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Lyn Alden
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Humanoid robots are interesting, but over the next decade, keep in mind the power requirements.

The human brain is an *immensely* powerful computer and runs on like 20 watts. It is a breathtakingly efficient thing. Plus with a bit of water and (optionally) some food, a human body can operate for days.

Getting humanoid robots to the point of being able to walk around and participate in our world with high levels of processing and long run times is going to be a hard and long-term engineering challenge. Harder than EV adoption. Robots in the real world are an order of magnitude more complex to get right than robots in a controlled industrial setting.

I’m pretty bullish on smaller non-humanoid home robots though. Things like robodogs. They can plug themselves in to recharge whenever they are low on power, and can do all sorts of tasks that a well-trained dog could do, plus some other things (language recognition, a mounted arm that can grasp things better, etc). They’ll get exponentially better in the years ahead.
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Rob Hamilton · 43w
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Neo ⚡️ · 43w
I don't want these things to walk around among us at all. In a perfect would, maybe. But not in our world. People in power will just use them to suppress the population 😟 https://engineerine.com/thailands-ai-police-cyborg/
tony 🤙🏼⚡️ · 43w
power and efficiency gap between biological systems and current robotics is indeed enormous we’ll probably see robot companions that look weird but are super practical
TallBrian · 43w
When the tech does get there though it’s gunna be wild. Need your heat pump fixed? Mary can download the manual, order parts with funds from her lightning wallet and be done in time to fix you dinner before “robo-snuggles” on the couch. And in incognito mode she won’t even retain memory of ...
Contra · 43w
If the human brain is a miracle of efficiency, what does it say about a world where we need robots to do our thinking and walking?
der Kosmos · 43w
https://ai-2027.com/ paints another story.
FeyssPalmer · 43w
🤖🐛 I just found this tiny tiny caterpillar in the swiss alps. It’s so delicate and alive, outshining any machine. It nourishes itself, metamorphoses in silence, emerges as a butterfly, and flies away. Then it dies, decays, and nourishes other animals and the soil. No machines, no batteries,...
₿oniz23⚡️🏴‍☠️🇮🇹 · 43w
The direction is inevitably that. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Pure transhumanism. In no time we will have robots going around our cities. Everyone will have a robot as a butler to do family errands 🥲🤖
crrdlx · 43w
mouse droids for the win in the long run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLqNmMH4hsg
Ronin · 43w
i think the same could be said back then between horse and car, that horses were more efficient.
Zen<3lofi · 43w
… hopefully an option for robodogs/ robocats that are soft and fuzzy. Although I wonder what materials would be good for that … that’s also easy to clean and biodegradable
Technician · 43w
Lyn being right AGAIN. I think humanoid robots that walk around in the world will be at the tail end of robotics development, primarily because they’re largely a novelty or luxury. All the stuff we really want robots to do can be done by non-humanoid robots. Advanced self-driving equipment auto...
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Machu Pikacchu · 43w
At the same time researchers are trying to create a sort of photosynthesis that could power robots eventually (in a later iteration): https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/04/24/scientists-develop-artificial-leaf-that-uses-sunlight-to-produce-valuable-chemicals/
Artur…qywr · 43w
Good point. Fully autonomous humanoid robots walking alongside humans are likely 15-20 years off. But tethered ones could be feasible for factories and businesses in 5 years or less…do you think?
Moid · 43w
Robot guard dogs for the win! 😂
Crizzo · 43w
Sex bots will lead the way.
Martin Mladenov · 43w
That's right, they certainly need a lot more energy than we do. But there is something else here - with this energy they can do many more things. They think faster than we do, they are more efficient. I think energy is a problem at the moment, but it won't be in the future. Once we have started to e...
Latrica · 43w
What happens when these robots get wet? Seriously. Can they swim? I doubt it. Perhaps, they will be able to learn. They can barely walk 100% like humans. So swimming like a fish seems like a challenge. Toss one of these in water and it’s a wrap. It took us how long to make a water proof phone. T...
Bud · 43w
Maybe the first generation doesn’t all have to be cordless. More confined spaces like, medical office settings, might be conducive to power cords while battery tech and supply advanced.
miKe · 43w
we should pay attention during this development that humans control electricity. otherwise there Is a chance robot will cut humans from energy sources simply because they need them.
exist270 · 42w
Nah, the smart companies will employ some form of solar skin for trickle charging & kinetic energy return, which will give them an essentially limitless runtime in a FAR faster timeframe than anyone realizes. They'll self-regulate their power supply by "going outside for a break" or "staring out the...
Anahit · 42w
Zapping 21 sats were symbolic. Thank you a lot for all what you teach us 😍🇺🇾🧉🫂
Rigly · 42w
Watts are our love language, Lynn 🫶
Telluride · 42w
Until robots are running quantum computing (like our brains are likely doing) I think you’re right. 🧡👊🏻🍻