Before continuing, I should say that overall I think humanoid robots is not a good idea.
Wheels work for flat ground but not for staircases. Afaict wheel on leg hybrids handle staircases well but at that point it looks like it is more complex than having 2+ legs. You can also have wheel extensions for humanoid robots, im pretty sure ive seen it in Unitree’s videos.
Controlling any sort of robot to do basic navigation, is something that I imagine will be close to fully automated that it doesn’t matter in the discussion of humanoid vs other robot. Though, do you know humanoid robots handle the balancing themselves, and that people do use controllers to control without needing to wrry about balance?
The fact that humanoid robots can handle a larger set of tasks and environments is also its appeal exactly because mass production can reduce cost significantly.
I really sound like a humanoid robot proponent but I just don’t think these are that good of arguments against it. I can write a longer list of issues I have with humanoid robots when the time comes.
Before continuing, I should say that overall I think humanoid robots is not a good idea.
Wheels work for flat ground but not for staircases. Afaict wheel on leg hybrids handle staircases well but at that point it looks like it is more complex than having 2+ legs. You can also have wheel extensions for humanoid robots, im pretty sure ive seen it in Unitree’s videos.
Controlling any sort of robot to do basic navigation, is something that I imagine will be close to fully automated that it doesn’t matter in the discussion of humanoid vs other robot. Though, do you know humanoid robots handle the balancing themselves, and that people do use controllers to control without needing to wrry about balance?
The fact that humanoid robots can handle a larger set of tasks and environments is also its appeal exactly because mass production can reduce cost significantly.
I really sound like a humanoid robot proponent but I just don’t think these are that good of arguments against it. I can write a longer list of issues I have with humanoid robots when the time comes.