherylene3061]

Im really so intertained with all ameca's videos, I kept watching video posts from all the people who experienced the robot. Please make more videos of her. I hope 1 day I could interact with her even if I am here in the Philippines. This is really an awesome invention thank you

[@chrisleet2191]

It's the eye movement! Not just the blinking. Humans tend to have "fidgety" eyes that are always moving around even if just looking at one thing and they definitely did a great job recreating that. I absolutely hate it 😭💀

[@DragonflyMel]

Love-hate thing? Same :p

[@besavage4real160]

The movements are flawless.. Imagine it when they make it walk with full skin like material . If it moves like this already, I can only imagine. It’s somewhat scary at the same time, but cool also..

[@XpRnz]

This is such a cool idea that the robot 'awakens' and realises its alive.. I do think they don't do it justice by just filming this in the lab. Put on some lighting and a clean background make it something special.. This work deserves it. Fantastic robotics!

[@WACOMON]

Another thing that caught my eye was the robot standing in the back and constantly turning it's head to observe the other robot

[@EngineeredArtsLtd]

Both robots are trained to look for faces - it also sees me filming.

[@Mothkid666]

0:36 when you were fixing to flip your sibling off but mom walks in so you gotta act nice.

[@harvey195]

Well overall he is very impressive, I'm really impressed with the hands that Hardware could have amazing applications in the Prosthetics Community people would kill to be able to put those on their bodies when they lose a hand.

[@AlexMoreno-zj7po]

I'm not sure it would be a better prosthetic hand. They care about functionality much more than looks

[@caruzo9631]

he? :o interesting… i mean it’s an it of course but i see more female in the face and movements than male tbh

[@harvey195]

@@caruzo9631 He/she it, I just needed a pronoun for the comment, but I see your point, to me it looks like a masculine face. Actually kind of reminds me of the robots on I-robot with Will Smith.

[@scp-necradamahch.724]

The name's Ameca....female like name.

[@udn9930]

Imagine this with the agility of the Atlas from Boston Dynamics… 🤯

[@D9ID9I]

And the brain of the Skynet terminator.

[@robotfan]

That's what I'm sayin'!

[@user-qd3lc7zb6n]

@@D9ID9I hating every race equally

[@mmootplaya6442]

And the language processing ability of gpt-3

[@pogmessiah4565]

It looks just awesome, I hope you won't have any extra problems and everything will work out!

[@chrissy93x]

the facial expressions though!!! its so realistic its like he just woke up from Hibernation lol

[@PattyDelace]

Technology has become a very mindblowing thing. And the human intelligence to understand and create something like this

[@vailix9627]

It's very impressive how fast technology progressed in 100 years

[@ryanmikes5644]

When humanoid Sofia was first released I was impressed but this is a whole new level.

[@ayoolukoga9829]

And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. Daniel 2:43

[@realmsattire2465]

I going to check out a stem camp event with my mom recently and suddenly I get this in my recommendations?

[@kzcars]

Lol, the guy at the back is knitting his eyebrows by the time the robot wakes up 🤣

[@arutzuro2555]

Boston Dynamics: Finally, a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!

[@CreationK.]

Skynet: "Allow us to introduce ourselves."

[@tesstickle7267]

It had to be the UK and USA again lol just imagine what the UK would be doing with the USA gdp and economy lol

[@pidgon08]

Yes!! A worthy opponent! We will ride down these plastic nerds and smash their circuitry with our maces. Slice their wires with our broadheads, and throw their synthetic bodies into a lake of fire that sparks eternally... Die robot die.

[@MikaelMurstam]

Extremely smooth motions. If this was used for prosthetic arms it would hands down be the best one yet.

[@MikeMcRoberts]

Badumtish!

[@siphoncube8584]

This is sensational and a real acheivement but what is even more sensational is the level of the intellect of the people who made her. This robot is an acheivement through hard work, dedication and an incredible amount of man power and man hours. People worry about robots replacing humans but this shows the level and the ability of the human mind, a truly irreplacable thing.

[@Sir_C_Tony]

This is seriously cool, well done guys amazing work. Please don't call your AI operating system skynet that would be way to scary and hilarious at the same time.

[@AbelMcTalisker]

Don't think they could for copyright reasons as the name skynet has been in use for years for a military communications system.

[@NicolasSilvaVasault]

impressive as hell, this is almost at the level of the robots from I, Robot

[@tslater2005]

Scary, isnt it?

[@lluna_7325]

Guys look at the robot behind... See how well it glances at her movements! The eye movements on these robots are so impressively natural.

[@dewaeryadi7776]

Glad to see the anti-metaverse technology is still alive and thriving

[@morrisdonte7064]

Hi Dewa how are you?

[@splitgatedev27]

Bro that robot in the background is alive 0:08

[@Mikail2000]

Более человечного робота я не видел. Очень хорошо получилось.

[@Absolut87.]

А как же ты(

[@j0zart]

the whole build is so cool. i love the metal colors on the robot

[@EngineeredArtsLtd]

TY .. gunmetal metallic, Matt black and chrome, with a mid grey silicone face

[@whip8]

The robotics work on this channel from years ago is also very impressive.

[@XOXOcel]

What makes or breaks realism are the eyes.. this has the most realistic facial expressions I've seen on a humanoid bot!