Robots are Coming!!
As some of you may have seen already, Elon introduced his humanoid robot at the Tesla AI day yesterday. (Please click [here] to watch the video if you have not seen it yet.)
Having worked on some robotic projects for a few years, I understand how difficult a bipedal (2 legged) humanoid can be. So it is needless to say that Elon and his engineers did an amazing job so fast. Following are some of the videos from the 2015 DARPA robot competition - it shows you how far we have come in less than a decade.
Here are some of the videos showing how advanced current robotics technology is at:
And following are some of the remarkable individual robot projects:
Dr. Guero’s Ballet Robot - link here
Dr. Guero’s Rope Walking Robot (this was 2012!!) - link here
2011 Bike Riding Robot - link here
Just like the computers were 40-50 years ago, a robot is still viewed as a toy and/or some engineering project. If you look deep enough, the autonomous cars and even smart phones with all the sensors and processing power is a robot. It is hard to imagine how much of what “human” does will be replaced by the “robots”, however, the robots are definitely here to stay. Be nice to the robots!
