Re:Open Problems in Robotics
by Nasrudith on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @08:39PM
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I would have thought the money wouldn't be there for a different reason - human hands suck compared to tools which is why we created them in the first place. It is a bit of a silly trope to have industrial work done by humanoid robots with hand tools.
The ability to manipulate destandardized sizes would be useful but precision manufacturing ate most of the lunch long ago which reduces it to more of a "last mile" task.
Re:Open Problems in Robotics
by deepGem on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @10:32PM
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Well, the advantage I see with humanoid hands is that the same task that a human does can be done much faster by a humanoid hand. For instance chopping onions or other vegetables. Even dishwashing.
The ability to manipulate destandardized sizes would be useful but precision manufacturing ate most of the lunch long ago which reduces it to more of a "last mile" task.