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by optymizer 1793 days ago
I was looking at the videos, and realized that maybe we don't need small exo-bones (societal expectations and normalcy aside), maybe it's easier to go the other way and make exo-robots, since they'd be bigger with more room for batteries, could balance on their own and a human could be sitting/standing inside, driving the legs with some input method - either with legs, or hand gestures.

I'm picturing the robot in Avatar [1], but with an open top and much less threatening and not weaponized [2], like big robotic pants. If I were to quit my job, it would be to make human robot minotaurs a reality, but then again, what do I know about robots?

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6ttDZFmGqg

[2] https://www.pcmag.com/news/toyotas-latest-humanoid-robot-can...

2 comments

So basically The Wrong Trousers [1] except without the remote control that falls into the hand of an evil penguin disguised as a rooster.

1: https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1386220/wallace-gromits-wron...

Anything wider than 32in won't fit through many doors.