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This is why im not worried about "AI" taking over the world. Robotics still has a LONG way to go. A human can balance a plate on their arm with food while holdi
by AngryData 29d ago
This is why im not worried about "AI" taking over the world. Robotics still has a LONG way to go. A human can balance a plate on their arm with food while holding a glass of milk in that hand and a donut in the other and still manage to open a door, step over potential floor obstacles, maneuver tight spaces, get bumped by a child or dog, and still set it all down without spilling it 99% of the time. Just the hardware with the dexterity and responsiveness to perform the same task would cost unimaginable amounts of money to produce, not to mention the control systems needed to do it smooth and gracefully enough.
Maybe in another 2 decades I could see it possibly starting to change, but even then I wouldn't bet the horse on it until I saw it. Cars only have three degrees of freedom and even that we are barely able to get working well enough to put it into limited practice. And yet one single human finger has atleast 3 degrees of freedom, and is covered in what is the equivalent of a million tiny ultra sensitive tactile sensors.
- philot 29d agoThis is true, but it’s also assuming the robot has to be human shaped. A robot with 4 extendable arms and a gyroscopically balanced cabinet in its chest wouldn’t have too much trouble with that task.
- AngryData 29d agoHow many other tasks is it not suited for now though? If we wanted a device to automate limited specific tasks then we don't need advanced highly advanced robotics. A human has strength, dexterity, high balance, very sensitive tactile touch, can move both fast and slow, is very compact, etc. A robot has to have serious tradeoffs just to hit two of those things. A robot arm that is capable of threading a needle is likely not suited to chopping some wood or carrying groceries. And if you just add a bunch of different arms for different tasks it becomes way more complex, expensive, heavy, and inefficient.