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I looked up the quote: "Raibert said that for the outdoor scenes, a human provides general steering via radio while the robot uses its stereo and LIDAR sensors
by zurn 11y ago
I looked up the quote: "Raibert said that for the outdoor scenes, a human provides general steering via radio while the robot uses its stereo and LIDAR sensors to adjust to terrain variations. ATLAS also does its own balance and motion control. "
This kind of navigation level steering is an easy problem compared to stable walking over rough terrain and recovery from kicks and shoves.
- s_kilk 11y agoMaybe, but the videos (and surrounding media) were presented in a way which implied the robot was autonomous, finding it's own path through the terrain. It may not be intentionally misleading, but still misleading.
- ktRolster 11y agoCompare it to that Watson/Carrie Fischer commercial, where Watson is presented as being able to carry on a conversation. It can't really do that, but that's also misleading.