View Full Version : Robot, anyone?! New technological revolution is near.
Half a century ago, when first computers were created, people got very excited and envisioned year 2000 full of robots and flying cars. This is year 2011 cars are not flying, but they are comfy and fast, and we can take a plane for longer trips. No big deal here, but I really miss my robot. Where is my promised android to clean my house, cook for me, or even better, go and do my job?
In 1970-ties a big road bump showed in this futuristic vision. In an experiment with obstacle course researchers learned that it is extremely difficult for computers to recognize objects to avoid them. It took hours for computer to maneuver 10 feet of obstacle course, around few big objects, on flat surface, on wheels, in perfect visual conditions. It was a big bummer, and it has hit researchers that a very long road awaits us to robotics, and in our close future we have to rely on our heads and hands only. To make matter worse, it was only visual recognition aspect, not mentioning simulation of other amazing abilities of human body. Where are the fully functional arms, and legs that hold balance? Where is understanding of commends and situational awareness? Where is the long lasting power source? Good batteries are needed, so we don’t trip on power cord when robot is around.
Now, 40 years later, I notice that slowly the main elements needed to construct fully functional robot are showing up one by one.
Sense of balance and natural movement is already developed.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gi6Ohnp9x8&feature=fvwp&NR=1
Understanding of human speech and responding with logical response or action is here too. Computers have beat best people in chess and jeopardy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr7IxQeXr7g (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr7IxQeXr7g)
Do you want special recognition? Forget crossing 10 feet in hours! ArtificialIntelligence can drive a car now 22km/h through off road course, or city course. The video is from 2007 though, and we should do much better now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UVKBhKPPuc&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UVKBhKPPuc&feature=related)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuMFD9s1oIs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuMFD9s1oIs)
Robotic hand:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJg9igTnjIo&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJg9igTnjIo&feature=related)
So technology already exists for human like cyborg to becreated, walking, talking, responding, avoiding and working. Some parts need to be miniaturized and better software invented. Actually the least advanced part is the battery. Not much progress was made in this department. They are still big, heavy and don’t last too long. Anyway, I would say another 20 years and we should start seeing first fully functional, human like robots.
You don’t believe it?
Compare this situation to development of smart phones. Yes, the smart phone marvel that we all have in our hands today. It is not only a phone, but computer, calculator, note book, video and audio recorder with camera or two, internet browser, radio, music player, translator, messaging system, TV, wallet/banking machine, watch, photo album, all world maps with GPS, calendar, any book reader. It can be anything you want as long as you can find an application for it, and it costs mare 400 bucks. Mind that 20 years ago you would need to buy all separate devices to have it all, some not invented yet or accessible for general population, spending at least 100 000 dollars, and would need a truck to hall it around. All of this and more fits in my pocket now.
In 20 years, one company with visionary like Steve Jobs, will put inexpensive parts together, will write great software for it, will tweak it to perfection, and will give us a marvelous robot. With my luck, barely soon enough to drive me around and change my diaper, lol.
Cimmerianbloke
16-12-11, 01:42
The wife robot, coming with a remote control, and you'd be able to turn her off when she's having PMS... wait... nevermind...:-)
Meet the galloping donkey for your service:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE3fmFTtP9g&list=UU7vVhkEfw4nOGp8TyDk7RcQ# t=18
Courtesy of Boston Dynamics the droids are already in training:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD6Okylclb8&list=UU7vVhkEfw4nOGp8TyDk7RcQ# t=3
And marching:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFrjrgBV8K0&list=UU7vVhkEfw4nOGp8TyDk7RcQ# t=2
http://www.youtube.com/user/BostonDynamics
Now the big dog can do some work with his mouth/hand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jvLalY6ubc&feature=c4-overview&list=UU7vVhkEfw4nOGp8TyDk7RcQ
Amazing all terrain cockroach:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISznqY3kESI&list=UU7vVhkEfw4nOGp8TyDk7RcQ
Big Dog evolution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqMVg5ixhd0&list=UU7vVhkEfw4nOGp8TyDk7RcQ
My worst fears got confirmed today. The Big Dog got weaponized and ready to serve in US military:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptyV1cpE14o&list=UU7vVhkEfw4nOGp8TyDk7RcQ
It is time to buy Honda shares, meet Asimo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qg0AP7yc28
This actually took me by surprise. It is freakishly impressive.
Big Dog evolution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqMVg5ixhd0&list=UU7vVhkEfw4nOGp8TyDk7RcQ
The way Big Dog responded to the kick is brilliant....I wish my balance was half as good :)
The way Big Dog responded to the kick is brilliant....I wish my balance was half as good :)
What kind of science is this? It is time for ethical treatment of robots organization to step in!:grin:
What kind of science is this? It is time for ethical treatment of robots organization to step in!:grin:
I know, it`s almost as bad as when I said I didn`t like the one that looked like a spider.. lol. Sorry... ;)
robot dog is not a bad idea. When you go on vacation, you can just shut it down, as opposed to the old fashion dog for which you have to find a friend to take care of it.
Here are some quite stupid predictions of the past century cracked(dot)com/photoplasty_777_26-hilariously-inaccurate-predictions-about-future_p26/#26 X) . As for the robots will actually improve if the artificial intelligence algorithms can find a more capable computing device (perhaps quantum computers;).
Thanks for posting the link, and welcome to Eupedia L0lec.
http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_777_26-hilariously-inaccurate-predictions-about-future_p26/#26
caviar4thought
25-02-14, 04:03
robot dog is not a bad idea. When you go on vacation, you can just shut it down, as opposed to the old fashion dog for which you have to find a friend to take care of it.
couldn't agree more. Also the robot dog won't eat/drink and thus shit/pee, won't get sick ($$ to the vet) and won't be poisoned by some neighbor or burglar. Instead of getting frail/blind with the age he will get .. upgraded
caviar4thought
25-02-14, 04:41
Understanding of human speech and responding with logical response or action is here too. Computers have beat best people in chess
Don't be that sure, many people think -- and for solid reasons! -- that the Deep Blue was a scam (was Fisher behind it? Google up). A sample: "Kasparov accused IBM of cheating and demanded a rematch. IBM refused and retired Deep Blue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_(chess_computer))"
As for the big cats and dogs I really consider that them toys are a nice hobby for high schoolers. I find it sad that grown ups waste so much resources ($$, time, brain power) to shyly trying to build some funny things that have some maximum 3% of the abilities of the real things. Walking bags of bacteria and excrement trying to copy other walking bags of bacteria and excrement, duhh, that's depressing, is that all that the glorious PhD's can think of?
It's very little creativity in plainly coping mother nature and most of the time the results are ridiculous. Flying like a bird? -- keep trying, you ridiculous punks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMhdksPFhCM
Copying nature is a non-creative effort and without creative humans we'd still be in the stone age right now. If I copy one of my fav quote by Voltaire, "God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh" and paste it here that doesn't make me creative.
Think BIG, people! A real dog will be 1,000X more agile that your ridiculous toys on which you spend countless billions. To realize what? To get a contract with the Pentagon and enrich the well-connected dudes that were able to open the right doors ...
Inexpensive muscles made of twisted fishing lines can give super strength to robots or prosthetic limbs.
100 times stronger than human muscle.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/02/20/researchers-spin-fishing-line-into-super-muscles/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/files/2014/02/artificial-muscle.jpg (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/files/2014/02/artificial-muscle.jpg)
My worst fears got confirmed today. The Big Dog got weaponized and ready to serve in US military:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptyV1cpE14o&list=UU7vVhkEfw4nOGp8TyDk7RcQ
Damn, it's going to do some serious damage. lol
Impressive skeletal maneuverability.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3TGMjJLOl8#t=156
Little robot biking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT3vfSQePcs
New NASA Super Robot. Not that impressive as Boston Dynamic's one, but self contained with batteries and easy to replace parts. Great for a rescue mission robot. Japanese needed one of these in Fukushima nuclear disaster, but nothing like this was available at that time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioQZoMXc9Iw
Have you noticed that Massive Dynamics from "Fringe" could be a tribute to Boston Dynamics ?
Robots help absent fans support their team.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28484536
Have you noticed that Massive Dynamics from "Fringe" could be a tribute to Boston Dynamics ?
I'm not sure what you mean, could you give a link to the "Fringe" to read about?
Robots help absent fans support their team.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28484536
Lol, as fan of robotics, this is the last application for robot I would chose. But for our kids growing up with cheering robots this might be very normal.
I'm not sure what you mean, could you give a link to the "Fringe" to read about?
http://fringe.wikia.com/wiki/Massive_Dynamic
http://fringe.wikia.com/wiki/Massive_Dynamic
They have very cool prostetics and are very concentrated on 3D printing.
http://www.massivedynamicsinc.com/letter-to-shareholders.php
They seem to do some revolutionary things in these fields, however when I checked their stock status something weird came up. In the memo about company you posted it says that Massive Dynamics is worth 50 billion dollars, but their stock price is at 0.03 dollars, and market capitalization at 1.3 million. It means a very small and very risky business.
http://www.stockhouse.com/companies/quote/mssd/massive-dynamics-inc
http://app.quotemedia.com/quotetools/getChart.go?webmasterId=101442&chtype=line&formInput=false&chmrg=0&chscale=1y&chhig=240&chwid=460&chln=3a6e8f&chgrd=cccccc&chxyc=666666&chbg=ffffff&chbgch=ffffff&chbdr=cccccc&chfrmon=off&chton=off&chlog=on&chtcol=000000&chfill=dcdfe0&chfill2=669cbf&chcon=off&cp=off&symbol=MSSD
Is there something fishy going on with this company?
As far as I know Massive Dynamic is a, fictional company, government contractor located in Boston .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzqPn4B8jPY
As far as I know Massive Dynamic is a, fictional company, government contractor located in Boston .
I don't think they have anything to do with Boston Dynamic. Recently Boston Dynamics was bought by Google.
Robot catches flying objects. Superior hand-eye coordination. It was never done before!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M413lLWvrbI
Schaft, the rescue robot in training.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diaZFIUBMBQ
Robot Brain..learns from internet and will be able to answer queries from other robots. I`m not sure about it doing too much research via YouTube however...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28936436
Robot Brain..learns from internet and will be able to answer queries from other robots. I`m not sure about it doing too much research via YouTube however...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28936436
That's really amazing Hope, thanks.
One of the puzzles, how to program robot to perform many tasks and new tasks, seems to be solved thanks to great depository of Youtube videos of "how to" kind. Later robots themselves can teach other robots via wifi and internet, or go to this mama Robo Brain for info. It is a bit scary scenario, lol, as robots will be linked by sort of common knowledge, not to say consciousness.
PS. I have to confess I'm frequent user of this Youtube manuals, as I'm a handy many on steroids, lol.
This includes the ability to recognise chairs, and understand how items such as microwaves and umbrellas are used.
The researchers say Robo Brain is not just capable of recognising objects, but of understanding how they are used, as well as more complex concepts - including human language and behaviour.
For example, it can recognise objects such as mugs, and understand what a mug is used for and how it is carried.
It is also able to recognise when someone is watching television, and knows not to get in the way.
Ashutosh Saxena, of Cornell University, one of the researchers behind the project, said the idea was to create a huge repository of information that robots could call on to perform tasks around the house or at work.
"If a robot encounters a situation it hasn't seen before, it can query Robo Brain in the cloud," he said.
Experts believe robots may be available in homes within 10 years, with robot vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers among the devices already available.
More humanoid robots, able to assist disabled or elderly people, are now being developed.
Researchers are increasingly looking to develop central repository stores of information to power these robots.
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/77173000/jpg/_77173349_149022088.jpg
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28936436
It is a bit scary scenario, lol, as robots will be linked by sort of common knowledge, not to say consciousness.
I was thinking the same.
I have to confess I'm frequent user of this Youtube manuals, as I'm a handy many on steroids,
Well I have to agree as a fellow "How to.." YouTube user. I was thinking more about other stuff on YouTube, but of course Robot Brian will probably not be accessing all YT, so no problem.
Handy man on steroids..that`s definitely going to get you in good books at home...:smile:
New and improved dog fully electric. It really moves awesome!
https://youtu.be/M8YjvHYbZ9w
Pepper is ready to entertain your kids:
https://youtu.be/lqlyxg1-gE0
http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/home-robots/how-aldebaran-robotics-built-its-friendly-humanoid-robot-pepper
I wish it had legs, but otherwise it is very smooth in motion.
Atlas left the building. New battery pack, awesome balance and tolerance for bullies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY
This is light industrial robot from a box. Everybody can buy it. It is programmable by showing the robot how you want it to do the job. Could be employed in garage type small business manufacturing. Only 22,000 thousand dollars. Less than cost of equivalent human worker for a year.
Meet Baxeter:
http://rampages.us/bradyka2/wp-content/uploads/sites/12307/2015/11/baxter-robot-rethink_427b_wide-d0d39803ee06fdc5a88dd0ba3f13ffa32a062983.jpg
https://youtu.be/oD9DE0HjMM4
New addition to Boston Dynamics family:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7xvqQeoA8c
Interesting presentation of recent works by Boston Dynamics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_12pM47Tdhw
Boston Dynamics impresses again.
https://youtu.be/WcbGRBPkrps
Toyota presented its new T-HR3 robot, which is getting increasingly like a human in its abilities and dexterity. It can feel the objects it manipulates, so as not to apply too much pressure. It is designed to carry, for example, elderly people in homes, without hurting them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=63&v=UU3p2G-oRkk
Its range of movement allows it to play almost any sport. It demonstrates here its moves for basement, football and karate, among others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=62&v=ZBaPRT6koY0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtBa9yVZBJM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLVCGEmkJs0
I was lucky enough to tour one of Amazon's warehouses as it was being built and was able to see the floor with the sensors for the robots as they were being installed. It really is amazing to watch. But, during last Christmas season, the humans outpaced the robots in their ability to fulfill orders.
Humanoid robots are becoming agile enough to do push-ups and play sports.
https://youtu.be/y7ex_a3UijQ
Sofie Tveit
27-11-19, 11:20
ROBOTS
Each and every footstep towards robotics-and- automation is to bring ease for humans in doing jobs. Especially the repetitive jobs.
So far companies and manufacturers around the globe has come up with different genesis of ROBOTS, for different purposes.
Robots will help humans to complete the most dangerous jobs with ease. Mining, excavations, Border patrolling along the most dangerous international borders, etc. are some areas where we can use robots for the easiness of human.
Usage of robots will reduce the victims or casualities from unexpected accidents from the work sites.
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