Lady-Seashell-Bikini t1_j6nbsha wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:36 PM

Reply to comment by ShittyBeatlesFCPres in Legged robots aren't yet ready for real-world environments, new research suggests. To help future robots thrive, scientists say the industry needs to implement a set of universal safety testing regulations. by Impossible_Cookie596

I was just thinking that wheels would be better anyway. Not only would they be more stable, but they would force more city planners to consider wheelchair movement.

sennbat t1_j6nklsg wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:32 PM

Wheels are incredibly limiting for many of the dangerous-to-humans purposes robots would be very useful for. Wheels only really work at all in an environment explicitly built to support wheels, and they can't handle any kind of rapid elevation change with fixed infrastructure.

General_Chairarm t1_j6nu6n1 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:30 PM

Can we not pave everything over for the sake of wheels? That’d be great.

Lady-Seashell-Bikini t1_j6nug5s wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:32 PM

I'm talking about cities, where there are wheelchair users.