• @Aux@feddit.uk
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          229 days ago

          Yeah, people often forget that human like robots are shit in general. A flying drone is a lot more efficient at delivering a grenade than a running mech.

          • it's not often that shit just works
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            118 days ago

            I get a little uncanny valley twinge comparing the T2 intro to the demo videos of the current state of ambulatory humanoid machines.

            It’s only a little twinge, thankfully. Bipedal humanoid mech is kinda silly, IMHO.

            Carcinisation is the way for terrestrial war-bots.

          • KSP Atlas
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            8 days ago

            Turns out biological restrictions on things like wheels limit evolution

            • @Aux@feddit.uk
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              48 days ago

              Robots have a very limited scope of their functionality compared to animals. Legs are good when you have to perform loads of different tasks to survive: chase, hide, climb, tear flesh apart, etc. A robot which only needs to deliver a grenade to an enemy doesn’t need to do anything like that.

            • Dr. Moose
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              28 days ago

              I’m confused. Are you saying wheels are better than legs?

                • Dr. Moose
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                  18 days ago

                  Cause we don’t have the technology to make good legs? Nature evolved legs cause they’re simply better than anything else, that’s literally what evolution is.

                  • @Yoga@lemmy.ca
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                    17 days ago

                    Legs do not roll.

                    Wheels are specialized tools and as we have legs as a default, we’re likely to be most advantaged by our tools being what we aren’t.

                    Even perfectly efficient legs can’t move from momentum. They’re doing to be inferior for the vast majority of transport.

        • Dr. Moose
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          8 days ago

          The battery tech is getting pretty good where exoskeleton can be quite small but still very useful. Being able to run a lot without losing fighting capabilities for a soldier is still an incredible advantage.