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NASA Is Helping Build a Humanoid Robot
Apptronik is getting ready to reveal the general-purpose robot called Apollo it’s building with NASA. Subscribe to CNET: Never miss a deal again! See CNET’s browser extension 👉 Follow us on TikTok: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on Twitter: Like us on Facebook:
Jameel
February 5, 2023 at 4:37 pm
Wow, if this was done in 4 months than Tesla’s Optimus robot looks like crap.
Loving all the innovation in the humanoid robotics world lately. But they need to price this at around $10,000 to make it for a while for the masses.
Jameel
February 5, 2023 at 4:38 pm
Are they going to add GPT3 / GPT4 or some other LLM into the robot?
1owaman
February 5, 2023 at 5:05 pm
it’s crazy how far ahead boston dynamics are in this field
Ken
February 5, 2023 at 7:37 pm
I would disagree to that opinion, because Boston Dynamics Atlas robots work with hydraulics, which seems to be more agile at the moment, but it is also more error prone, because the system has very often hydraulics failures, ending in fatal crashes of the robots.
A system build on electric motors is much more reliable.
Also Atlas is a “dumb robot” which is preprogrammed and which is NOT capable of doing tasks on his own decisions, although Boston Dynmamics are working on robots since founded in 1992. Their software is not even close to Teslas humanoid Robot Optimus which is still in alpha development status and which is using the same software platform as their Full Self Driving Tesla vehicles. Coprrect recognition of the surrounding and navigation through that obstacles and objects and successfully manipulating objects in such areas is a very hard task for each robot manufacturing company. Time will show who is more succesfull. Probably in a few years we will be able to compare them better.
TheVRSwordsman
February 5, 2023 at 5:13 pm
2:50 they used a valve index to control the robot lol. Now the only people that can use it are gamers with taste.
MrSidney9
February 5, 2023 at 5:21 pm
Boston Dynamics is way ahead.
Follower of Pooh (tsm1989)
February 5, 2023 at 5:50 pm
LOL at NASA. Tesla already got beat ’em with their spandex robot, and that thing can dance.
Neal MacDonald
February 5, 2023 at 5:52 pm
Still haven’t matched human gait yet though
Neal MacDonald
February 5, 2023 at 5:54 pm
Legs are like stepping in place but not heel and toe walking, or marching
Cenk Acar
February 5, 2023 at 6:06 pm
i wanna see the Westworld become true soon
ZabaTV
February 5, 2023 at 6:40 pm
I’ve seen the ARTEMIS robots in person down at NASA’s Houston center. That thing is way more versatile than this.
Ken
February 5, 2023 at 7:23 pm
Under a hundred thousand US Dollars !?
Then again, only the rich people will be able to buy one.
Tesla Optimus hopefully will be much cheaper as Elon Musk said.
Time will tell who is going to be more affordable and which robot is more capable of doing tasks in households, factories, restaurants, etc.
Tazmanian Darcy
February 5, 2023 at 7:27 pm
Ah yes….money well spent because of course humanity needs this! OR maybe money can be spent on more important world problems.
Hail and Fire
February 6, 2023 at 1:22 am
It does need this.
Lhume
February 5, 2023 at 7:48 pm
why is the robot using vans?
Multiverse Ninja
February 5, 2023 at 8:19 pm
Hack to eliminate human 😮🤫
rickp
February 5, 2023 at 8:30 pm
When are you all going to review the Clarisys Audio Panel Loudspeakers ?
George Wolf III
February 5, 2023 at 8:44 pm
I can’t wait til they build a robot that can pick me up and carry me around!
Mo A
February 5, 2023 at 9:17 pm
That depends on the price of the robot and the manufacturing of the robot for people at home or a care centre, robot has to be robust in dynamic mobility and encounter every obstacle on the floor from lego to medication to cups or dishes dropped at home, the robot also needs to understand commands and also the joke here is Moores Laws, other than that the robot needs to figure out solutions to a problem and have the ability to go around it or cut through it or in computing term bypassing.
milliamp
February 5, 2023 at 9:27 pm
Waste of time and money
Hail and Fire
February 6, 2023 at 1:22 am
Just like home computers and horseless carriages. Waste of time.
Navjeet Paul
February 5, 2023 at 9:40 pm
Astrobot – a general purpose robot Astronaut.
Ausf
February 5, 2023 at 10:03 pm
“Dynamic walking is walking dynamically.” That’s the kind of intellect that makes you CEO.
Sparkling Water
February 5, 2023 at 10:27 pm
Problem is….ppl will lose jobs etc.
Mikhail Bulgakov
February 5, 2023 at 10:52 pm
Forget about Tesla Optimus. It can barely walk. Agility Robotics can run and grab boxes. It is less bulky than Boston Dynamic humanoid robots. It is a winner.
Bernard Dunn
February 5, 2023 at 10:58 pm
Can anyone say “Skynet”? I knew you could.
Just call me Brian
February 5, 2023 at 11:18 pm
I believe Boston Dynamic is wayyy ahead in this department.
Clark Mills
February 5, 2023 at 11:24 pm
The more the merrier. The greater the exposure to developers and end users the faster this field matures. We’ll need one as we age into decrepitude.
kraenk12
February 6, 2023 at 4:08 pm
Fitting an evil AI would say that. Nice try
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Ольга Королева
February 6, 2023 at 2:30 am
This robot has no consciousness, it does not perform psychological work, it has no sense organs, it is not a subject. If he is carried into outer space, he will not even realize it, because there is nothing..
Bob Hope
February 6, 2023 at 2:59 am
I don’t like the CEO. Won’t get far with that weighing them down.
Amir Moradi
February 6, 2023 at 3:12 am
Ok, is it just me or is the CEO of that company a look alike of the drummer from Mastodon?
Jessica Rachael Chagnon
February 6, 2023 at 4:53 am
I want a Westworld park where I can hang out with robots
BobPagani
February 6, 2023 at 10:36 am
“hang out”
OMNI INFINITY
February 6, 2023 at 5:29 am
I think I am tired of furball jews on jewish media
TelscombeTerror
February 6, 2023 at 9:11 am
Thought I was watching a Boston dynamics video from 10 years ago !
Daniel Gilder
February 6, 2023 at 9:40 am
Well guys , with all this AI and Robot tech around it seems like we aren’t far from seeing Skynet
BobPagani
February 6, 2023 at 10:36 am
Even at this early stage this robot makes that POS Musk unvelied last year look like a spastic marionette.
Leroi LaPue
February 6, 2023 at 10:54 am
You mean NASA actualy builds things instead of just being a tax fraud front for black budget programs? Pfft…show us the REAL projects they are working on!
dePlant
February 6, 2023 at 3:05 pm
Makes Elon’s dumb robot look dumb.
Alric Samuel Godfrey
February 6, 2023 at 3:53 pm
$100,000 sure is affordable. People must be growing money on trees these days.
Mercy Vector
February 6, 2023 at 5:39 pm
Give it to me
Matt B
February 6, 2023 at 5:44 pm
I think Boston dynamics is making a lot more progress than this group.
Frank Castle
February 6, 2023 at 7:02 pm
This is not good not good at all artificial intelligence is very dangerous at these levels wake up people wake up!!!!!
FEED YOUR HEAD 🧠🐇
February 6, 2023 at 8:43 pm
Is it possible to make a robot that doesn’t look creepy
MelloCello
February 6, 2023 at 11:21 pm
Asimo
Z
February 6, 2023 at 9:50 pm
Great News,go and build more humanoid robot
Mr Kx
February 6, 2023 at 10:39 pm
Did they give it butt implants too?
Mr,Spook
February 6, 2023 at 11:16 pm
Well I’m still more impressed with Tesla since they have more experience with cars and not much smaller things and optimus is also an AI platform It had to learn how to walk and they didn’t get NASA to help them.
Ashraf AlamEldin
February 6, 2023 at 11:20 pm
Boston dynamics is on another level