They should start on something smaller, like deflating footballs for the Patriots.
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And the members of IVTLS (International Valve Turners and Lever Shifters) Local 1927 breathed a sigh of relief.
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And yet I still feel bad for the poor thing
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The viral marketing campaigns for Half-Life 3 are only going to get more abstract.
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Me too; I’ve had those days.
tries to do something simple
fails
“OH FORGET IT”
falls over
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I do not think valve-opening means what it thinks it means.
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You just had to go there…
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Looks like that corner case could be solved with a combination of artificial vision and pressure sensors in the hands.
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Measuring the current through your servos is a good way to know if you are touching something, but at our state of the art, every corner case is going to require code to address it. There are no general solutions.
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It appears that my valve-operating job is safe… for now.
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I have fallen over, father.
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Oh I hope this robot takes my job!
I can get more hourly with a title like “robot technician”*
*worker that rights fallen robot repeatedly and eventually opens valve for robot
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Sorry, that’ll now be a contract position in this now Right-to-Work shop. We’ll be sure to look at your application once we finish with all these H1B applicants.
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I keep imagining a ‘conversation’ with a driverless car that begins “Would you mind pulling forward a couple of feet so I can get into my driveway?,” escalating into foaming at the mouth frustration.
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He’s no fun.
He fell right over … .
(hat tip to Firesign Theater.)
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Wrong link?
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Why not just make the valve itself motorized? This approach reminds me of that silly bit in GITS with the robot-hands-speed-typing.
Just plug a cable into the thing and transfer data directly!
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This is research towards a humanoid robot that can do general human tasks. You’ve got to start simple.
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