How much would it cost to build a robot?

[Anonymous No.2741304]

A humanoid one that can walk and talk, I'm a computer scientist so the software won't be an issue

[Anonymous No.2741329]

I'm trans, btw.

[Anonymous No.2741349]

It's completely free if you can mine all the materials and create your own parts

[Anonymous No.2741357]

>>2741349
How do I mine rubber for the vagina?

[Anonymous No.2741362]

>>2741357
Rubber comes from trees

[Anonymous No.2741418]

>>2741304
elon musks mentioned that his new robots would sell below 20 000
so I would take that as a reference number.

Conisder a sex doll costs 8 000 so a sex robot would eventually sell for 30 000

[Anonymous No.2741422]

>>2741304
prolly like $35- $40

[Anonymous No.2741476]

Anon computer science us not the most relevant part of a robot i hate "computer scientists"
Now there is two option using actuators $10,000 without actuators $1000-$2000
Good luck computer toaster whisperer

[Anonymous No.2741486]

>>2741304
Some thoughts

We built some pretty cool stuff on €2k-€5k budgets back in uni, but that involved 2 MEs, 2 EEs, 2 SWE and a product design guy. And free access to the shop with mill, sheet metal folder, CNC, 3D printer and vacuum forming machine. If you don’t have any of that, add at least €3k to have stuff fabricated, probably more. Before you say you don’t need a product design guy: making shit look human but not creepy is pretty hard.

Unstable walking like humans do is very difficult controls wise, stable walking like Asimo looks very robotic but is a lot easier. Either way you will spend 80% of the time on making it walk without falling over, and a lot of mechanical design iterations. Or just give it wheels like everyone else does. If you want any kind of quality components (Maxon motors, Yaskawa), be ready to spend €500+ per actuator. For cheap steppers/servos with drives on PCB closer to €100 each (you will not succeed with $15 nema steppers and tower pro servos)

Humane facial expressions are also difficult and easily become uncanny, just give it a screen or LED matrix face. Trust me, unless you want to learn all the biomech and anatomy behind facial expressions, and spend a bunch on all sorts of small actuators. The result will 99% likely still be creepy if you put eyebrows and lips on it. Talking is easy, AI speech to text, GPT and CMU sphinx (if it still exists), basically free.

Anyway post a rough sketch of what you want and we can make a better estimate

[Anonymous No.2741537]

>>2741486
>€2k-€5k budgets back in uni,
was it human height?

Also which european uni gives 5k for a student project? In italy the whole bachelor lab was probably less than 5k of equipment.

[Anonymous No.2741550]

How much would it cost to build a machine to clone myself? I'm a philosopher, so the tautological implications won't be a problem.

[Anonymous No.2741568]

>>2741304
bout tree fiddy

[Anonymous No.2741629]

>>2741550
Well youd probably need a female surrogate. That can vary in price...

[Anonymous No.2741640]

>>2741304
about tree fitty

[Anonymous No.2741731]

>>2741537
Not part of curriculum, they were projects for competitions and and test/demo platforms for PhD projects. I worked at the uni manufacturing lab as a side job doing the stuff that the actual researches and students don’t want to spend time on. Little to no pay but some credits and actually got to work on stuff instead of just theory

[Anonymous No.2741755]

>>2741731
Anon now you're making me feel guilty about working on my robot. Now think about the following though. There were physicists and engineers during the times of the wright brothers. However the wright brothers were bicycle salesmen. Robots might be the kind of problem that is not solved with logic alone. I don't know what you contributed to the field of robotics however. I will be borrowing a lot from other people's work to make my robot.

[Anonymous No.2741765]

>>2741550
topkek

[Anonymous No.2741782]

>>2741550
Good shit

[Anonymous No.2741790]

>>2741304
Typical robot arm from fancy, ABB, whoever is around $30k-70k depending capability. If I was building Chucky cheese style animatronic I'd say ~100k.

Now the BOM for these would be around $15k-20k assuming you're ok with machining and scrapping for metal.

[Anonymous No.2741814]

>>2741755
I’m not sure what you are trying to say here, the thing is, doing a diy robotics project (which I highly recommend because it’s fun and useful and you learn stuff) is different from setting your eyes on a specific result (walking and talking humanoid) which is hardly attainable.

That were a lot of words to say if you want to do and learn some robotics, start your project and we’ll be happy to help.

But if you just want to own a walking and talking robot then just buy one. Check out Aldebaran robotics, they have prices online and I don’t think it’s possible for a single individual to make a similar robot for cheaper (even at $1/hr)

[Anonymous No.2741817]

>>2741550
you should know it's ontologically not possible

[Anonymous No.2742759]

>>2741304
elon will take care of that. the cost will be billions for the 1st models. that will drop to the low thousands with mass production. just wait and buy one from Tesla.

[Anonymous No.2743028]

>>2741304
You want CAE knowhow and CFD skillz to model soft robotics using silicone rubbers, carbon skeleton, pneumatic/DEAP/EAP muscles, IC:s, sensors, batteries etc.
I believe you could do it all by yourself with information on the web and available materials.
Biggest problem is probably getting a model to cast your soft robot from.
There are different qualities of silicone. Also additives for firmness and curing behavior.
Wacker made a rubber film perfect for DEAP artificial muscles (Elastosil) few years ago but don't know what happened with it.
Universities seems buy plain silicone film and just smear carbon grease on it as electrodes for smaller demonstrations and projects.
Total cost? Ask a R&D apartment or investors.

[Anonymous No.2743105]

Im assuming you've looked up how to use pytorch right?

[Anonymous No.2743106]

>>2743105
Well because im assuming you want to work on the ai i mean.

[Anonymous No.2743110]

>>2741304
> that can walk
There's levels to this chief.
Look at the bitch tier walking of the original Amibo, or the early boston dynamics stuff. Look at what the bipedal boston dynamics robots are capable now.

[Anonymous No.2743112]

>>2743110
I dont know anon i dont see what the big deal is. If you asked me to build a microwave from scratch i will tell you no. However i promised i will build a robot. :/

[Anonymous No.2743115]

>>2741817
As a philosophy major, I can handle that part. I
just need help with the other parts. Where can I buy one of those sheep cloners and how do I adjust it to work on me? Also I don't have many tools except basic ryobi drills and stuff from my dad.

[Anonymous No.2743168]

We follow blindly.

[Anonymous No.2743245]

>>2743115
you need a clone birthing device aka woman it does leave traces of it's own characteristics on the resulting clone that's one limitation of this method

[Anonymous No.2744818]

Computer scientist
unable to have sex with real girls due to godly intellect
asks spergchan for help
fills out the rest of the Bingo card

[Anonymous No.2744823]

>>2741304
>A humanoid one that can walk and talk, I'm a computer scientist so the software won't be an issue
Sheer fucking hubris. Talking is more or less solved today thanks to AI. But walking is difficult and will be difficult for the foreseeable future. There's a reason Boston Dynamics shows off their dog drones so much.

[Anonymous No.2744828]

>>2741304
Her eyes were green.

[Anonymous No.2744910]

>>2741550
>I'm a philosopher