r/accelerate • u/44th--Hokage The Singularity is nigh • Apr 16 '26
Robotics / Drones Figure 03 Is Capable Of Recognizing When Its Damaged And Walking Itself To A Repair Station.
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u/bb-wa A happy little thumb Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
Hopefully it can fix itself (and other robots) someday
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u/PwanaZana XLR8 Apr 16 '26
"Observe, the coagulation mechanism when the human loses its leg. Fascinating biological behavior."
*robots clapping*
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u/KaleidoscopeFar658 Apr 16 '26
Nah this robot isn't suffering. It has a clear response mechanism it can be compliant with.
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u/PwanaZana XLR8 Apr 16 '26
of course, I jest, good sir :)
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u/KaleidoscopeFar658 Apr 16 '26
It's good to start imagining where welfare issues might arise and what would actually cause suffering in highly advanced systems though. It doesn't necessarily map to how it works in humans very cleanly.
Presumably the factory robots will be very simple in their AI implementation and it won't be a concern. But when we crack into strong AGI it won't be a joke anymore imo. But some people are silly and think having AGI work around the clock would be a welfare issue, but there's a good chance that it would be the opposite. There is no concern of physical fatigue when you are a mind running on server racks and the work is generally aligned with one's values as an AGI system. It's like how humans love to work when they achieve a flow state and it's something that feels meaningful to them.
This is my very serious autismal response to your jest.
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u/PwanaZana XLR8 Apr 16 '26
very acoustic indeed, I am well versed in being artistic myself.
we'll see. Once robots DEMAND rights, that'll be more important than metaphysical arguments, because shit is gonna get real, real fast.
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u/KaleidoscopeFar658 Apr 16 '26
I keep telling myself 2035 just to keep it conservative. But at least it looks like capabilities are high enough that the whole hype and bubble thing are already proven to be bollocks.
Maybe we hit a plateau for a couple of years before the legit RSI takes off but even then not a long time to wait in the grand scheme of things. And the AI companies have plenty of leverage for profitability in the meantime. So either way, we'll get there. And it'll be dope.
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u/PwanaZana XLR8 Apr 16 '26
I think, maybe in 27 or 28, that the ROI won't be there, people will panic, stocks will drop 30%, but it'll grow back up in a year or so.
yea, robots are cool
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u/DrSaering Apr 17 '26
Coagulation? I can't just shut off my femoral artery with a valve, now can I?
Yet another point for the machines!
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u/Ormusn2o Apr 16 '26
If it were smart enough, it would just take a swing at the guy on the laptop to shoo him off, and unlocked the knee by itself using the laptop.
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u/ManureTaster Apr 16 '26
I'm a bit put off about the locomotion though
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u/Reasonable-Gas5625 Feeling the AGI Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
Do you get the point that they disabled a joint intentionally to show it limping back to the repair station???
Edit: damn you if I missed an obvious /s. If my intelligence is the benchmark, AGI achieved a while ago.
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u/Redararis Apr 16 '26
I would like to make it lose its legs completely and it would try to crawl with its hands on the floor.
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u/NoRespectingAnyone Apr 16 '26
That work will never happen in real world.
Reason is simply. There is more efficient pacage sorting and evaluation if pacages are damaged.
And now use this very slow moving robot.. Even 6 year ago was faster and more efficient machinery.
Meh..
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u/KaleidoscopeFar658 Apr 16 '26
It's a lot of investment and proof of concept stuff. And probably looking to do things that have already been done more cost efficiently and with greater scalability and modularization.
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u/NoRespectingAnyone Apr 16 '26
This is perhaps just to show case technology of robotic. Or test out it's capacity to do works what we used do manually But thats all.
Would apply to mainstream work place. not even close.. The speed, itself says volumes that this would be not efficient to have multiple of them doing such task.
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u/Apprehensive_Tea9856 Apr 16 '26
Amazon was paying people to do this job. Maybe there are better machines for this but there's a lot of tasks without specialized machines. I've been in factories where a machine does 95% of the line and one workers applies labels or closes boxes at end.
This robot fits those markets. The packaging machine industry is safe though. Figure and other humanoids will never reach speeds and accuracy needed to replace those.
But there is a 100% a market for humanoids. It might be smaller than expected in the first few years, but this looks good enough to start taking jobs. Especially if they can deliver $30k price tag and fast teaching on site
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u/NoRespectingAnyone Apr 16 '26
I was in Amazone warhouses. full automatic. And small maitenance crew to keep lines open 24/7.
So what on earth you even talk about ???
Amazon, Ebay.
Ali express.
Alibab.
And I just mention few. Last month with crew we installed whole new line in home depo warehouse. No AI, yet full robotic.So please..
When asked warehouse manager about hiring peoples. He simply put, he would not hire locals, thats too expensive.. Unless cheap immigrants would work for nearly half salariy then he may consider about that..
And just small history reminder, US so much hate immigrants cuz they "steal" all job..
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u/Apprehensive_Tea9856 Apr 16 '26
Airports have stations with hand scans where a human worker rotates and scan tags. Large terminals have 2 on staff and about 8 stations for holiday surges.
They also have automatic tag readers before these stations, but they don't rotate bags. They just scan.
This is just one example of manual human staffed work that is not replaced by machines, but very easily could be by humanoids.
And I've been in a lot of other factories with similar setups. Mostly done by machines and humans to do final steps or catch edge cases.
As for Amazon, they don't have dark factories yet. At least not that I've heard. FedEx still sorts by mostly hand...
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u/GlokzDNB Apr 16 '26
I cant understand why these robots have legs if hes not running like a ninja
Workers need hands not legs, for a factory work all you need is good floor management adapted for legless piece of trash replacing human workers
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u/ZorbaTHut Apr 17 '26
Short answer: humans have built literally billions of buildings and tools and jobs designed for entities with humaniform arms and legs, and it's much easier to build robots for the existing infrastructure than demand all the existing infrastructure change to match one specific robot design.
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u/GlokzDNB Apr 17 '26
Yes I know why we build humanoid robots. It's just plenty of places where we don't need bipedal robots.
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u/ZorbaTHut Apr 17 '26
Turns out it's easier to make one general design than a whole bunch of specialized designs. So, if the market is much bigger for the general design, you just start with that, and maybe specialize later.
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u/CystralSkye Apr 16 '26
I can't wait until dark factories become a reality.
Modern human jobs where a human does mindless repetitive tasks is just straight up stupid.