[HN Gopher] Robotics Meets Runway: Unitree G1's Catwalk Debut at...
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       Robotics Meets Runway: Unitree G1's Catwalk Debut at SHFW
        
       Author : lewiswatson
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2025-03-27 13:46 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | sampton wrote:
       | Oh good they dressed up the dog too.
        
       | krasin wrote:
       | Somewhat related: a teardown of a Unitree Go2 robot dog by
       | iFixit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjVbW6Fc11Y
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       | TL,DR: Unitree is making a real attempt to make their robots to
       | be at least somewhat repairable, but these robots are still very
       | difficult to work with due to glued connectors, tight cable
       | managements, hundreds of screws, lack of availability of spare
       | parts, lack of documentation, etc.
        
         | Teever wrote:
         | The key in my mind to all of this is a humanoid robot that can
         | repair itself or construct a copy either from parts in a
         | warehouse or from a fabrication shop if need be.
         | 
         | Full self replication of a machine either from sand to silicon
         | or through some yet to be developed process inspired by biology
         | will be a fundamental change in how we do everything.
         | 
         | It will be akin to the assembly line and interchangeable parts
         | in how it changes manufacturing.
        
         | ricardobeat wrote:
         | This is first-generation commercial hardware.
         | "Acme Corp is now selling the Alcubierre drive, but it is very
         | difficult         to work with due to glued connectors, lack of
         | spare parts and documentation"
        
           | krasin wrote:
           | It's far from the first generation. Unitree has been selling
           | robot dogs for over 6 years now and I remember them being a
           | lot less refined. See, for example, what Unitree was selling
           | in 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFJUkrCQzx8
           | 
           | They just need a few more iterations.
        
       | jansan wrote:
       | Here is a very short video of the event:
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLZ2gp1XszU
        
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