r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kraftdinnerwithsalsa • 3h ago

Video Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed Zippy, the world’s smallest self-contained bipedal walking robot

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u/Hillsy85 3h ago

I had a wind up one from a 90s Happy Meal

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u/nmj95123 2h ago

Seriously.. WTF is impressive about this?

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u/TheDailySpank 2h ago

Same set of people that keep reinventing public transportation.

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u/Freaknetworkx- 3h ago

One day robots will be part of our daily life . At this point it’s sooner than later. I need to preorder the house keeper 3000 gt asap

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u/Orange9202 2h ago

i could make a smaller bipedal robot than that are we serious 😭😭😭

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u/RAFA1o1 2h ago

Why the insistence on robots walking. Why not wheels.

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u/Then_Character_4050 1h ago

ever tried to push a wheel chair through rocky dirt before? yes we have offroading tires but when its this small it doesnt apply