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A Roomba is consumer-grade technology, though. There's a whole different paradigm of manufacturing and production used for i.e. defence, space/aerospace, high-l
by kyuudou 6y ago
A Roomba is consumer-grade technology, though. There's a whole different paradigm of manufacturing and production used for i.e. defence, space/aerospace, high-level particle physics at LLNL and so forth. Not really a good metric. Ever read about the National Reconnaissance Office?
- derekp7 6y agoI was using "Roomba" as an illustration device. I necessarily wouldn't expect that the technology I described would be available at a consumer price point, but many of those items on my list should be doable with the same technological (AI) advances needed to make off-planet robotics work well (especially ones that are more distance such as on Mars, which need to work more autonomously). For example, the rovers on Mars, as much as they have accomplished, really haven't done much more in all the time they were there than humans did physically on the Moon 50 years ago.