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A comment on RoboCat – A Self-Improving Robotic Agent.

Re:RoboCat – A Self-Improving Robotic Agent by smoll on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @07:08PM (#36412018)
When the operator was demonstrating "perturbations", they were reaching into the scene while the robot was very close to grabbing objects they had their fingers near - isn't this dangerous? What if the robot clamped down on their fingers?
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Re:RoboCat – A Self-Improving Robotic Agent by thelastparadise on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @07:14PM (#36412065)
> What if the robot clamped down on their fingers?

Sometimes risk needs to be taken.

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Re:RoboCat – A Self-Improving Robotic Agent by reaperman on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @09:01PM (#36412984)
It’s easy to use tongs or other manipulators to interact with scene objects from a safe distance.

This isn’t demonstrating good robot safety, someone will get hurt, and likely already has been, at least to minor degrees.

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Re:RoboCat – A Self-Improving Robotic Agent by typon on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @10:35PM (#36413687)
This looks like a cobot (Collaborative robot). They are meant to work alongside humans - chance of injury is low because their speed/maximum force exerted is limited.
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