Null User Object@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoWant a humanoid, open source robot for just $3,000? Hugging Face is on it.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down110
arrow-up1146arrow-down1external-linkWant a humanoid, open source robot for just $3,000? Hugging Face is on it.arstechnica.comNull User Object@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareSharkAttak@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 days agoWhy these robots never get a cool appearance? I’m not talking full-body, streamlined, Ultron-like, but in actual commercial models even the face alone seems to be an easy task for movie designers and impossible for industry ones.
minus-squareUsernameblankface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoDesign for movies only have to look good for a few minutes of close-up, and there are many tricks for making them look better in those few minutes.
minus-squareSharkAttak@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoFew minutes? Some have entire movies, but still look better than commercial bots like “Pepper”, for example.
Why these robots never get a cool appearance? I’m not talking full-body, streamlined, Ultron-like, but in actual commercial models even the face alone seems to be an easy task for movie designers and impossible for industry ones.
Design for movies only have to look good for a few minutes of close-up, and there are many tricks for making them look better in those few minutes.
Few minutes? Some have entire movies, but still look better than commercial bots like “Pepper”, for example.