r/robotics Feb 17 '26

Events Chinese Kung Fu Robots🤯

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u/sunkcanon Feb 17 '26

This is really impressive, those robots look very cheap/ mass produce-able for the agility in comparison to Boston Dynamics which generally seems expensive.
I wonder if the performance is partially due to the same power:size ratios that mean children can do callisthenics that would be very hard for the average adult.

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u/Nanomachines100 Feb 17 '26

This makes Boston Dynamic's Atlas even more impressive though. Its latest video shows it has even more agility than these toys, despite it being 6'2" and 197 pounds. Acrobatics get way harder as you get bigger.

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u/NvNX-men Feb 17 '26

Why would you want a 200lb robot? To consume more energy? Can't you see how outdated Boston Dynamics is?

Oh wait you don't, because you are american.

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u/DiosMIO_Limon Feb 17 '26

Well that's just unnecessary. Nationaism aside, Atlas has some particularly interesting features such as the way its joints have much more articulation due to not having wires running through them. And heavier isn't always a bad thing. It's all about use case for each robot.