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Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot

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392 points lairv | 5 comments | 09 Oct 25 13:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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HAL3000 ◴[09 Oct 25 14:59 UTC] No.45528648[source]▶
All of the examples in videos are cherry picked. Go ask anyone working on humanoid robots today, almost everything you see here, if repeated 10 times, will enter failure mode because the happy path is so narrow. There should really be benchmarks where you invite robots from different companies, ask them beforehand about their capabilities, and then create an environment that is within those capabilities but was not used in the training data, and you will see the real failure rate. These things are not ready for anything besides tech demos currently. Most of the training is done in simulations that approximate physics, and the rest is done manually by humans using joysticks (almost everything they do with hands). Failure rates are staggering.
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1. robots0only ◴[09 Oct 25 15:46 UTC] No.45529335[source]▶
+100!!! Please don't fall for the HYPE.

The current best neural networks only have around 60% success rates for small horizon tasks (think 10-20 seconds e.g. pick up apple). That is why there is so much cut-motions in this video. The future will be awesome but it will take time a lot of research still needs to happen (e.g. robust hands, tactile, how to even collect large scale data, RL).

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2. brailsafe ◴[09 Oct 25 22:33 UTC] No.45533749[source]▶
> The future will be awesome

Perhaps this is a bit pedantic, but what about the probable eventual proliferation of useful humanoid robots will make the future awesome? What does an awesome future look like compared to today, to you?

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3. esafak ◴[10 Oct 25 01:57 UTC] No.45534781[source]▶
They could do all the back-breaking work. A domestic assistant would be great too.
4. sneak ◴[10 Oct 25 06:45 UTC] No.45535981[source]▶
Personal trainer. Driver. Valet. Private chef. Security guard. Doorman. Delivery driver. Rough carpentry. Baggage handler. Laundry handler. Janitor. Garbage collector. Pallet loader/unloader.

All with much improved privacy, reliability, order of magnitude lower cost, no risk of robbery/SA, etc. 24/7 operation even on holidays. Imagine service staff just sitting waiting for you to need them, always and everywhere.

Nevermind how much human lifespan will be freed from the tyranny of these mindless jobs.

5. tim333 ◴[10 Oct 25 12:22 UTC] No.45538151[source]▶
It would be nice to be able to have the robots knock us up a house like the Alhambra place or whatever prefered architecture you have https://s7g10.scene7.com/is/image/barcelo/history-of-the-alh...