…replacing the previously hydraulic version.

Insert obligatory welcome statement here.

  • @kromem@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I’m getting really tired of that metric.

    Like, human performance has a very wide range and scope.

    My car “exceeds human performance.”

    My toaster exceeds human performance for making toast.

    Michael Phelps exceeds the human performance of myself in a pool.

    I exceed the human performance of any baby.

    This just tells me that the robot is more able at something than the worst human at that thing.

    • @RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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      157 months ago

      Exceeds the very limited parameter we used to define as “human performance.”

      “Look, this robot’s arm can spin 360°! It exceeds human performance!”

      Ok, can it get a glass out of the cabinet, put ice cubes in it, fill it with water and bring it to me?

      • archomrade [he/him]
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        37 months ago

        I think you could have picked a more difficult metric, this is something i’m pretty sure the BD robots can actually do.

        • @RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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          7 months ago

          In a random home, then. A human would know what a refrigerator is, where the ice is (dispenser or freezer), check cabinets for cups/glasses, and operate the sink. The BD bots would likely have to have everything pre-mapped, RFID’d and/or programmed.