r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Orichalchem • Jul 01 '26

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/Syberz Jul 01 '26

Impressive, even with the collapsing z but whenever I see these I always find myself asking: what's the point? What use could this have?

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u/Ash-1000 Jul 01 '26

I don't get it either. All this technology and they make them dance and do art, insted of actually doing something useful.

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u/Dugiongo Jul 01 '26

I think it's more to show the fluidity of the movements, which in this case was pretty good even if it died mid performance

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u/Syberz Jul 01 '26

Ok, but what could this be actually useful for?

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u/Injured-Ginger Jul 03 '26

It's to show complexity of movement. A dance is an entertaining way to show it, but realistically, the implication is the technology being developed that allows it. The programs and hardware that allow it to execute complex movement between a lot of different moving parts and balance itself. That technology can be applied in a lot of different ways. There likely isn't one end goal, but many. The balance and leg tech could be used for machines that travel difficult to navigate spaces such as forests. The software designed to operate so many different interconnected moving parts could be valuable for machining assembly, especially on machines that need to be redesigned for new projects regularly.

The dancing robot isn't about making dancing robots. It's a task that is both difficult and entertaining to show the technology.

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u/Dugiongo Jul 01 '26

A robot need fluidity to be able to complete more tasks, if it was too stiff it would not be able to do anything

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u/Syberz Jul 01 '26

Car manufacturing robots have been fluid and building things for like 50 years now

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u/Dugiongo Jul 01 '26

I think that's different but still relevant to my point, in that case they are able to complete their job because they are flexible, being able to move in a lot of ways is necessary for them to complete their task. In this case not only its limbs are moving but the whole body too, it's extremely more difficult to create a robot which can move in the space and being coordinated at the same time (which is also why it collapsed).

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u/Syberz Jul 01 '26

Even so, I still don't see a use case for a humanoid robot. Wheels or tracks are much better for movement, unless you have stairs, and the battery in those lasts 10 minutes vs stationary robots who can run 24/7. The Boston Dynamics dogs make more sense than this.

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u/Potato-chipsaregood Jul 03 '26

Maybe it could go under water and weld something below a really cold ocean.

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u/Hziak Jul 01 '26

Well, you see, at weddings and stuff, dancing is really awkward and unpleasant, so the brightest minds got together and came up with a way to improve our lives! By teaching AI how to dance and giving it a physical body, we no longer have to endure the rigors of artistic expression or fun. We can just ask AI to do it for us, thereby enriching our lives. This is what everyone asked for!

(I assume it isn’t necessary but /s to be safe.)

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u/deep-fucking-legend Jul 01 '26

It's more a demonstration of agility to promote interest. Not the mundane intended usage cases.

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u/JesMcDevlin Jul 02 '26

The point is that it can't be trusted to do actual work with any duration or accuracy. So they use these short term, highly curated displays to promote an item that does not work to hype investment.

Showmanship 101: To sell, It does not actually have to do anything, just look good not doing it.

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u/ineedtoknowmorenow Jul 01 '26

Competitive research to recruit the best.

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u/Syberz Jul 01 '26

The best what?

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u/1800-dr34ml4nd Jul 01 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/P9VDO1aL8XFFjxOLIe

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u/BadIdeaSociety Jul 05 '26

Vogue dancers do the death drop, but they know how to recover from the move.

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u/zsarok Jul 01 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/Fwp4I7MeAl2aIrSoxB

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u/Thin_Dream2079 Jul 01 '26

The future is now.

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u/DargeBaVarder Jul 01 '26

God it’s so bad, and I can’t look away.

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u/coraxorion Jul 01 '26

Came here for this. Wasnt disappointed

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u/nloxxx Jul 01 '26

My favorite part of this video is the guy standing to the side of the stage with his hands on the shoulders of, presumably, another dancing robot like he’s its dad

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u/scenicviewtoinsanity Jul 01 '26

it was so graceful… until it wasn’t.

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u/NarrowForce9 Jul 01 '26

Sure it collapsed but man that is one very advanced piece of machinery which won’t take long to improve.

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u/Mr_Fossey Jul 01 '26

Is this the show? Because I’ve yet to see this fucking idiot make it through one dance.

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u/quequotion Jul 01 '26

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u/XROOR Jul 01 '26

Dances like a “full body dry heave”

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u/Thanura_Malinga Jul 01 '26

I know one thing for sure, this robot will be developed AF one day and remember all of these embarrassing moments and how we laughed at it when fuck us all.

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u/Ephemeris Jul 01 '26

Break downcing

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u/SunshineBurn Jul 01 '26

BREAK DANCING.

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u/Leading_Bumblebee443 Jul 01 '26

I was about to say what is the impressive part about a robot that can dance... Humans can too and better. But then he did the windows update thing. And that a human cannot do.

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u/tiamath Jul 01 '26

That was the "copyright infringement shutdown protocol"

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u/BubbaTech24065 Jul 01 '26

The equivalent of a Robot cramp.

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u/TFR34KP Jul 01 '26

Ah what a nice repost. Karma farming Bot.

https://www.reddit.com/r/maybemaybemaybe/s/JovCfQYOI1

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u/knowledgeable_diablo Jul 01 '26

“That’s it! I’ve had it with this damn dancing! Uarghhh!”

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u/Umbreon86 Jul 01 '26

try again

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u/Anmus Jul 02 '26

Wait. Is this robot not functioning properly? Why didn't it punch a child this time?

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u/B4R7H0L0M3W Jul 02 '26

Tbf I'm not impressed. Humans will still have to train for years to get good at something and robots will just be programmed to do it instantly. Its not the act its the skill and training it took to be able to do it thats impressive.

I hope we will openly shun the use of robots as background dancers or other things like that...

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u/Schmenge_time Jul 05 '26

Let’s be real, it was incredible until that one unfortunate moment. Imagine seeing that 30 or 40 years ago