Re:Gemini Robotics brings AI into the physical world
by refulgentis on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @04:06PM
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Ah, that's a really good point, thank you - makes me think of how little progress there's been in that domain, whether robots perceiving or tricking our perception.
For the inverse of the robot problem: younger me, spoiled by youth and thinking multitouch was the beginning of a drumbeat of steady revolution, distinctly thought we were a year or two out from having haptics that could "fake" the sensation of feeling a material.
I swear there was stuff to back this up...but I was probably just on a diet of unquestioning, and projecting, Apple blogs when the taptic engine was released, and they probably shared one-off research videos.
Re:Gemini Robotics brings AI into the physical world
by ascorbic on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @05:10PM
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I'm convinced the best haptics that I use every day are the "clicks" on the Macbook trackpad. You can only tell they're not real because they don't work when it's beachballing.
For the inverse of the robot problem: younger me, spoiled by youth and thinking multitouch was the beginning of a drumbeat of steady revolution, distinctly thought we were a year or two out from having haptics that could "fake" the sensation of feeling a material.
I swear there was stuff to back this up...but I was probably just on a diet of unquestioning, and projecting, Apple blogs when the taptic engine was released, and they probably shared one-off research videos.