Cropping the outliers is often a hidden abstraction. That might be good for recognizing things but for making things it's likely to be a problem--take the cupca

Cropping the outliers is often a hidden abstraction. That might be good for recognizing things but for making things it's likely to be a problem--take the cupcake example. What's the robot (program) going to do with the cupcake? Probably don't want the cups to go in the mixer.