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I recently tried a telepresence software from a start-up that allowed me to control a robot factory arm almost a thousand miles away through Oculus quest. It d
by monkeydust 5y ago
I recently tried a telepresence software from a start-up that allowed me to control a robot factory arm almost a thousand miles away through Oculus quest.
It definitely had that 'wow' moment for me although the product was not production grade quality yet.
It did open my mind to possibilities I had not considered before around the future of work - mixed feelings - I mean think person in <low cost country> operating a robot arm making a food dish in <higher cost country>. Some ways it can be considered a bit depressing but in others it opens up opportunities that have never existed before.
Its a sort of half way stop between no automation and full automation for certain tasks where real intelligence is needed or cheaper.
- agent008t 5y agoWas the latency noticeable annoying? Or was the robot arm not entirely 'real-time' anyway, so it was not an issue?
- monkeydust 5y agoNo it wasnt - strong internet connectivity on both ends was a must - real time operations.
- thundergolfer 5y agoWas labour cost arbitrage the best use case they came up with for this amazing technology?