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?
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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?