Comments by "Fred Bloggs" (@fredbloggs5902) on "Robert Playter: Boston Dynamics CEO on Humanoid and Legged Robotics | Lex Fridman Podcast #374" video.

  1. Humans are expensive, unreliable and can’t work 24/7.
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  2. BD’s military attempts appear to have failed, they’ve moved on to industrial applications (which will also likely fail in my opinion).
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  3. The ‘fluency’ of their moves isn’t actually worth anything. Nobody cares how fluent the robot is that’s weeding their garden, they just want it to work and cost less than $1/hour.
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  4.  @IslandPlumber  When a skater pulls their arms in to spin faster it’s the CONSERVATION of momentum that causes the effect. You obviously know nothing.
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  5.  @IslandPlumber Word salad, you’re clueless.
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  6.  @IslandPlumber  you’re clueless, go learn Newton’s laws before you embarrass yourself any further. You obviously have zero understanding.
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  7. BD robots are too expensive. Tesla is showing how it should be done.
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  8. Collecting data in a factory by having a $100,000 robot walking around is simply ridiculous when you can set up WiFi webcams anywhere you like for $20 each.
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  9. How?
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  10.  @IslandPlumber  That’s not how it works
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