How Realistic Are Today’s Robots?

This video was brought to you by brilliant, the year is 2034, you're catching up with an old friend and he tells you that he only has one of those new humanoid

robots

. He's always been a bit of a weird guy, so don't think. much of it and you quickly forget the next week you're walking through Walmart and suddenly there he is standing in a booth in the electronics section. It's smaller than you thought, but sure $40,000 with inflation these days seems expensive, but you think. For you, well, nowadays a cheeseburger costs $50. I remember back in the days when it was only $5, he stopped daydreaming and noticed the smaller print on the price tag.

Awesome, there is a 4 year lease option for $320/month. Ah, what the hell! I'm sure he could make you think he signed the lease, bring the little guy home and boot it up and with a Chim he greets you in the friendliest way. You thought a little robot in your house would be creepy, but seeing it in Persona, well it's actually kind of cool, at this point you realize that the future has arrived, but this is a robot that its manufacturer says is ready to Do what human warehouse workers do. Meet Apollo, your new robot coworker, who is designed to work alongside humans in a factory. and help alleviate taxes and physical labor, these missions are possible.

NASA is developing advanced robotic capabilities to study deep space and planetary surfaces and chart the path for future human exploration. In case you haven't noticed, the field of robotics has been having a bit of a whirl in recent years. At one point, even a few years ago, most humanoid

robots

were clumsy and clumsy. Today, robotics companies are popping up left and right with products that have refined movements and much greater flexibility in their capabilities, so we have to ask ourselves what has changed between then and Now, humanoid robots are another technology powered and a cash grab, or humanoid robots will appear within 10 years, so let's answer those questions and also dig in and take a look at some of the best robots available

today

.

You're looking at cold fusion. TV, a bunch of robots, if you want to call it, tends to go the route of realism, as interesting as that may be. I think the more

realistic

a robot is, the more it will scare people, but regardless of what Chinese company X robots is giving it. a good go This is an example of one of their most advanced robots working in a restaurant. and as you can see, the movement still needs some work, but it's functional, has incredible computer vision, and the realism is better than anything else I've seen. Actually, I'm just kidding, it's actually a human pretending to be a robot, but if I thought that was real for a second after seeing the X robots, then maybe the lines between humans and humanoids are starting to blur even in This extremely primitive stage in the development of technology, but in short, these robots are not particularly practical, but they look cool.

They can be classified simply as entertainment robots, but the next one is much more than that. In 2023, Canadian robotics company Sanctuary AI launched Phoenix, a general-purpose robot, the emphasis of the robot is to perform physical work just as a person would do at this time. He is smart enough. To distinguish different groups of cups and have enough dexterity to sort them by type, you can slowly put balls in a jar and also put colored balls in a Ziploc bag, you can even make a turkey sandwich and also sort simple automotive parts in May 2024, they announced a collaboration with Microsoft and this was for the development of artificial intelligence models for general-purpose humanoid robots, the unitri G1. unitri, another Chinese company, has the G1 model as its flagship robot.

Features advanced mobility stability and artificial intelligence capabilities. It is intended to be used in the home and starts at $116,000. As you can see, it is quite flexible and weighs only 35 kilos, making it one of the lightest robots out there. It can do backflips and set the record for the fastest humanoid robot, so who cares? You might be thinking. What does this thing do really well? Apparently it can use hammers, open bottles, do basic welding, cook extremely basic or at least play like one, who knows if it will be as good as advertised but it is very interesting, anyway, the astrobot surprised the industry when was.

Unveiled in May 2024, if the demos are as they seem, this could be one of the most impressive robots out there. He can perform quick and dexterous tasks such as stacking cups, cleaning a simple but messy table, peeling vegetables with a hammer, watering a plant with a spray bottle that pours wine by opening a bottle with a lid, and most interestingly, Stardust, the Astrobot creators specifically claim that in these demos it is not being operated by a human, the robot's intelligence comes from neural networks, there is a funny twist here, although Astrobot creators claim that it is Tesla who is faking their demos.

They say Tesla is secretly using a human to operate his robots during demonstrations and the human is out of camera view. Speaking of the Tesla Optimus robot, let's take a look at what's been happening with it since its In 2021 announcement, we saw some clips of the Tesla robot performing various tasks and just this month a new video was released - it was the robot in the factory performing some basic tasks, such as sorting batteries. Tesla and engineer Milan Kovak claim that 'I have used neural networks to train the robot to do useful things just using the vision of its cameras.

He claims that the robot is still very slow but is more successful at completing tasks and can now walk without falling, if all of this is true, that's pretty Swift. progress, but it is not yet known whether the previous demo was falsified. Next we have mbot, it is an AI-powered robot that provides personal guidance, mentoring and career advice. Earlier this year, mbot offers interaction. The parent company unveiled its robot prototype, it's the size of a drone and is being dubbed as the quote-you-can-be-mentor personalized AI robot. End of quote. Judging by the demos, it seems a little less elaborate than some of the other entries in this episode.

Menty's demos show a different approach than most humanoid robots out there. They focus on presumably domestic cases. The robot weighs 70 kilos and can balance itself while carrying objects quite well. A prototype will be unveiled in 2025. The company behind what is curiously called ment robotics says this is just the starting point for the future general-purpose bipedal robots they are working on. a robot that has the brain to do all kinds of household tasks and learn from us so it can do things it was not specifically trained to do. Next, we enter the world of cheaper consumer robots.

First we have the emo robot like me. In short, it's like an electronic toy for adults from the 90s, of course it runs on neural networks, but it also has neural hardware and can respond to a wide range of languages, navigate its environment, recognize your voice, understand commands and it develops a little. Attitude and personality For many, having a camera and microphone in your personal space would cause some problems, but some people just find it too cute and, furthermore, some would argue that smartphones have the same drawbacks anyway, emo really is an incredible advance in artificial intelligence.

Robots has a neural network processor that allows it to recognize faces, objects and voices in real time when I stroke its head it makes little happy sounds it looks when I shake it How about a robot that can mow the grass? One cool feature that some of these have is a protective plate on the bottom which helps protect the mower and anything that might walk over it, for example if there are a bunch of sticks in the garden you can just walk over them and Don't cut them into pieces like a conventional lawnmower. I can understand why people want to mow their own lawn as a form of relaxation, but I'd rather do other things with my free time and let the grass mow itself.

If you've been to a restaurant recently, you've probably seen these restaurants. Robots help deliver orders and are common

today

. I think the rapid adoption rate of these was quite fascinating. I remember they came out a few years ago and it was a bit of a spectacle, but now that these little guys are walking around carrying food, no one bets an eyelid and the next one is probably the craziest consumer robot of all, it's an irresponsible flamethrower robot and It's available for anyone to buy, I'm not sure how it's legal, but it's available. Disney is also getting involved, they have some new entries in robotics and they are using their typical animation experience and leveraging it for the robot movement that everyone has probably heard of and seen.

Sophia, this robot is pretty old but it seems to have stolen the headlines over the years technically not too long ago so I'm not really sure why it's a burger in my opinion but this video wouldn't be complete without mentioning it. There have also been developments in robot builders, the quality of the build remains to be seen but it is still an interesting development; However, this may look like an ordinary house in a normal looking neighborhood, but it is not because it was built by a large robot that automates those repetitive and time-consuming tasks, such as Several companies have figured out how to do this with their own unique technology, but this kit from Australia is really something more: it built the walls of a three-bedroom house in less than 4 days and real people have bought it. with real money and they are about to move, so I took a look at the latest robots out there, but why is this all coming at once?

As you may have guessed, it has to do with AI. Enhanced computer vision has made it possible for robots to navigate increasingly complex environments, travel across irregular surfaces and even manipulate objects with the old ways of coding. These were actions that were almost impossible to do across the board. If something in the environment changed, the robot would simply get confused. This happens, but much less often today modern robots can adjust themselves dynamically, for example, if a misstep occurs, the robot can stabilize itself well at least most of the time and next are advances in batteries. Many people think that the batteries have not moved for a minute. inches, but that's not exactly true thanks to engineering advances due to the demand for electric vehicles and the adoption rate over the last decade.

Batteries have gained sufficient energy density to be feasible in robotic applications, but robot operating times are still measured in hours, so there is still a long way to go before we have fully functioning robots. day and finally have the cost of components coming down in 2022. Building a basic humanoid robot would cost around $50,000 last year, the figure dropped to $30,000, but of course there are high-end models that can cost more. of $150,000 commission, but in all of this we still don't really know how reliable these machines will be when placed in a work environment or home, there will be another wave of disappointment as they don't do as much as I promised, only time will tell Some of you may remember the infamous DARPA Robotics Challenge in 2013, the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wanted to see the best robots the world had to offer.

More than 30 teams from countries such as Germany, Japan, USA and Hong Kong traveled to Florida to give their best. The goal was to create robots that could perform routine tasks performed by humans, i.e. using power tools, opening doors, driving golf carts, that sort of thing, but what ended up happening were practically viral videos of robots falling. in a spectacular way. I remember when I was doing my engineering degree at University we did a similar but much simpler challenge with the goal of building a contraption that could transfer a bag of rice between two unequal platforms within a set of rules and even that.

It was difficult, so I couldn't imagine how exhausting this must have been. From Dara's challenge emerged the seeds of the success we see today. Players including Boston Dynamics, figure Ai CTO, and Agility Robotics co-founder participated in the challenge Jerry Pratt, whose teamcame second in the Dara challenge, he is now the CTO of figure a i and claims that if they ran the same course today, what took 50 minutes would now take 12.5 minutes, so of course compare from time to time It's like the night. and the day, but how far will we go? Experts Disagree According to Global Newswire, the humanoid robotics market will grow from $1.6 billion in 2022 to a staggering $214 billion in 2032.

Global X ETFs estimate $4.8 trillion in 2035. Goldman Sachs is a lot less optimistic, but still predict a $38 billion market by 2035. I'd say $38 billion sounds a lot more

realistic

than $4.8 trillion, but hey, no one can say how it'll really go in these early stages, according to Wed , the main sources of growth will come from demand. In sectors like personal assistance, entertainment, education, and healthcare, I would add warehouse work and manufacturing to the list, as we've seen companies like BMW Mercedes and Amazon seriously consider deploying humanoid robots. Now future predictions about robotics vary greatly, but we can say with certainty that they will find their place in society to what extent remains to be seen.

Trends like advances in computer reasoning, computer vision, and humanoid robot software systems available on the market from companies like envy and open AI would only increase. probability of adoption, a clever and obnoxious trick of training robots in a virtual space and somehow transmitting that knowledge to all the other robots in your system is a smart and efficient way to go further: we have wage inflation and aging of the population.Everyone loves or probably hates it when sufficiently advanced corporations skimp on paid workers and look to robots as the newest form of cheap labor. Figure 1 Apollo and Digit are companies considering warehouse applications with BMW, Mercedes and Amazon, respectively, but perhaps everyone is rushing and when these robots are released into the workforce they don't perform as well as advertised and It turns out that the true humanoid experience is more than 50 years away, it could simply mean that this whole mess What exists is just for us to realize that humanoid robots are not the best for most industrial applications, but There is a small chance that in 10 years household robots will no longer be the stuff of science fiction, perhaps robots will entertain us by mowing the lawn and building. our homes at that time seeing a robot in the local department store like at the beginning of this episode wouldn't seem so strange after all, who knows what the future will bring, but what do you think?

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