Its that time of year again.
CES is almost here and that means were about to receive on onslaught of new robot technology.
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The lab
Boston Dynamics has dozens of machines that can perform human-level feats of physical agility.
Videos of Atlas models doing backflips and running parkour courses have gone viral for years.
Are all the big tech and seasoned robotics companies just too dumb to see the opportunity?
The reason is simple: no such AI brain exists.
Its one thing to build human-sized machines capable of running amok in a laboratory.
Its another to create a robot thats human-sized, useful, and safe to operate in the wild.
The reality
Useful machines dont rely on puppetry to get the job done.
Chances are youd be better served mounting a robot arm with a bulb-gripper on an accordion lift.
Wed just automate a car or build a vehicle on rails.
If you need a light bulb changed, the optimal solution is to get a human to change it.
Because theres no general artificial intelligence capable of changing any light bulb in any environment.
Simply put, any attempt at replacing human general laborers with robots is a novelty act at best.
