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© The ConversationWhy household robot servants are a lot harder to build than automated warehouse workers
By Ayonga Hereid COLUMBUS, Ohio©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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GBR48
I always wondered whether those robot vacuum cleaners actually work or just amuse people's pets when they are at work.
quote: general-purpose home robots are still a long way off.
Sort of.
To function in a home, you need a humanoid robot. Not a small one - about 5ft 2" to 5ft 4" (any smaller: toy, any bigger: discomforting). Small androids are a kop-out - an attempt to make balance, dexterity, movement and power issues less of a problem. Once you get the systems right, height ceases to be a problem. In other words, when height ceases to be a problem, you have got the systems right. Power will remain an issue (the human digestive system as a fuel source is remarkable and difficult to emulate), but there are multiple solutions and more coming. Mapping and moving are pretty much do-able now. Basic tasks and interactions too. Limit your expectations with the AI BS - sentience takes longer. Machine learning has taken several wrong turnings and will take several more yet. So don't expect to kick off with Aji 3. Industrial robots are designed to do one thing well, and that's easy. Humanity has overpopulated the planet by being flexible - good enough at everything it needs to be. We can go much further than we have, but some of the basics of design at the moment aren't quite right. Too many short cuts. Not enough understanding and emulation of human functionality, which will translate to androids. And the material science is still developing.
In cost terms, domestic androids are unlikely to ever be cheaper than human labour. If you dislike migrants that much, you will have to pay through the nose and wait a good while for a limited alternative to become 'consumer tech'.
Andy
My wife already has one, me.
lostrune2
Can you put it in
That's why
GuruMick
What can you say ?
"It's hard to get good help these days "
Sven Asai
Such a household robot is impossible to build, just to fix it. If my wife would test such a robot, doesn’t play a role which task that robot just had tried, she’ll give you a detailed complaint report after 5 minutes latest , and I guarantee you, that report alone is bigger in size than all printed world literature plus Wikipedia in sum. lol