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* After observing 1000 human-controlled demonstrations, collected in just hours, RoboCat could direct this new arm dexterously enough to pick up gears successfu
by startupsfail 3y ago
* After observing 1000 human-controlled demonstrations, collected in just hours, RoboCat could direct this new arm dexterously enough to pick up gears successfully 86% of the time. *
Interesting, but this doesn’t sound like something that can be useful. For practical industry applications, you need high success rates. Assume you are running operations where dropping/flips/damages to the items that a robot handles are costly and not acceptable.
Its only for a hobbyist pick-and-place, dropping a Lego block or wasting some components is not a big deal.
- traverseda 3y ago> Assume you are running operations where dropping/flips/damages to the items that a robot handles are costly and not acceptable. Alright, let's assume we're not too though, just for completeness sake. Plenty of industrial applications where an 86% success rate is fine, especially if you can try more than once.
- nomel 3y agoDo you have any obvious examples in mind?
- digdugdirk 3y agoPlenty of manufacturing environments that involve heavy items. Even with a lift assist, they'll still need 2-3 people to help lift or guide something to the next cell or next place in the line. Lift assists are still expensive, and if that could be replaced with a robotic arm and cut out 2-3 employees at the same time? There's going to be a big market for this. Certainly big enough to keep a company afloat while they continue to refine the product and reduce costs.
- nomel 3y agoI would assume bridge cranes handles the majority of the cases to replace human effort. It seems that "successfully 86% of the time" and "heavy items" usually means "destruction". Some secondary system to verify grip would be required.
- ChatGTP 3y agoSo dropping heavy items 86% of the time is ok? Sounds like a disaster?
- jjk166 3y agoFasteners (screws, rivets, etc) Metal and plastic Stock Castings and billets Clothing Bulk sacks of material Lumber Items to be recycled Most consumer goods after packaging Hand tools (wrenches, pliers, etc) Most food items
- wilg 3y agoThis is research! The point is this is possible now, and can be improved upon.
- jjk166 3y ago> Assume you are running operations where dropping/flips/damages to the items that a robot handles are costly and not acceptable. Such operations are rare and in those cases you're probably not picking them out of a bin to start with. For most items dropping or flipping the object a few times is perfectly acceptable, indeed that's probably how they got into their current position to start with.