The whole Boston Dynamics Atlas vid is worth watching (only 2:41) Gets up, lifts things, gait, tracks objs #hardware youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMG
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Is it just skeuomorphism to make it the same shape as a human? Is there any particular benefit aside from freaking us all out?
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my guess is the goal is to have it perform tasks humans do so human form is optimal? Or may be a competition criteria?
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I think human form factors are entirely due to a Japanese animist and anthropomorphic fetish. They have led the field.


