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by energy123 119 days ago
> I don't want something with the arm strength of a forklift taking care of my parents or kids.

A risk I never hear discussed is falling over and injuring children. Even the petite Unitree models are like a 70kg piece of furniture. Each year thousands get injured because of furniture falling over. I'd buy one immediately, but if I had kids or pets, I would wait for safety data on falls.

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Humans have a similar weight and can also fall, so would you be satisfied with a fall rate the same or better than an average human?
People here on HN rave about FSD taxis... And we know that cars are potential death machines.

Anyways these robots are cool and I hope we send robots to Mars instead of human astronauts.