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Here are two example sentences that catch my attention: 1. "Most robots these days make use of some form of Deep Learning." This is not obvious. What is the ba
by xpe 7y ago
Here are two example sentences that catch my attention:
1. "Most robots these days make use of some form of Deep Learning." This is not obvious. What is the basis for it?
2. "Robots themselves have been around forever, but, with a few exceptions, have been disappointments." In historical context, this is hardly true. Look at assembly lines, at automation, just to start.
- smilekzs 7y agoVenturing a guess, a possible way for #1 to hold true (in some sense) might be the maturity of camera-based object detection and classification, which even the most risk-averse industrial robot builders might have justified to adopt in their latest offerings.
- unishark 7y agoMaybe if they have a narrow definition of robot that requires it to have computer vision, as opposed to just a machine that repeats a repetitive task exactly.
- ragebol 7y agoMost industrial robots are relatively simple machines that repeat a task described in details. Only input may be to wait until a new part came in or to move down the stack of parts until the gripper runs into something to grip.
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- xpe 7y agoWhen I read the post, I interpret it as more of a PR piece than neutral analysis.
- NalNezumi 7y agoThe author of the piece seems to confuse robotics for industry automation and for academia and research. Most high-end research/service robots have some form of Deep Learning baked in to them, the vast majority of them being Computer Vision related object/feature detection & classification. The purpose of the CV part might vary, but for mobile robots (delivery, drone etc) it is usually to enhance localization & mapping (SLAM)by detecting features in the environment. For static robots (arms, P&P) usually object detection for pick, and segmentation+classification for placing/stacking it correctly. Covariant.ai, Osaro and other CV in robotics start ups are simply trying to sell this as a module to existing arms, to make then slightly more flexible.