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I feel like part of this is people not being comfortable with the idea that they don't have to be deferent to the robots (i.e. do what you want, it will avoid y
by crooked-v 11mo ago
I feel like part of this is people not being comfortable with the idea that they don't have to be deferent to the robots (i.e. do what you want, it will avoid you). That's perfectly understandable (nobody wants to walk in front a moving industrial robots), but is something these companies will have to work on if they want people comfortable around their bots.
- delfinom 11mo ago>Robertson shares Rodriguez’s concerns, pointing to incident reports of the robots pushing neighbors off the sidewalks onto busy streets, colliding with bicyclists and even deterring emergency vehicles. Sounds like the robots don't do a good job at avoiding
- Izkata 11mo ago> (i.e. do what you want, it will avoid you) The one I encountered a week ago, when I and another person got near it, it stopped moving. You have to go around them, and there's no way to get them out of the way if they're blocking something aside from leaving and hoping they start moving again.
- bombcar 11mo agoCan’t go under it. Can’t go around it. Have to go over it!
- venusenvy47 11mo agoHow heavy are they? Can they be lifted by the end and rotated out of the way?
- Sabinus 11mo agoThat sounds like a behaviour that the company can adjust. Just have it move as far as it can to the side when passing a human.