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by namelost 2997 days ago
It's true of everything. If you freeze when you are not in equilibrium, you will... fall over. Maintaining equilibrium is an active process.
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That is why you build robots with size and strength of a child first, to limit amount of damage it can do, and to allow human adult to overpower it if necessary.
Unfortunately that is not financially rewarding enough and will be skipped for higher risk applications. But I think you are spot on.