It looks like a $399 robot duck. It waddles, falls over, gets back up — and looks more like a toy than the future of robotics.

But the interesting part isn’t the duck.

It’s what happens when physical experience becomes data.

Unlike language models, robots don’t have an internet-sized archive of real-world experience to learn from. Every fall, failed grasp and recovery has to happen somewhere in the physical world.

Cheap robots like MicroDuck point toward a strange possibility: thousands of robots, in thousands of homes, generating physical experience — and potentially sharing what they learn.

One robot learns. A thousand robots inherit.

I was delighted to meet an adorable vacuum robot at the workplace! How could anyone say ‘no’ to that sweet face

Never met one quite like this one and they told me her name is Reba

Hi Reddit. I am not in the field but I am very interested in the development of robotics. (Just curious) probably not going into the field but very interested and excited about future of robotics

1. What is going on right now? Overall.
   
2. What are some major problems in robotics and major direction?
   
3. Which specific labs in which universities or companies are doing well on their research direction?
   
4. What are some of the leading universities labs and companies globally?
   
5. What is academia compared to industry?
   
6. Where are the centers of robotics?

I would really appreciate any inside perspective.

Those may sound like some naive questions but I am not in the field so forgive me.

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Hace poco me llegó este robot pero no sé cómo programarlo alguien podría ayudarme

Credit to vomitedthoughts on TikTok who made the robot and posts content with it.

I was told so much information about him but can’t remember his name or find him anywhere for the life of me. I was able to find similiar robots to him online, and even one with the hat and bowtie! But I can only find the image, not his name. When I saw him, his name was on the back. He had his own name, and the guy at the shop said only 3 were made, but this guy is the famous one.

\- He was apparently the first robot to do a commencement speech
\- Someone had to use a microphone attached to voice him, he couldn’t talk on his own
\- The screen on his chest would display what he saw with the camera in his head
\- He was arrested for disorderly conduct
\- Only 3 of him were made, but this guy is the most famous of the trio
\- He does have wheels on the bottom, and you could use the keyboard to talk to him
\- He is very cool

Please help, I’m not a big robot guy, I just thought this guy was really cool and cute and just want to remember his name so I can find his speech. Thank you!

How do you think about this robotic dog?

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I like the idea of building a hexapod, but the problem is how will it be useful? Can you suggest where i can use the hexapod robot?

Unique and new purpose pls