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Why don't we have better robots yet? | Ken Goldberg
Mar 26, 2024
Roboticist Ken Goldberg discusses the challenges in creating advanced robots, highlighting the gap between fictional and real capabilities. He explores the difficulties in hardware and software development, focusing on advancements in AI and deep learning for package sorting and domestic tasks.
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- Robot hands face challenges due to complex hardware with motors and cables, affecting reliability.
- Robots struggle with uncertainty in control, perception, and physics, hindering effective object manipulation.
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Challenges in Robot Manipulation
Roboticist Ken Goldberg discusses the challenges robots face in manipulating objects. While tasks like picking up large heavy objects are easy for robots, simple actions like picking up blocks prove to be difficult. The hardware of robot hands contains many motors and cables, resulting in unreliability. The software faces issues with uncertainty in control, perception, and physics, making manipulation a persistent problem in robotics.
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