On: Birds make better bipedal bots than humans do

[jpm_sd]

Agility Robotics has been building similar robots for about 5 years now. They have recently commercialized a full humanoid for warehouse applications.

https://www.agilityrobotics.com/news

[d--b → jpm_sd]

That's weird, warehouses have flat floors, so robots on wheels would be much simpler.

[emteycz → d--b]

Only until something falls down on the floor or the robot needs to use stairs etc. Loading into smaller vehicles is also not done with wheels but with hands and feet.

[prox → jpm_sd]

Why do these big standing robots usually have tiny tiny feet? It seems counter intuitive.

[smegsicle → prox]

maybe a smaller contact point means a simpler model that doesn't have to take the orientation of a larger foot into account?