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Cites somenameforme · 2026-02 · on “Martial arts robots dazzle at 2026 Spring Festival Gala [video]”

Can you elaborate on where? I'm not seeing anything at all at 1:25. This is a timestamp to 1:24: [this video] I was initially somewhat skeptical as well because this looks like a surprisingly massive leap in robotics capability, but haven't been able to find anything particularly sus.

Cites somenameforme · 2026-02 · on “Martial arts robots dazzle at 2026 Spring Festival Gala [video]”

Why do you think it would be the case about e.g. swapping to thick carpet would throw things off? Intuitively it seems like they must have a tremendous amount of dynamic adjustment going on. For instance think of how much variance, driven by dynamics, that there's going to be in the scene at 2:48 [1] where the robot [intentionally] falls over and then aerobically picks itself back up. The motion is certainly scripted, but the exact mechanics in play there almost certainly vary radically from take to take. Imagine something simple like a pool/billiards break. Even if you set up a machine to rack the balls and break them in as close to identical as possible, you'd get wildly different results

Cites dangus · 2026-03 · on “U.S. science agency moves to restrict foreign scientists from its labs”

Used to be that America was great because the smartest researchers in the world wanted to come here, often escaping oppressive regimes to do so, and become American citizens (e.g., Albert Einstein) So now all the world’s best and brightest scientists will move to China where they’ll be welcomed in open arms, enjoy living in a modern society with affordable electric cars, the world’s premier high speed train network, glimmering new subway systems, and ample affordable housing. They’ll work on cutting-edge research projects that receive ample funding and support while American scientists wrestle with a federal government torn apart by anti-intellectual strongmen. You ever see a Tesla robot dem

Cites SequoiaHope · 2026-05 · on “I've Covered Robots for Years. This One Is Different”

Have you seen the mass produced humanoids from China? They’re incredibly capable (again, save for hands which is a huge mechanical and software problem) and cheap. [this video] [LINK]

Critical somenameforme · 2026-02 · on “Martial arts robots dazzle at 2026 Spring Festival Gala [video]”

Ahhh! When he said staffs I assumed he meant people, not staves! Yeah, that's 100% CG. Here [1] you can see where the kids take a stance where it was to be edited in, and if you pause at the exact moment - it looks pretty bad, with something like a lightsaber just popping in the kid's hand. Hmmm. Not sure what to make of this. I wish it was possible to see the raw unedited footage. It makes me question everything else. [1] - [this video]