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The comment about humanoid forms raising expectations comes from Rethink's hype and failure. Rethink tried to solve manipulation and failed. The Rethink hype v
by Animats 1y ago
The comment about humanoid forms raising expectations comes from Rethink's hype and failure.
Rethink tried to solve manipulation and failed.
The Rethink hype video, with their cute little face on a screen.[1]
What the Rethink robot could actually do: take PC boards off a conveyor and put them in a fixture.[2] That's a routine robotic load/unload task. Like this one with Fanuc robots.[3]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4mULTknb2I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4mULTknb2I
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnzmxJS4Rp4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnzmxJS4Rp4
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za5z1lb0hdU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za5z1lb0hdU
- ACCount37 1y agoThe industry term, I believe, is "skill issue". The conclusion to draw from "tried and failed" certainly isn't "it's impossible and everyone should give up on the notion".