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About the video: Will robots replace us? Apptronik, creator of the general purpose robot Apollo, has crafted a product that would only take the undesirable tasks away from humans.
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Forget everything that sci-fi movies told you about robots. Introducing: Adaptable, general purpose robots who can work side-by-side with us on almost any task and in any environment. In other words, friend, not foe.
Named Apollo, this mobile robot is being built by Apptronik to capably complete thousands of tasks, and step into emergency situations that may be too dangerous for humans.
So while robots likely won’t be replacing you, Apollo has been crafted to help make your life easier, and give you more time to focus on what’s really important.
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[@j.c.9461]

I'm retired just one a robot to do all the house work all year so the wife and I can spend more time together 👫👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨😁

[@Techtalk2030]

This robot is my favorite so far aesthetic wise. Cant wait for the future.

[@carl-Sp]

Haven’t seen anything that has the humanlike fluidity of Optimus. It’s my front runner.

[@Techtalk2030]

@@carl-Sp Optimus is most likely a meme

[@unrealdevop]

Yeah I can't wait to be obsolete and to be completely at the mercy of companies with more power and influence then the most powerful countries on earth with only one objective, maximize personal profits at the expense of everyone else. If we are lucky they will give people just barely enough to keep civil unrest from boiling over into complete anarchy. They may not care at all though when they have an army of Robots to do their bidding. I'm sure they will keep a select few fellow humans around if for no other reason then to wipe their backsides and bow before them on their thrones. Maybe you'll get lucky and be one of the chosen few though.

[@master7738]

i want to live in the future too

[@Siranoxz]

18 years ago the whole concept of the humanoid robot was not even taken serious or even considered a real disruption, just your typical people that thinks Robots are just concepts from movies and not real life creation.

[@nikokapanen82]

Utter nonsense. We have some 80 years old black & white movies about the "near future" where they show humanoid robots working. I remember in the 90's all the newspapers were full of articles about humanoid robots becoming soon a reality, especially in Japan that will replace virtually all human work. Then we had Japanese Asimo 25 years ago that also spiked the belief that in the near future, humanoid robots will replace all human work. So, humanoid robots are nothing new, the problem is that they always failed to be developed to actually be useful and till these days, we see a lot of these humanoid robots but none of them are anywhere near in becoming advanced enough to actually go out there and replace human work. So, lets wait and see.

[@johnsmithe4656]

​@@nikokapanen82 I think the OP has a valid point. It's not just a one-off anymore. There are multiple competing humano-robotic companies trying to achieve the first "Model T" or the first "PC" and it is frankly only a matter of time now. We understand each necessary component of the technology sufficiently to dump billions of dollars into it and actually have something to show for the money spent. There's an actual INDUSTRY now, even though that "world's first light bulb" hasn't yet been achieved. It's all just engineering now. There's no mystery to it. We know what has to be done and where to allocate the resources to get it done. It's no longer merely conceptual wishful thinking. Our mechanics, our simulations, our AI, our computing power, our networking, our Lithium based batteries, even our venture capital.... it's there. What's left is pure engineering. Code. System design. Machine learning. Time. One of the biggest missing pieces IMO was actually natural language processing. Without an easy way to communicate with robots (eg, "Asimo, go do the dishes"), putting them into homes or work places would have required specialized training just to operate them. LLMs have completely solved that hurdle. First time I used ChatGPT, that's when I knew robot butlers were just around the corner. The corporeal motion and actual capabilities (what they can do) will be developed incrementally over time. I imagine that in less than 10 years we will be able to purchase humanoid robots that have a wide array of capabilities, and they will continue to be improved through firmware updates, like any other electronic hardware these days. We're not there right now.... but we're close. The writing is on the wall. Once self driving cars are finally a real thing, humanoid robots will be coming right after. Hell, people will be able to put a robot in any car and make the car self-driving at that point. This is a fascinating age we are entering! This is history!

[@nicolasdujarrier]

Although the mechanical engineering part is extremely hard, the real challenge is likely the « brain » (software) part. Most current generation humanoid robots are based on deep learning, and there is growing evidence that only deep learning based robots is not scalable in a fully open, unstructured environment as it can’t handle corner cases (Tesla FSD), which rises some safety concerns. Therefore I don’t believe the current generation of humanoid robots will succeed, but there could be some applications where safety is not too much a problem, or with a human in the loop it would be able to handle the corner cases. Alternatively my hunch is that there will be a need of an IA based on memristors like the start up Rain Neuromorphics is working on…

[@nicolasdujarrier]

@@nikokapanen82 I agree 100%. Although the mechanical engineering is extremely hard, the real challenge is actually the « brain » (software) to make it able to do useful stuffs, but importantly safely (in nearly) all circumstances. Most current R&D work for a robot « brain » focus on Deep Learning (DL) and there is growing evidence that it can’t handle corner cases (Tesla FSD) : without human in the loop, it is likely a dead end. My hunch is that it will require new disruptive technologies like memristors (re-discovered in 2008 by Stanley Williams group at HP Labs), but it is still a new immature technology. There are some interesting articles on Eetimes about a start-up named Rain Neuromorphics about their R&D in that domain.

[@vincedim549]

Bot propaganda is been around long long long ago..difference now is they have AI and will give it a body where some WEF hand or other entities will control it unless we reject the whole concept while still can.

[@joeltraut5050]

the thing is that most people who do these manual jobs dont do them because they feel they have to, they do them because they need money and they don't have qualifications to have better jobs. it's these people who are going to be affected and no longer have money to learn new skills that will suffer from these inovations

[@INWMI]

tell a 45 yo truck driver he needs to go to college to learn a new skill bacause a robot took his job over night.

[@andrewjohnston359]

"I don't have to do this job...but I need the money to survive, and I don't have any other skills...so...I have to do this job!" ;)

[@BlackandWhitecustoms]

If someone isnt willing to grow and improve then they suffer everyday anyways. Maybe eliminating theses jobs that require no skills will force people to grow and evolve

[@bigCNB]

problem is: jobs that require collage degrees will be gone too. AI system will replace programmers before robots replace manual labour.

[@INWMI]

@@BlackandWhitecustoms u are probably very young, or very disconected of the reality of adult life. Once you start working is almost imposible to learn a new skills, return to college or anything, and is even worse if you have kids. if you go unemployed overnight maybe with goverment support it could be posible to return to education. the problem of AI and this general robots is bigger than the one faced by industrial revolution workers, because they are going to take every single job, so it isn't like back in the days people were able to switch to another kind of manual labor, General purpose robots+Ai is a pandora's box.

[@plamedimatenda10]

this is why we need UBI, so we can actually spend our time doing what we love and not watching robots have homes while were all homeless

[@AJ0K3R]

Jaron Lanier had a pretty interesting argument for why UBI might not be the best idea in a future like this. He has several videos going over how tech will impact government and our lifestyles in the near future.

[@INWMI]

i'ts going to happen no matter what

[@MyLibertyTV]

If you demand that Congress stop sending trillions of dollars to other countries that don’t even like us we could probably afford UBI…but until then.

[@rifz42]

@@AJ0K3Rit may not be the best idea but it’s the only one I’ve heard that sounds plausible

[@nostromo2112]

I am against UBI but new tech is going to be highly disruptive to labor markets

[@italianlifestyle7911]

I can't help but wonder if the world is gonna look like Total Recall movie in 20 years🧐

[@user-us6ce7me8k]

Indeed

[@stewiex]

If we're lucky yes....otherwise it will look like Half Life. On our current trajectory, it looks like Half Life.

[@Techtalk2030]

I bet better. Hopefully everything gets automated. We want more star trek than total recall

[@italianlifestyle7911]

one thing is what you're hoping for and yet another what's gonna turn out.. time will tell@@Techtalk2030

[@jayajaleni5058]

Or I Robot, the movie with Will Smith. 😳

[@gavinchristiantoro]

The creators of this video are paid so much by business owners to convince the public that this is kindness.

[@NickFromHardReset]

For the record, we were not paid by apptronik to make this - our only sponsor for this video was NordVPN. Apptronik gave us access and was generous with their time, but the content of this video is our own editorial point of view.

[@marievilsaint7503]

Robot is a great machine that can do a lot of heavy work. For example, human can work only 8 - 16 hours per day but a robot can work 24 hours. It's a wonderful idea that robot can do a great job as a human being.

[@maxidaho]

Their power source runs down just like ours does. So, 24 hours a day, not yet. Soon though.

[@hillbillyintheasia6122]

@@maxidaho 24/7 have replacement robot when one need recharge other takes it place.

[@artxiom]

@@hillbillyintheasia6122 You mean like a shift? 😄

[@fuzer4047]

Meaning many will lose jobs because of it but i am currently learning for robot operator (industrial robots) so for me this is both bad and good since my work will probably stay for a long time but as for other then not so much

[@carmichaelmoritz8662]

@@fuzer4047 everyone will have a robot or robots to do our tasks. No need for us to work other then exercise or enjoyment.

[@MrMick560]

Nice well balanced video, I have been waiting for this all my life, we thought this would happen in the 1970s, we didn't realise how hard it would be, I think today's scientists and engineers should be really proud of what they are achieving.

[@whatbringsmepeace]

I hope we can have robots that pick weeds and pull bugs so our food stops being sprayed multiple times with pesticides and herbicides. I want to eat healthy food!

[@NickFromHardReset]

Actually, we also covered a company doing exactly that! They use lasers to burn weeds - so it’s pesticide free! Laser “death ray” kills weeds 80x faster than humans | Hard Reset kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWPSnWBriLR6p7s

[@ryanmckenna2047]

The artists did a great job at the aesthetics, they look like a great company!

[@compulsivedrummer9197]

Please do not blame the robots. They do not want to take our Jobs. At this time they do not express choice! Now how they are used by the owners is another thing. We need a human centered approach to governance. So that humans will always be okay.

[@Techtalk2030]

I hope they take all the jobs.

[@timmy-wj2hc]

It's the capitalists that want to take all the jobs. Only after they destroy thr planet and human race will capitalists realize what they have done.

[@johnsmithe4656]

@@Techtalk2030 And what would you prefer to have happen to the humans that are replaced?

[@KiloFeenix]

Unless people are going to pay the bills for the displaced workers this is a horrible idea.

[@j.c.9461]

What? one robot arm in the 70s put thousands of people out of work and it's still doing it automation has taken a lot of jobs those are simple robots🦾🤖

[@hieithefox]

Seriously robots should be helping us and doing the things we can’t or shouldn’t be doing

[@Andre_Jordan]

War?

[@andrewarrondo1253]

Yep. Robots for jobs too dangerous and AI for computations too time consuming. Why people are developing both techs to replace us in jobs we can do just fine and need to earn a living, I will never understand.

[@Andre_Jordan]

@@andrewarrondo1253 Isn't it obvious? Why pay $30,000 a year for a basic labor job when you can spend $10,000 a year maintaining a robot that does the same basic tasks. Only the basic jobs will be removed due to automation and create more low level supervisors for cheap.

[@andrewarrondo1253]

@@Andre_Jordan I was being facetious. Corporate greed is the reason it’s happening. There will be no more jobs for most of us. Robots will replace our labor and AI will replace our creativity. The future is bleak.

[@AlexPaleczny]

I can already see all those agricultural workers, factory workers, drivers, etc becoming poets, financial advisors, artist and doctors. It will be great!

[@harshrai1056]

😂

[@Main446]

That’s the best comment! 😂

[@longestvideoever]

HAHAHAHAHAHA oh wait you're serious.....

[@longestvideoever]

Seriously though. Either they now need to take time and money to get a degree or they be replaced by ai anyways. The world seems dystopic asf right now.

[@WiseOnion]

financial advisors and doctors are also at risk, AI can easily give financial advices and perform surgeries or diagnose and prescribe medicine based on the millions of data it has stored.

[@richardurwin]

Good article thank you. It'll be interesting to see which company will have the business model that makes these commercial viable and a product that is adopted.

[@herrneumrich6876]

I can't wait for robot mechanic/technician to be a thing in companies. Definitely something I could imagine as a job. I'd be the weird guy who always sits in his workshop, tinkering on something and talking to the speech module AI of one of the robots that couldn't be saved, so I don't have to interact with other humans lol

[@rezvlt9285]

What makes you think they won't have robot mechanics? XD

[@herrneumrich6876]

@rezvlt9285 Well, there has to be some point down the line where you don't want robots to do the work, right.? :D Plus - if you want some.. "special" modifications on your machine that other robots wouldn't be allowed to do, due to their programming, you'd need a human to do it. ;)

[@pvanukoff]

Robot mechanic/technician already is a thing, has been for decades. But that job, like all others, can and will be replaced.

[@herrneumrich6876]

@pvanukoff I get your intent, but I mean robot technician/mechanic for the more advanced models. The ones that we saw in this video. Still thanks for the info tho. Should probably get to it already lol

[@thesoundsmith]

My first thought regarding a skin covering vs leaving actuators exposed - what happens when your three-year-old sticks his finder in, for example, the leg joint and is pinched? That would be my cover.no-cover leading rule. Otherwise - which philosophy wins - the Optimus Prime principles or the Apollo creed?

[@leonardigweokolo2813]

I love how this robot looks, especially the face. It's like it has its own emotions and is thinking.

[@MrBrandenS]

When I see this I can't help but see how this amazing technology is overshadowed by the elephant in the room. The people don't own these robots, the rich corporations do. And when the rich no longer have a need for most humans, it means most humans become less needed and servants to the robots / rich and living off the government whether they want to or not. That isn't the freedom I imagine most of us want from these innovations. Until we decide that such tech extends to benefit humanity with all having ownership of such tech versus a minute select few this will always be the ugliness of such human ingenuity.

[@NakedSageAstrology]

It is time for humans to learn what it means to be human! It is time that humans are no longer just tools to be exploited. It is time that #JobsAreForRobots #HumansAreForLoving

[@e.v.k.3632]

Can't be soon enough I don't wanna work anymore Work is destroying me

[@malliyana201]

Yup, have fun living under the bridge while the robots get paid to afford the $6000 per month rents which should start coming about from next year. You'll have all the "free time" you need to sit and wonder how you are going to survive the below freezing temperatures at night while the robots sit in an air conditioned office moving crates around.

[@FiftyFabs]

@@malliyana201 What are you talking about? If robots take all our jobs then nobody will be able to afford the products they are creating. So a basic universal income will have to come with that. And also more taxes on the companies that use those robots to fund the UBI. Also, why should a robot get paid??? 😆🤣

[@servantes3291]

@@FiftyFabs And why would the robots need $6000 for rent? And why would they need air conditioning??

[@INWMI]

@@FiftyFabs UBI won't ocur

[@pnartg]

Robots don't need to pay rent. They can work 24/7. They don't get tired or bored. They don't need to save up for retirement or take vacations.

[@KiloFeenix]

Unless people are going to pay the bills for the displaced workers this is a horrible idea. Or companies are going to have a bunch of employees that don't know how to work. I know the irony.

[@saliferousstudios]

They're also doing away with customers.... Great idea guys, increase supply and decrease demand.

[@Deep_Matter_Analysis]

Mr. Robot said, hate the game don’t hate the player. He just wanna work 😊

[@Borrowed_Rowboat]

Conveniently, the focus is kept on whether AI (under which I also include robotics) will destroy or help humanity, and how to put a friendly face on it, when the much more immediate problem is the profit-driven, autocratic corporate world that is developing and employing it. The problem isn't so much whether people will be afraid of a given interface, but rather that power over every living creature on our planet is being concentrated into fewer and fewer hands by these technologies! It's part of a truly sobering trend away from freedom and democracy.

[@Penrose707]

As a new viewer of your channel I commend the production value of your videos. Great stuff

[@NickFromHardReset]

Thank you for watching, and thank you for the kind words!

[@JeffBilkins]

They have complicated theory about it's look and have nice animations but then the real robot still moves like an anxious wobbly elderly person.

[@elirothblatt5602]

Good video. Exciting times!

[@SilverFan21k]

Will you please cover new breakthroughs in longevity / life extension tech?

[@ProgressiveDiscussions]

I think Apollo would be more efficient if it had chicken style legs with its knees facing backwards and bending that way, just like a bird. It will make squatting easier I think.

[@seekerofthemutablebalance5228]

I've seen that version, I think Amazon has that design now. Seems solid even though it looks weird

[@ProgressiveDiscussions]

@@seekerofthemutablebalance5228 when it comes to science and technology or for that matter everything in life, there is always room for improvement. I'm very impressed with Boston Dynamics but someone invented the robotics with the dexterity of a human with sensitive fingertips that will not break fragile objects.

[@NickFromHardReset]

We actually met a robot just like that, named Digit! This robot will be mass produced by 2025 #robotics #shorts kzbin.infoCblmmbFqlEw?feature=share

[@ProgressiveDiscussions]

@@NickFromHardReset it's just as well that these general purpose robots are going to be mass-produced because what normal human being likes working in a dirty dusty noisy warehouse or factory anyway.

[@NickFromHardReset]

@@ProgressiveDiscussions Well, to be fair, it’s entirely possible that someone wants a job in a dirty, dusty, noisy warehouse job on its own merits- it seems unlikely to me, but I’m biased by my own preferences. But the idea behind a lot of robots like this is not that people will never work in warehouses, just that they won’t *need* to work in conditions they don’t want to. Ideally this would mean more choices, not fewer. In practice, however, that’s a question for how society reacts to this kind of technology.

[@milopboothe]

The only reason we walk on two legs is because the advantage of using our hands overcame the advantage of stability that four legs provides. But that doesn't mean having four legs was bad. I think the insistence on robots being bipedal is to their detriment. Humanoid top halves are good enough but the lower half should be like a barstool on retractable wheels. There's very few environments that can't be navigated by wheels on four flexible legs. Way faster, more stable, more energy efficient. Walking on two legs just isn't that amazing., It was a necessary evil so we could use our hands better.

[@Nightzo]

I think four legs and tentacles for arms would be a good combination

[@alirezaakhavi9943]

great videos! thank you for sharing :)

[@jackmead7292]

Have them build a house that doesn't take half a million so I don't have to perpetually worry about paying my rent. Satire but serious. This is incredible. It's why I'm an engineer who likes to build applications that help farmers and not the next AI that tricks you into watching that next advertisement for a toothpaste that didn't need to be invented.

[@shykj8892]

The general purpose robot will be the physical agent of language model. The decision will be realised via multiple models that we can't understand very well. It is politicians' job to develop a deep understanding of the situation whether to restrict the seemingly dangerous robots.

[@bernstock]

I like this design, looks good and fit for purpose

[@jjcooney9758]

Dude, don’t put the hydra symbol on the building making the murder bots please! 😂

[@andrewarrondo1253]

I scoffed when I saw it too! 😂 🐙

[@marlow1096]

As fascinated and enamored as I am by the development of robotics and A.I, I am concerned about the growing pains of this technology. We don't really have a great historical record with the development of such delicate technologies.

[@pvanukoff]

Exactly. It's not all sunshine and roses. The reality is the people are going be laid off in massive numbers and not be able to find gainful employment. There will be zero financial incentive (which is the only incentive corporations care about) to keep humans on when AI/robotics can do their jobs better, faster and cheaper. People are like "wow, won't it be nice when I won't have to hurt my back working my factory job" but they don't think about the fact that they won't be employable. It boggles my mind that nobody is really talking about the downsides.

[@casey6075]

Great Video! Quick note: Avengers: Age of Ultron was released in 2015 not 2006.

[@NickFromHardReset]

Good catch! That was our bad!

[@TheJabberWockyy]

This is the most exciting time in our history. Btw a VPN does not make you safe trust me.

[@mark-robots]

One person told me - they employ transport robot - one person loads, one person unloads and one maintenance - before one person with forklift made the same job - but future is bright - unemployed people will have a lot free time

[@daQuietsho]

"My name is Connor. I'm the android sent by Cyberlife." Yes I'm a nerd i had to 😂😂😂

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

May God give the creators of this robot speed and progress in developing it!

[@MikeG-js1jt]

I imagine there would still be use cases where you would prefer a hydraulic system over electro-mechanical, like some military applications and select industrial uses

[@ItchyKneeSon]

Now we can gorge on fast food that's fast again and all the kids can record even more videos of themselves dancing and pranking random people! 🎉

[@interestedinstuff1499]

This was a superb story. It told us that there are some smart folks out there who know that too cute doesn't work, too military is scary, too machine like has no trust, too human has the uncanny valley. We need feedback from the machines to know what they are doing. We are social animals and the robots have to work with our social circuits. Just like the auto drive car got headlights that look like eyes so you can tell when it has 'seen' you (some autodrive electric car at an airport that I can't link to because I've forgotten where I saw it).

[@AtillatheFun]

One thing I don’t understand is why do the robots have to be in human form? Why can’t they have 4 legs, if in a flat warehouse? It would be safer

[@Nightzo]

Can give the robot wheels if it's in a flat warehouse

[@BearMeat4Dinner]

I need these two for the farm!!!❤

[@diehardanglers]

I'm honestly surprised humanoid robots haven't been implemented into society already. I worked in robotics for years in manufacturing and seen the capabilities long ago. The red tape and funding in our society are most likely why humanoid robots are not already in our society.

[@phvass]

Affordability has been the blocker. Apptronik has solved that

[@Mightymouse103]

I bet robots are for when youre out of your home and going to come very late, when youre tired and be a best buddy when youre by yourself.

[@TimeFlux1089]

I want the robot design at 13:10 so fucking bad. I appreciate the story they are trying to communicate with the current design, but the other head shape just fits the vibe of a mass-produced workforce so much better imo

[@cleanthinking]

Love it! Gogogo!

[@moderncontemplative]

Taking into consideration "the law of accelerating returns", no one can accurately predict when robotics will go mainstream on a wider scale. Important point: AI pundits failed to predict the emergent properties of LLMs, including its creators! As a society, we need to be up-skilled via incentives from governments to private enterprises to be prepared for a world in which the cost of intelligence is roughly zero. The other two costs that will diminish are energy and production.

[@user-qu2pv2wp3o]

finally someone to carry all those empty boxes in my house. takes me like hours every day

[@INWMI]

10:26 and never end well

[@hallahgray3190]

Imagine robots that could track your health like your sugar levels. It would be pretty easy because you wear the sensor and this information go to your phone. It could just as easily go to a robot that could track your sugar levels and your heart rate and remind you or even bring your medication to you once it sensed a change.

[@AlexTaylor-xk8fo]

Your robot walks like he's constipated

[@echointhedark22]

I invite you to build a better one

[@boppinator4308]

​@@echointhedark22 Treads. A walking robot is stupid.

[@Nightzo]

@@boppinator4308 How would a robot climb stairs with treads?

[@moroccanguy1957]

Please all , what languages is used in theses robots ? Is python fine to programme an autonomous robots like thoses ? Thank's

[@bigCNB]

Python is being used mainly in AI. I would start by learning C++ and ROS

[@andacomfeeuvou]

When I see news about the development of robotics I can't help but imagine that in the not too distant future these machines will be hunting human beings.

[@fitybux4664]

12:00 Good thing you didn't go with that design - unless you want it to look like a cyberman. 😆

[@K4IICHI]

Wish there was at least a mention of the software that's powering this.

[@jakeblake06]

Oof you guys... It's gonna be tough to compete with Tesla on this project but I believe in you.

[@MysteriousFuture]

We’ll see 😂😂😂 Elon Musk has been known for promoting some vaporware projects that never get off the ground like Hyperloop and true self-driving (Level V autopilot)

[@bobbybishop5662]

Tesla's robots is a joke , it's ten years behind .

[@MrSnowFoxy]

okay but anyone whos legitimately afraid of Johnny 5 takes life way too seriously lol J5 has to be my favorite scifi character.

[@master7738]

of course it's a walking truck it's more simple than everyone thinks because of fiction movies

[@thomaservin1669]

They are doing very good work, solving one little issue at a time almost daily. Waste of time here, to argue about when it started. There will be wonderful breakhroughs.

[@syproductions456]

I like that they're smaller than us, they look like I could easily overpower them if needed. I don't want a future where there's hundreds of big powerful AI powered machines everywhere, no thanks

[@Danuxsy]

your comment is what short men fear

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

Most people hate their jobs and robotics will enable them to do what they really like to do.

[@brianmi40]

The danger isn't from "robots getting out of control" but rather robots CONTROLLED BY HUMANS being used to, say, rob a bank or store. All these need to have carefully designed, encrypted chips for ALL their movement and AI skills which will prevent hackers from reprogramming one/many to do things that will be problematic to say the least.

[@0ctatr0n]

It needs the three red volume bars that jump up and down like kit on Knight rider on it's mouth.. Also the same voice as well.

[@Hukkinen]

8:22 Robot designers tell a nice overview of their process.

[@timmy-wj2hc]

Meet your replacement at your job, these robots plus AI will take over.

[@seekerofthemutablebalance5228]

No discussion on the software and ai that would run the thing. Mostly aesthetics and what kind of mouth is less creepy 😂

[@enghse888]

When we see apollo and digit from amazon, general-robots working for us, the robot era s coming now

[@realbadger]

8:23 Isn't that the logo for Marvel's Hydra...?

[@Proton-KB]

Am I the only one who saw the Hydra logo ?¿

[@jukio02]

It's nice, but replace those harder outer shells with softer ones, like humans but a little stronger still. Robots should be soft and sturdy like humans. This way they become even more versatile, able to navigate the human world more freely.

[@bardz0sz]

So robots do the lifting, AI does the thinking and we get to chill?

[@ericblanchard5873]

I sure could use a robot, or 10, to do my job. How much will the robot cost when ready? Will Teslas Optimus Robot surpass your robot?

[@tomcloud54]

Technology has always been sold to us in order to "save us time", which means that in order to overcome the boringness of "free time", we need to buy still more technology to entertain us. Not to mention the "free time" we spend learning how to operate or fix our newest technology. I love robots though, and can't wait for them to be affordable and commonplace.

[@pvanukoff]

Good luck buying one when you have no income because robots have taken your job.

[@blockhead1899]

i came to the realisation that they are trying to justify this by allowing people who would normally work these jobs to be able to pursue better endevours but wouldent the people who have those jobs to begin with not have a choice?

[@PiefacePete46]

I agree. If the people who are to be displaced were capable of better endeavours, surely they would already be pursuing them. In many cases it is more likely they would end up unemployed, with lowered self-esteem, and potentially contributing to an increase in crime statistics. Government will have to fund this change... probably by increased taxation on the people who are still making money FROM INTRODUCING ROBOTS TO PERFORM BORING, REPETITIVE WORK! Go Figure.

[@leedsbutler3567]

I like these guys.

[@smggl64]

A lot of people need something to do in their spare time, idle minds make people crazier and the pandemic proved that. If the robots took all jobs and we had a policy where the people who made money off it had to pay all non workers a liveable wage then i guess itd be ok but we know thats not happening.

[@INWMI]

thats the point, so they can enforce the robots against people, it's by design

[@wugely]

Talking about hydraulics and showing pneumatics 😅

[@derbender9264]

But you forgot all the people who had really bad ideas in their free time, it will never be all shiny. We need to work more for solving the bad consequences and stopping being so romantic about the future

[@ramandeepsinghbajwa7777]

Relaxing music.

[@DavidMcCalister]

Not sure if they will be able to compete with Tesla, crazy how fast they have gown.

[@bobbybishop5662]

Tesla's robots is a joke , easily 10 years behind.

[@servidig483]

Art and science could be the top priorities of humanity post labour but it will tahe at least 200 years

[@ChrstphreCampbell]

I hate it that they’re always crouching, it makes them look sketchy, like teenagers ( ? )

[@CrawfordPrime]

I really like the hopeful message at the end, about giving humans back their time to do the things they want to do, the major problem tho is money and the idea of earning currency. Entire economic systems will have to be developed around this new technology once it becomes mainstream enough because capitalism and other economic systems I think wouldn’t be able to work because not enough people are working and aren’t earning money, or we go back to some hybrid artisan based economy like kinda what was present during the Middle Ages up to the colonial period.

[@joelm.m]

Bicentennial Man movie is becoming a documentary

[@Jglock007]

Terminator in real life 100%

[@CHIEF_420]

🌎⌚️

[@andrewhooper7603]

"Meet the hand ax, the new invention that wants to give you more free time" "Meet the plow, the new invention that wants to give you more free time" "Meet the wheel, the new invention that wants to give you more free time" "Meet the steam engine, the new invention that wants to give you more free time" "Meet the washing machine, the new invention that wants to give you more free time" "Meet the computer, the new invention that wants to give you more free time"

[@augurelite]

Under our current society and economy if you do not work (and do not have stocks or real estate or trust funds to mooch of of), you lose your apartment, your health insurance, your car, and you become homeless. Technology that makes "unskilled" (I hate this term) labour obsolete will put millions in a situation where they cannot afford to live. There are no forces in our government working to make labour not a requirement for food shelter water etc. Tech bros with this rose coloured glasses outlook are clearly are completely oblivious to the state of the world and it's current trajectory with cost of living crisis aka inflation (corporate greed) and climate change (corporate greed). Incredible technology with a beautiful design, but their message to free humans from undesired labour is either completely delusionally out of touch or it is said only in application to affluent members of society

[@CHIEF_420]

🌎 = 🙈

[@thedarkangel613]

Before anything: I am an automation engineer who since was 5 wanted to build robots Every time these topics come up 2 things come to mind 1)why human shape-it really isn’t efficient. People say so it can easily adapt but that does answer why HUMAN shape as oppose to automating the thing (like the forklift) 2)who decides what are the “boring jobs” what’s boring to one is pleasure for another Just things that always come up in my head with this topic

[@canadajim]

"why human shape-it really isn’t efficient" The entire existing world is built for it though. I want a robot that can get in my car, go get groceries, then come home and cook the food. Then do the lawn. Then go work for 12 hours for pay. Minimum wage. That should be the law by the way. The same minimum wage for robots as humans.

[@thedarkangel613]

I disagree that the world is designed for humans. WE HUMANS DESIGNED things for the average size human but things in nature are random. We can easily design things for anything. We’ve done it for animals Your example while fair can also be designed this way: Self driving delivery cart that goes to a pickup location; Automated grocery system; Cooking robot arm; Self driving lawn mower Having one robot to do all that involves a lot of programming and engineering redundancies thst just leads to more debugging issues. Not saying it’s not possible. Just seems like the more complicated solution to the problem

[@canadajim]

Maybe instead of efficient, what about versatile?

[@thedarkangel613]

@@canadajimit is a fair point on versatility but is versatility necessary or the best choice, is what I am asking Think apple computers be PC computers: PCs are customizable, can handle way more things than a Mac so it ends up having more use cases BUT because apples stuff is more limited in choice, it’s hardware and software work beautifully with limited power consumption, glitches and less likely to be hacked I’m just thinking imho most robotic cases, versatility is really an unnecessary complication but a cool feature Also the human body is not the ONLY way to make something versatile. Industrial arms are very adaptable

[@08wolfeyes]

While it is somewhat impressive, these robots won't be replacing anyone soon. If you compare speed and agility to that of a human, humans still win. We humans are very fluid in our motion as well as being able to do tasks rather quickly While the robot is still rather slow and mechanical in its motion. We humans are also very adaptable to new tasks should the need arise or should something happen where we need to think quickly or make another decision. I think in the future, it will be good for machines to do the dull boring tasks do that hopefully we can focus on jobs that are more satisfying, more rewarding and one that is enjoyable to work in. I am, however, somewhat sceptical that such a future will happen, but we shall see.

[@Kernal7Mustard]

Did anyone actually think this was impossible? It was always more of a very distant inevitability in my mind

[@SolariaEsoterica]

Creativity was the job we wanted to do and it took that first!

[@airobotsix]

Apollo it's incredible!

[@Ashelybee]

"Creature of steel....go back to work"

[@ultimape]

I really wish they wouldn't fake some of the walking animations on these things. The little hobbly junk that it does is so much worse than the ones they're using the simulated videos.

[@phen-themoogle7651]

12:08, "how'd you make the head? " "other competitors didn't even have a head?" headless human competitors💀 You got aHEAD of your competitors...

[@joelm.m]

So what happens when the robots start building robots, the engineers become obsolete as well...