Re: 6 S's of Capable Home Robots

On Mar 9, 9:21 pm, cadco...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I would buy a capable robot for $2,000 if it had useful arms

Danh

Arms aren't the issue.  I know Gordon has commented that the physical
aspects of robots aren't progressing like computers did, but I really
don't think that is the issue. A lack of adequate physical ability is
not limiting the practical home robot. The ability to open doors, grab
things, and roll around on wheels is already available. Even the arm
is not necessary for jobs like vacuum/mop/mow.

The reason we don't have practical home robots is the lack of software
that can deal with the unpredictable human world. I have a Roomba, but
it really needs to learn that it shouldn't eat the sock on the floor.
Of course, for the Roomba there are sensor limitations for detecting
socks. But, I think the omission of a camera to see the sock is not
because the camera is too expensive. Rather, it is because the
software to reliably identify the sock (extension cord, carpet
tassels, etc) does not exist. Once the software is created, it can
copied a zillion times at low cost.

Joe Dunfee

I think the basic software already exists. Look at www.evolution.com.
They have the vision recognition software along with the Northstar
system for absolute coordinates. I have their top of the line ERSP
development system and it is pretty good at recognizing objects that
have lots of features. They also have VSLAM built into their software
that I haven't used yet.

I have a list of 90 things that a robot could do and most of these
things require arms.

I predict that within 1 to 2 years we'll have a robot like the
Readybot available to hobbyist because I'm gonna be the one that makes
it happen ;-)

Danh
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