The Real Reason Robots Shouldn’t Look Like Humans | Supercut

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The robots of our future may look nothing like humans at all. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial and get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Huge thanks to Dr. Elliot Hawkes for giving us the updates on his robots, and for showing them to us over the years! Our videos in this supercut:    • This Unstoppable Robot Could Save Your Life      • World's Highest Jumping Robot      • The Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth      • Why Machines That Bend Are Better      • Why Robots That Bend Are Better   0:00 - Intro 2:04 - Unstoppable Vine Robot 15:13 - Update on Vine Robot! 20:24 - Highest Jumping Robot 32:15 - Update on the Jumper! 38:26 - Micromouse Competition 1:02:15 - Benefit of non-humanoid robots 1:02:48 - Brilliant 1:04:24 - Bendy Machines 1:16:26 - Soft Robots 1:25:55 - Conclusion ▀▀▀ Special thanks to our Patreon supporters! Join the community to help us keep our videos free, forever: https://ve42.co/PatreonDE 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 - https://ve42.co/SnatomsV ▀▀▀ Images & Video: All New Atlas via Boston Dynamics on YouTube - https://ve42.co/NewAtlas Farewell to HD Atlas via Boston Dynamics on YouTube - https://ve42.co/HDAtlas C-3PO via Cinemax on YouTube - https://ve42.co/C3PO I, Robot via Movieclips on YouTube - https://ve42.co/iRobot I, Robot No via ukery on YouTube - https://ve42.co/iRobotNo Big Hero 6 via Flick Society on YouTube - https://ve42.co/BH6 Big Hero 6 via 茶茶君 on YouTube - https://ve42.co/2ndBH6 Roomba via iRobot on YouTube - https://ve42.co/Roomba ▀▀▀ 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