16k is insane. Even 32k is a super low for a bipedal, work ready robot imo
this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2024
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The UBTECH one is definitely not as advanced as the Atlas one. But I would expect, like everything electronic, China will eventually have commoditized versions of robots that are functionally almost as good as more expensive ones, but much cheaper.
https://www.techeblog.com/unitree-g1-humanoid-robot-mass-production/
No job is truly unskilled. Researchers have been trying to get robots to autonomously wipe tables and fold towels for years with only very limited succes. There is a reason why they only show the pick and place job here and nobody mentions the price for the training for a single task that's not just picking things up.
Researchers have been trying to get robots to autonomously wipe tables and fold towels for years with only very limited success
Yes, this has been true up until now, but I think we are in a phase of rapid advancement. Look here at how DeepMind is using current LLM AI so that robots can train themselves - https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/shaping-the-future-of-advanced-robotics/
I would guess robots capable (perhaps messily at first) of general purpose skills like cleaning aren't far off.