What is known about the new robot

The company that created the new machine promotes it as “a personalized robot with artificial intelligence that you can train.” Can run, walk sideways and turn. All this supposedly happens “with the same balance and control as a person.” Manufacturer Mentee Robotics also claims that the robot will adjust its movement when lifting heavy objects.

It is worth noting that it does not have a head like some other analogues. A flat panel containing cameras and sensors is placed on the upper part of its body.

Menteebot walks much faster than some of its rivals and has better balance, but so far it still wobbles a bit and has to slow down to avoid tipping over: video

Humanoid robots have been around for a long time. Honda had Asimo, which was unfortunately discontinued, and Tesla had Optimus, Agility Robotics’ Digit assistant. We also wrote today about a new robot from Boston Dynamics that was unveiled just a few hours after Menteebot.

There is a significant difference between the aforementioned bots and the creation of Mentee Robotics. End packed with artificial intelligence algorithms, natural language processing models, and software that unlocks “advanced learning techniques”. The company says this means the robot is “not tied to a limited set of commands” and can even talk to humans. In fact, users give the command in natural language and get a response in the same way. It’s like a chatbot and voice assistant in the body of a large robot.

It’s a two-armed, two-legged robot that can theoretically do most of the things we do. The company claims we can teach it to do many things. It looks similar to Rabbit R1, another controversial AI technology. To teach Menteebot a new task, you run a simulated version of the bot through a digital version of the task. The program performs the task over and over again until it understands it. From now on, the robot must be able to perform real-world tasks. This seems like an extremely big promise, but it’s worth the wait to see the final result. We hope that this machine does not “hallucinate” like all existing chatbots and does what it wants like other artificial intelligence technologies.

Menteebot weighs 68 kilos and looks quite agile. The company has provided many videos of the robot being tested for durability. He can run, and his arms and hands “have full mobility and sensitivity to perform delicate tasks.”. There is a video where he carefully hands a piece of cutlery to a person for this purpose.

Although this robot is unlikely to live up to the initial hype, once it does Will appear in 2025still looks pretty cool.

Menteebot will be available in two flavors. This is a residential bot that will do household chores and a commercial bot that will do manual labor.