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I just can't help but get the feeling that those robots like this, like Boston Dynamics dogs and their cheetah, especially ASIMO and others resembling those, ar
by cLeEOGPw 12y ago
I just can't help but get the feeling that those robots like this, like Boston Dynamics dogs and their cheetah, especially ASIMO and others resembling those, are mere "medieval automatas" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton#Medieval_automata http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton#Medieval_automata) of our age. They lack something fundamental, maybe even as fundamental as shift from clock gears to digital processors.
- WiseWeasel 12y agoIt's lasers. Or you may be referring to something like the uncanny valley [1] phenomenon; you're unsatisfied with the comparison to the subject of their mimicry, in this case a cheetah. Some lasers would probably help with that. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
- robotresearcher 12y agoHow many lasers do real cheetahs have?
- audreyt 12y agoZero, which is why lasers would help — moving leftward (i.e. more machine-like) is one of the three ways out of the uncanny valley.
- cLeEOGPw 12y agoI was actually referring to technological limitations. Just like automatas were never meant to have any kind of AI, because of limitations of manufacturing techniques, these robots are the same for advancing known techniques to the limit, but not getting any closer to the goal of cheetah-like movement in this example. I don't know if it's clear enough, since my first post was misunderstood. It's like we have a goal to reach the moon, then mechanical automatas are Egyptian pyramids and these robots using technology and software they are using now are hot air balloons.