Industrial robots are big, stupid, and dangerous. Walk between an automated welder and the SUV it's assembling and you'll find yourself fused to the frame, destined to sit unwanted at the back corner of some dealer's lot. But, keeping bots and humans separated on an assembly line isn't always practical. Enter ARoS, a machine that's not only capable of working safely with people, but being totally condescending while doing it! In a demonstration video it repeatedly tells its hapless helper how incompetent he is, then, after putting on one lousy nut itself, says "I enjoyed your help!" We figure he says that to all the meat-bags, but you can see and decide for yourself after the break.
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posted Aug 22nd 2008 10:35AM
Rofl!
This article and the one about intel predicting that robots will invade our life in 2050 just made my day.
and that fact that this robot will join the UAW and make more then myself with a college degree
First the robot hands you a nut... next thing you know he'll give you a screw...
I deem it fail bot, deemer of wether you fail or not
Speaking of fail...am I the only one surprised at how simplistic interactions with robots like these still are? On the human side, he needs to slowly move his hand toward the bolt so the robot notices it, then slowly pick it up so the robot can track it. On the robot side, it needs to carefully and slowly pick up the bolt (which it almost drops), rotate its arm nearly 360˚ to a position that was 6" from its starting point, and still it needs human assistance to move the structure slightly so it doesn't miss the peg.
Can this not be done in anything resembling real-world interactions yet?
I for one welcome our condescending robot overlords.
Better condescending than annihilating.
Wow. It'll be the slowest annihilation ever. It'll take a half hour for it to rip out your heart, grip the aorta slowly, then rotate 180 degrees.
Yep, the slowest one, and themost hurting... I'd rather have my heart ripped out with a... WITH A SPOON!
Why a spoon, cousin?
Dey tuk er jerbs!
what was so condescending about that? everything the robot said had logic and reasoning behind it, it wasn't glib or superfluous.
Aww, if you're going to make a bossy robot, teach it the difference between a nut and a bolt. Please. How can we ever respect and fear uneducated overlords?
Shhh! You numbskull! He'll hear you.
You don't fear the world's political leaders?
I love how he nods to the machine at the end.
HK47 would be proud.
Yeah, but I doubt this guy drops good loot.
KoTR reference ftw
Haha, I was wondering if anyone caught that. Brilliant.
this is the begining of the end... we must accept the new masters or perish!
Ah, you are trying to paraphrase a clever cliché . We already have one in our workspace.
The Bender prototype.
is it just me or is that robot much MUCH slower then real assembly line robots... at that rate it would be faster and cheaper just to pay a human to do it.
You think maybe the point of this demonstration had NOTHING to do with speed? It was all about understanding concepts and interaction. They can always add a quicker hand, the software was the really interesting part here.
"The future is quite different to the present what with there being no stairs and all."
Why can't people grasp the idea of a proof of concept?
It doesn't matter if the robot is slow, or complaining more than actually assembling, the video is an illustration of how something like this could work.
The fact that it says University of Minho should be a dead giveaway..
I for one welcome the robot overlord jokes to follow.
What the hell...why did the arm rotate like 270 degrees clockwise to put the nut on? Does the arm only rotate clockwise?
"Oh. You have already placed the bolt for me, before I could reach it. That was not nice. Commence punishment." *taser fires*
Good God. He says, "Ah! You want to give me a wheel," expressing shock and surprise at the human's incorrect choice. If he can express surprise, what emotions are next...
...love?
Contempt for the inefficient/stupid meatbags.
The robot is pissed off because the designers have it wearing a scarf... Robots don't like scarfs, they prefer a nice fitted suit and tie.
"a nice fitted suit and tie..."
...OF FLESH!
Why is the overl-...erm robot wearing a tie/scarf?
Because it's a European robot it has style! :D
rofl it would take forever to make a car with that thing!!!
I believe the correct term for humans in the future is Meat Popsicle.
First glance at the picture made me think the robot was in the break room eating a donut...
What happens when it becomes self aware and tells you your doing it right when your doing it wrong?
typically grammar lessons come at that point
Are those before or after the punctuation and capitalization lessons?
Hmm... nobody has mentioned yet the other video, in which the robot *actually helps* the human.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qH2DwWAWnc
I like the way the guy subtly pulls the 'cart' thing back a tad so the robot hand doesn’t get caught.
Hmmmm Ai or Staged?
... I think STAGED!!!!
I was totally expecting some sass from the robot. There was none. The filim is interesting. The Engadget write-up is hilarious because it totally manufactures facts which are completely false. Why can't you just write what happened, instead of making up something that didn't happen?
Our lab is open to all that would like to see live demos, and ongoing work, with this Robot.
Thank you for the comments and kind regards to you all
GRASDUM/University of Minho