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Trying to work through the algorithmic burden. Would a home robot's navigation software be more or less complex than a self driving car? No lane markers, stop s
by 11thEarlOfMar 9y ago
Trying to work through the algorithmic burden. Would a home robot's navigation software be more or less complex than a self driving car? No lane markers, stop signs/lights. Environment changes constantly with doors open/closing, pets, humans moving around, stuff on the floor. It would be more like apples-to-apples if we were talking about a self-driving off-road vehicle.
Not to mention, the auto is doing something useful simply by moving. Perhaps a security robot in the home could be valuable by simply moving, but otherwise, it needs an additional layer of application. Interacting with humans, manipulating objects which it would have to identify, ...
- trisimix 9y agoDepends on its features. Cars have a baseline where if you program a roomba it can essentially use a if you run into stuff reverse and turn 15 degrees. But if you want a robot to use stairs go over stepups and navigate a house completely, it could potentially surpass a cars complexity. Potentially.
- mholmes680 9y agoA part of the burden of cars is the table stakes though... cars can potentially kill people. A home robot worst-case is a potential pooptastrophe [0] (I guess.. unless people can trip on it and fall down stairs). [0] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/08/15/pooptastrophe-man-details-night-his-roomba-ran-over-dog-poop/88667704/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/08/15/po...
- maxerickson 9y agoDepends on how capable the robot is. If it is a re-purposed military killbot you probably want it to play nice.
- ben_w 9y agoDepends on the robot. A mere vacuum cleaner is as you describe, but a fully general household bot could turn a gas hob on without igniting it, combine unsafe combinations of bleach when cleaning the bathroom, fail to recognise when food has expired before cooking it, mistake bleach for a drink when serving dinner, mistake the owner’s fingers for carrot or a sausage when making dinner, or lock one or more doors in an open position overnight.
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