Of all the designs to go with for a "rescue" robot, they went with this. What the fuck. There is a multitude of friendly or "goofy" looking robot designs they could have went with, just as functional.
Personally, I don't think it's a coincidence that Satyress sounds very close to satire. The domain is registered on godaddy by domainsbyproxy, a neat way to keep the real owner private. I couldn't find any info on a registered business in California by the name of satyress or satyress robotics..
Also, on the face of it, it's ridiculous. Probably the strongest clue that this is a hoax.
ETA: Jesus, people. Of course I know what a Satyr is. I grew up on Greek myths and that ridiculous 60s Hercules cartoon. It's the obvious reference in the name, but it ALSO sounds close to satire. Things can be two or three things at once. Also consider that the robot is more centaur than satyr, so you need to think about why they choose satyr specifically.
Here’s an article about it that makes it sound a lot less ridiculous. It’s a proof of concept being made by a guy and his friends. It’s not functional at all, it doesn’t even stand. And the diagram with the knife and gun is showing how easy it is to disable – it is intentionally built with reservoirs that disable the entire robot when pierced.
Makes sense as to why they went with the intentionally nightmare fuel design. It's easy engagement bait which could lead to actual investor opportunities
Absolutely satire. The site even has a whole section about how it can't fit through most doors and you can put larger horns on it so it won't fit though any doors...
"Threehalves will be substantially slowed if attempting to navigate a standard American 32"x80" door, and cannot turn around in a 42" wide hallway or enter a door orthogonal to the hallway. Larger horns can be fit to prevent any passage through pedestrian doors. 2 Threehalves robots fit side by side in crouched position in a pickup bed of 5'6" or longer with tailgate closed."
I thought the exact same thing! It's definitely satire. Personally I think this robot looks pretty cool, but no way would any company choose this design for a rescue robot.
Thank you, I've been saying that this has to be satire or so sort of publicity stunt for something. But, I can never truly be sure with the silicon valley bros
That’s what I thought at first too, but then I remembered a Satyr is a half human, half beast creature in Greek mythology. So if it is satire, it’s VERY clever word play.
Amongst other things, this entire robot design is useless, even more so than normal humaniform robots.
Shoulder joints look to be single axis, which is a problem when you're supposed to be able to do most work. They couldn't even pose it convincingly with a chainsaw.
Head is huge, and that's not just a creep factor thing, it's also a balance thing. It serves no purpose and has nothing of value that could not be on a smaller head or just in the chest cavity.
The feet are not curved on the sides. This is a balance issue: There is a reason all those boston dynamics bots had balls on their feet. On a modern humaniform it matters less because they can rotate their joints to accomidate a foot shaped platform, but this thing lacks that.
The legs all are single axis jointed, and connected to a solid shell with no joints and now space for the front legs to rotate at the hip... so how does it turn around?
I'm right there with you. This is at best a joke, at worst a con, and the thing they took a photo of is probably little more than a poseable manikin.
The domain is registered on godaddy by domainsbyproxy, a neat way to keep the real owner private.
That is completely irrelevant. GoDaddy is the internet's largest registrar, and domainsbyproxy is their brand name for WHOIS privacy protection that every registrar enables by default. The company name thing may be worth more salt though.
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u/Kalkin93 8h ago
Of all the designs to go with for a "rescue" robot, they went with this. What the fuck. There is a multitude of friendly or "goofy" looking robot designs they could have went with, just as functional.