20241214 - Humanoids
There is rarely a channel I can watch nowadays for an hour without hearing AI or Humanoid robots. They are being manufactured by several companies to help us at home/ working alongside us , even make us coffee. Usually they are showing of its capabilities and how it moves and does this and that... And I can think about is how incredibly clumsy it is . I mean, what is our obsession to make it look like a human being and limit it's abilities. For ex. It is struggling to stand, walk and balance on two feet. Any kid from high school will tell you that the most stable platform on and surface is with 3 legs. That's why we have tripods for cameras. So why not build a robot with 3 legs and see how it does. Same with hands/ arms. We (in india) have grown up listening to the great Gods with nothing less than 4 hands. Most have 10. So why limit these robots with just 2. I am sure they can get more done and more efficient with a few more. Looks like the limitations of our mind is being im...