{"id":389715,"date":"2022-01-05T00:53:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-home-robots-are-a-lot-further-away-than-you-think\/"},"modified":"2022-01-05T00:53:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:53:52","slug":"why-home-robots-are-a-lot-further-away-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-home-robots-are-a-lot-further-away-than-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why \u2018home robots\u2019 are a lot further away than you think"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b5ea8bf805\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b5ea8bf805\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-home-robots-are-a-lot-further-away-than-you-think\/#The_lab\" >The lab<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-home-robots-are-a-lot-further-away-than-you-think\/#The_reality\" >The reality<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Why \u2018home robots\u2019 are a lot further away than you think<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2022%2F01%2Fpinnochio.jpg&amp;signature=5e87e46893021598fa7964f72b029631\" \/><\/p>\n<div>It\u2019s that time of year again. CES is almost here and that means we\u2019re about to receive on onslaught of new robot <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>. Most of it\u2019s going to be awful, some of it\u2019s going to be amazing, and all of it\u2019s going to be over-hyped because, hey, it\u2019s Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the contents of the dumpster fire that is my inbox, home robots are going to make a huge splash at CES. And, following a year in which Elon Musk debuted a spandex-clad human as a prototype for the Tesla Robot, we imagine some of the claims are going to be pretty darn silly.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/ozs2jfiyea?videoFoam=true&amp;autoPlay=true\" title=\"\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wistia_embed\" name=\"wistia_embed\" allowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the glitz and glamour of CES can make it difficult to discern fantasy from reality. <span>And nobody wants fully-autonomous domestic robot servant companions more than the crew here at Neural.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So, when we throw cold water on the whole situation \u2014 as I fully intend to do over the next few hundred words \u2014 it\u2019s done from a place of empathy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We, as a species, are nowhere near having the technology it would take to create a humanoid robot that\u2019s capable of functioning as a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> laborer or domestic servant. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_lab\"><\/span><span>The lab<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>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. So why hasn\u2019t anyone at the company ever thought to put an AI brain inside an Atlas and sell it as a butler? Are all the big tech and seasoned robotics companies just too dumb to see the opportunity?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The reason is simple: no such AI brain exists. It\u2019s one thing to build human-sized machines capable of running amok in a laboratory. It\u2019s another to create a robot that\u2019s human-sized, useful, and safe to operate in the wild. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=\" https:=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/LV01pkm-Yms\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!--resp-video-container--><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_reality\"><\/span><span>The reality<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>Useful machines don\u2019t rely on puppetry to get the job done. If you want to build a robot that changes light bulbs, from an engineering point of view, it doesn\u2019t make sense to give it a face or fingers. Chances are you\u2019d be better served mounting a robot arm with a bulb-gripper on an accordion lift. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For the same reason, we wouldn\u2019t build a robot with arms and legs that was designed to pick people up and carry them from point A to point B like bundles of laundry. We\u2019d just automate a car or build a vehicle on rails.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If you need a light bulb changed, the optimal solution is to get a human to change it. If you need a million light bulbs changed across myriad configurations and environments, it\u2019s probably optimal to get a bunch of humans to change them. Because there\u2019s no \u201cgeneral\u201d artificial intelligence capable of changing any light bulb in any environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But if you need the exact same light bulb changed a million times, then that\u2019s a great task for a modern robot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Creating a robot that can change a light bulb in any random consumer\u2019s home or workplace would require artificial general intelligence (AGI), which is also known as human-level AI or <\/span><i><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/research.aimultiple.com\/artificial-general-intelligence-singularity-timing\/\">the holy grail of computer science<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>Simply put, any attempt at replacing human general laborers with robots is a novelty act at best.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As much as we want to believe we\u2019re on the cusp of having robot companions and servants, we\u2019ve got a long ways to go before neural network technology is robust enough to go from \u201cHey Siri, play Lil Nas X,\u201d to \u201cHey Alexa, go gather up all the dirty laundry.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Barring aliens visiting our planet and gifting us with robotics technology from the future, or one of history\u2019s greatest eureka moments h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening, 2022 won\u2019t be the year you finally get a real working version of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thejetsons.fandom.com\/wiki\/Rosey\">Rosie The Robot<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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CES is almost here and that means we\u2019re about to receive on onslaught of new robot technology. Most of it\u2019s going to be awful, some of it\u2019s going to be amazing, and all of it\u2019s going to be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":389716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/neural?filter_last=1&fit=1280,640&url=https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/pinnochio.jpg&signature=8b9996b535d66c0e8fa2152d0c7a643e","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}