We have had remote controlled objects like this in various forms going back to WW2 and a few instances before. A wireless/fiber/starlink connection was added recently making them more robust. This is not a humanoid because they don't make sense from a power/weight carrying/so many other perspectives.

The only thing unique to the Ukrainian situation is the widescale usage.

I’m going to be so happy once these morons ipo. No point in running the ai spam accounts at that point.

Personally, I don't bet in rigged games, which is what all the circular financing is.

The form factor is good which is why multiple companies are building in that form factor. The arm motion will be like a 90 year old with mild Parkinsons. Watch the videos closely and you will notice the issue.

What this means: No force feedback on positioning. Jerky motion due to actuator steps. Limited precision. Terrible slow motion control performance. Fast movements will look better. Inability to solve problems with software.

Basically think of all the joints like those cheap thermal camera screens that are at 320 x 240 resolution. For rough work or finding some sort of oddity your good, but anything precise you need to spend real money. It's a pretty cool toy, but don't go buying this expecting that much.

Feels like crap to me though.

I'm guessing Iran will claim it as an attack even if it doesn't end up being them in the end.

I'm sure some script kiddie broke into a government network, hacked an industrial process, and forced a limited supply piece of equipment into a failure mode that takes some thought and is more unique as an attack vector. It's just like buying hacks for CS source right?

This is a much bigger deal than the freezer being down.

Considering Iran is looking for any possible avenue to make the US look bad especially directly before an election with a president who cheerleads the military strongly while not actually putting the time or thought into what makes it strong.

This would be worth far more than the vulnerability itself to Iran right now. No real injuries causing escalation. Making a more capability adversary look foolish.

This is like when English professors gripe about word usage in books. That's wrong, you can't do that. Then society at large does it and it becomes correct usage. We define our world.

If the House or Senate turn that might actually stop or slow down. The market falling by 30% when the AI bubble eventually pops would also trigger it.

I want to ask you, what do you think a startup is?

The solution here is removing corporate monopolies and political power.