@wobbly
You say "honestly it would be a real tragedy if you spent much of your life pursuing this doomed "passion project" of yours instead of spending time with your family and friends and enjoying this wonderful world." --- I agree. I maintain a healthy life balance of work, family/friends, and hobbies. So there is no risk of what you say here. If anything, in spurts, when very motivated, I dip into my tv watching time in evenings to go hard on the robot. So all that is lost is solo time watching tv. Not a big loss.
You say "Why don't you put your energy into something sane, like building a sailing boat, or developing your already impressive artistic talents*?" --- I do put my energies into sane stuff often. Car flipping, house remodeling, gardening, orchard, vineyard, building various unrelated machines, building products and inventions, etc. But none are as cool or impressive as building a robot IMO. So I make time for the robot plus other stuff too. Also, I'm not sure what is the upside to developing my already impressive artistic talents. I am using those talents to make the robot look real. But to make loads of pictures seems wasteful with it. Nobody really cares and the pictures can't talk to you or make you a sandwhich like a moving talking robot can. Better to put my art skills into that instead.
You say "You obviously have strong willpower, so why not use it to help people (or animals, or the environment for that matter)?" --- I do that too. Massively. But the Bible says to keep that quiet so that your Father who sees what you do in secret can reward you. If you boast in your good works before man, you don't get rewarded for them. Also, my robot project can help people by inspiring them, educating them, and growing the field in general. For example, humanoidable.com is a great humanoid robotics website that is barely getting traffic. It's tragic. I want to grow the field of robotics with my exciting projects. And that field then, if grown, can help MANY people with disabilities or seniors etc.
You say "Building a feeble automaton out of rubber and pulleys running Windows (great choice of OS by the way
) helps nobody and will only mark you as a lunatic in your community as it is doing here in this forum." --- I disagree for the reasons stated above. Also, in general, if people see you achieve the impossible and never give up, that can encourage them to go after their own dreams and that can be a great thing to pass on. Also, people really respect the robot idea in person. I never had people react negatively in real life when I talk about it. They seem just really to believe I can do it in real life. Or think its a good educational hobby. No hate was ever gotten IRL.
@MK14
You say "Robot, I'm in the bath, please don't use the camera." --- I don't think the robot will betray me by sending images of myself unrobed to strangers. And I'm hoping hackers won't tap into the camera system man that'd suck.
You say "Robot, "I would, but Windows11, has decided to perform a very minor update, so you will have to wait a few hours, before I can move again, and respond". --- I disable updates so that won't be an issue. Also I plan to only use windows 7.
@Mechatrommer
You say "i would love to see motors mechanism of arm and fingers alone i suspect that will be super bulky." --- it really is super bulky. Which is why I had to spread them out throughout the forearm, upper arm, and even into the sides and back of the robots torso just to fit it all. Like I literally have some finger actuation motors mounted onto the sides of the spine since there were too many motors to even fit them all in the arm.
@KerimF
You say "I don't see the world's masters being evil. I simply see them robots who succeeded to execute, to a great extent, their instincts of superiority and selfishness (embedded already in their flesh by...)" --- Seeking to establish superiority and selfishness with regards to ones neighbors is evil though. We should all strive to be humble and self-less. Kind and generous. Anything else is evil. That simple.
You say "This is why, 2000 years ago, someone (who didn't commit any crime) forgave those who tortured and killed him in the name of their justice 'for they know not what they do' (as in the case of robots)." --- not really the same thing. The killers in this case literally thought they were doing the right thing, not knowing who that man really was. So in some way they were innocent in the matter by way of lack of knowing.
You say "Not in vain I added: "And you can sell them to other humans who have no humans to serve them for a lower price."" --- yeah but that's really not something I'd do personally. Too many liabilities. And I want them for myself. I can use them to assist me in helping the poor. But I'd not GIVE THEM to the poor. The poor could misuse them and become corrupt somehow. Like you shouldn't give a loaded gun to a child.
You say "Perhaps I am wrong, but I noticed that, in many cases, the human's cost is lower than of an intelligent robot!" --- disagree. People cost $60k/yr to get a hard working man to help you 6 days a week 8 hours a day. Robots will help you 24/7 and can be used for decades for a cost like $300k so they are cheaper in the long run than human help. And that is a high end price. Some may be cheaper not sure. They aren't really for sale yet usually.
You say "One may say that humans likely trust a robot more than a human servant. But, in reality, trusting a product implies that its maker can be trusted. Unfortunately, the use of even well-known new products as mobiles became risky, it may blow up by the head!" --- a robot maker has much to lose and so would likely have high quality product. I'd trust the product. They had to be very smart and organized to make it. So they probably did a good job. I highly doubt it would blow up.
@Bud
You say "The thumbnail of that video link was enough for me not to watch. People who are fascinated with human skulls -I consider them mentally ill." --- That was the only skull related artwork I think. Oh wait there was another one too. NM. I don't generally consider myself fascinated by skulls or skeletons. They have a lot of symbolic meaning for artwork purposes though. My mom and wife are both therapists and both consider me very mentally healthy. I'm sure I'd know if I was mentally ill while in regular contact with mental health professionals. I'm not.
@Wobbly
You say "Billions of years of intense evolution has brought us to have.... " --- that's a lie. The earth is 6k years old roughly. This is proven over and over. Stop believing in evolution fairy tales and read and obey the Bible. Thank God for designing the skull well.
@Manul
You say "Coding: better don't" --- I disagree. I am a highly accomplished coder and can seemingly code anything I put my mind to. Nothing is too hard for me. I have a natural affinity for it. I excell at it. I also really enjoy it quite a lot.
You say "Electronics: not really" --- I'm still fairly new to it but have come a long way to understanding alot of the basics and most everything I need to do the electronics tasks I want to do. I also have innovated in this field significantly new techniques, methods, and even styles of construction. I'm a valuable asset to this field. So I disagree with your assessment.
You say "3D modeling: maybe" --- I get the job done for my CAD and it helps me alot. I also am quite skilled as a 3d artist. There's no maybe about it.
You say "Artwork: 9/10. If you can really draw like that, please continue, you have bright future." --- I am not sure it is worth my time to pursue. Ever heard the term starving artist? Rather use my art talent to make robots and other functional and utilitarian stuff, not just something that sits on a wall ignored.
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