Re:Google Canceled the Launch of a Robotic Arm
by edc117 on Thursday October 06, 2016 @01:35PM
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Potentially, sure - as the article mentions at present, AI isn't able to be involved in moving the arm at all. How long until it isn't? What if you could have an arm and sensors installed in your kitchen that would cook dinner for you, or wash dishes? Sounds complicated...but more than a self driving car? There's a lot of people that would (and do) pay a lot of money to have someone else prepare and clean up their meals.
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Re:Google Canceled the Launch of a Robotic Arm
by daveguy on Thursday October 06, 2016 @01:58PM
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Moley is trying to make a robot chef and release it in 2018 [0]. Personally, I think it will bomb because the AI isn't there yet. When a grip on a tool or bowl fails the whole thing fails. Robotic arms aren't "set and forget" when dealing with even the simplest failure modes. That said -- successful robots like this are why the potential market for robot arms is huge. The current market for robot arms is very small. The gap between the two is an AI problem.