dominiquec@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoBoston Dynamics introduces a fully electric humanoid robot that “exceeds human performance”spectrum.ieee.orgexternal-linkmessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up1549arrow-down120file-text
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minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 months agoExceeds the very limited parameter we used to define as “human performance.” “Look, this robot’s arm can spin 360°! It exceeds human performance!” Ok, can it get a glass out of the cabinet, put ice cubes in it, fill it with water and bring it to me?
minus-squarearchomrade [he/him]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoI think you could have picked a more difficult metric, this is something i’m pretty sure the BD robots can actually do.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-27 months agoIn a random home, then. A human would know what a refrigerator is, where the ice is (dispenser or freezer), check cabinets for cups/glasses, and operate the sink. The BD bots would likely have to have everything pre-mapped, RFID’d and/or programmed.
Exceeds the very limited parameter we used to define as “human performance.”
“Look, this robot’s arm can spin 360°! It exceeds human performance!”
Ok, can it get a glass out of the cabinet, put ice cubes in it, fill it with water and bring it to me?
I think you could have picked a more difficult metric, this is something i’m pretty sure the BD robots can actually do.
In a random home, then. A human would know what a refrigerator is, where the ice is (dispenser or freezer), check cabinets for cups/glasses, and operate the sink. The BD bots would likely have to have everything pre-mapped, RFID’d and/or programmed.