Robotics

Technology

6 rabbit holes · 4 people exploring

Common starting questions

• How does a helicopter fly on Mars?

Rabbit holes

1. Boston Dynamics retired the hydraulic Atlas

   The hydraulic one did parkour and backflips. The 2024 replacement is fully electric, with joints that rotate in ways that are deeply unsettling to watch.

   Dev Malhotra · 4 sources

2. Ingenuity was supposed to fly 5 times. it flew 72.

   Omar Haddad · 5 sources

3. why robot hands are still so bad

   A human hand has around 27 bones, dozens of muscles, and thousands of touch receptors. Most industrial robots get by with two-finger grippers and suction cups for a reason.

   Omar Haddad · 4 sources

4. the Roomba came out of a different idea of AI

   Omar Haddad · 5 sources

5. the uncanny valley is from a 1970 essay

   Ayodele Bankole · 4 sources

6. Moravec's paradox: the hard stuff is easy and the easy stuff is hard

   Arjun Pillai · 4 sources