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A very select group has tried for not very long, but I think the most gains in efficiency are going to come from giving bipedal robots rollerblades.


Absolutely correct, evolution will never ever beat a 10 cent ABEC-7 bearing. Skateboards really changed manufacturing by making a specific size of wildly precise bearing incredibly cheap. One day a robot will be able to step directly onto ice skates, but meanwhile I'm looking forward to the blooper reel because it's gonna be funny as hell


As long as they have decent brakes... Because stairs and obstacles exist, and getting over them beats overall efficiency almost every time.




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