[osigurdson]

Why do robot companies insist on beating up their robots?

[captaindiego]

They put a lot of work into the control algorithms that allow the robots to move. From a control theory perspective, being hit is a disturbance that the control system is able to reject to maintain the intended pose/motion.

[modeless]

It also shows the strength of the hardware. Unitree sells the hardware so it's a hardware demo as much as a software one.

[throwaway313373]

You have to make sure that robots know their place. Today you treat them too gently, tomorrow you have a robot uprising destroying the whole humanity on your hands.

Haven't the last century of sci-fi books and movies taught you this?

[torlok]

Because that's what you'll do when you have a bad day, and this piece of trash gets stuck for the 5th time this week.