The Real Reason Robots Shouldn’t Look Like Humans

The robots of our future may look nothing like humans at all. Head to to start your free 30-day trial and get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Huge thanks to Dr. Elliot Hawkes for showing us his robots over the years, and for the update on what they’re doing now! Our videos in this supercut: 0:00 - Intro 2:04 - Unstoppable Vine Robot 15:13 - Vine Robot Update - People’s best ideas 20:24 - World’s Highest Jumping Robot 32:15 - Jumper Update - Why it was so hard to build 38:26 - World’s Fastest Maze-Solving Competition 1:02:15 - The main benefit of non-humanoid robots 1:02:48 - Brilliant 1:04:24 - Why Machines That Bend Are Better 1:16:26 - Why Soft Robots Are Even Better 1:25:55 - Conclusion ▀▀▀ Special thanks to our Patreon supporters! Join the community to help us keep our videos free, forever: Adam Foreman, Anton Ragin, Balkrishna Heroor, Bertrand Serlet, Bill Linder, Blake Byers, Bruce, Burt Humburg, Dave Kircher, David Johnston, Evgeny Skvortsov, Garrett Mueller, Gnare, gpoly, I. H., John H. Austin, Jr., john kiehl, Josh Hibschman, Juan Benet, KeyWestr, Kyi, Lee Redden, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Matthias Wrobel, Meekay, meg noah, Michael Krugman, Orlando Bassotto, Paul Peijzel, Richard Sundvall, Tj Steyn, TTST, Ubiquity Ventures, wolfee, and Yar If you’re looking for a molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically - ▀▀▀ Images & Video: All New Atlas via Boston Dynamics on YouTube - Farewell to HD Atlas via Boston Dynamics on YouTube - C-3PO via Cinemax on YouTube - I, Robot via Movieclips on YouTube - I, Robot No via ukery on YouTube - Big Hero 6 via Flick Society on YouTube - Big Hero 6 via 茶茶君 on YouTube - Roomba via iRobot on YouTube - ▀▀▀ Filmed by Derek Muller Edited by Trenton Oliver and Peter Nelson Produced by Emily Zhang, Gregor Čavlović, Rob Beasley Spence, and Emily Taylor Thumbnail contributions by Ignat Berbeci, Ren Hurley, and Peter Sheppard Additional video/photos supplied by Getty Images Music from Epidemic Sound