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It's obvious. Imagine the PR disaster if the robot 'hallucinated' and said something inappropriate, or worse, accidentally pushed or hit someone. Why take the r
by xpl 2y ago
It's obvious. Imagine the PR disaster if the robot 'hallucinated' and said something inappropriate, or worse, accidentally pushed or hit someone. Why take the risk when everything needs to run smoothly?
The first time they showed Optimus, they literally had a human in the suit, so this is a huge step forward.
That said, a teleoperated humanoid body is an impressive tech feat by itself, seriously.
- worstspotgain 2y agoOnly if by "run smoothly" you mean "any publicity is good publicity."
- hindsightbias 2y agoWhat if millions no longer needed to cross borders and could telehandle flipping your burgers? Rising tides… You’d think a WFH bastion would be more open minded.
- wodenokoto 2y agoThen sell it as that, not as an AI.
- tapoxi 2y agoI mean we have robots doing telesurgery regularly (Da Vinci), serving drinks is literally a party trick.
- xpl 2y agoIt's actually difficult to achieve even something as simple as getting a robot to stand upright. Most of them walk with bent knees and constantly shift from one foot to the other (e.g. Boston Dynamics).
- worstspotgain 2y ago[flagged]
- guax 2y agoNeither Atlas or the new Atlas shift constantly on a standing position. The big engine powered previous dog/mule robot did tho. The only reason we don't walk with bent knees is because that uses a lot of energy and can only lock our knees one way, but we do that sometimes for better movement, like when fighting or doing some sports. hydraulics are fundamentally different. The new Atlas seem to keep the legs fairly straight when standing/moving but the video is too short to come with larger conclusions. Tesla is working with a large difference in approaches from Boston Dynamics. I think they can achieve some success even with the fact that their robots are not as good as the others by using the "pasta to the wall" strategy they seem to use. They made lots of the robots already and that can lead to someone finding a good use case for them even with lots of limitations. BD did this with spot to some success.
- DeepYogurt 2y ago> That said, a teleoperated humanoid body is an impressive tech feat by itself, seriously. Hard disagree. The point of the event was to show off autonomous robots and this is pure deception. > The first time they showed Optimus, they literally had a human in the suit, so this is a huge step forward. That is quite the curve to grade on.
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- weare138 2y agoTelerobotics is nothing new. The Lindbergh operation was 23 years ago. Check out Boston Dynamics current generation of autonomous robots. The Optimus is years behind the current tech. It's just a game of smoke and mirrors. There's a reason Tesla had the demo at a Hollywood movie studio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindbergh_operation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindbergh_operation
- whazor 2y agoIf telerobotics is not new, where can I buy one? In my country minimum wages are high. But having robots be controlled by remote operators from low wage countries might be viable.
- gaadd33 2y agoHere's one, you could probably purchase it via the right channels https://www.intuitive.com/en-us/products-and-services/da-vinci https://www.intuitive.com/en-us/products-and-services/da-vin...