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OpenArm: An open-source 7DOF humanoid arm

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Re: OpenArm: An open-source 7DOF humanoid arm

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Post by slfnflctd »

prometheus1992 wrote: post #35
slfnflctd wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a huge milestone for robotic capabilities more generally. This particular problem has been discussed a ton in robotics communities. It requires a gentle-but-firm grip and extreme dexterity across a wide range of shapes, sizes, weights, densities and material types. If a somewhat affordable robot can fold some of your laundry in a reasonable amount of time, all of a sudden there are a lot more new and useful thin…

>>> If a somewhat affordable robot can fold some of your laundry in a reasonable amount of time, all of a sudden there are a lot more new and useful things it can do as well. It's a metric. I see, is it like arc agi but for robots? wouldn't the companies just laundryfold-maxx their robots then?

My current opinion is that trying to 'maxx' in this area (as has been done with other benchmarks) would actually bring enough other use cases with it as a side effect that it would be worthwhile.

Re: OpenArm: An open-source 7DOF humanoid arm

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Post by jamilton »

altruios wrote: post #40
donpdonp wrote: post #13

$6,500 for OpenArm v2. Incredibly smooth movement, 4kg of load per arm. Its unclear how far the level of autonomous control has come so far. The video shows mostly tele-operated operation. I have to agree with other comments here that folding laundry is the killer app.

Respectfully, that's the corporate-washed killer app. Intimacy between people in a long distance relationship: that's the killer app.

That's a niche inside a niche. It's a step up from existing solutions, but not an enormous one.

Re: OpenArm: An open-source 7DOF humanoid arm

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Post by gravitronic »

altruios wrote: post #40
donpdonp wrote: post #13

$6,500 for OpenArm v2. Incredibly smooth movement, 4kg of load per arm. Its unclear how far the level of autonomous control has come so far. The video shows mostly tele-operated operation. I have to agree with other comments here that folding laundry is the killer app.

Respectfully, that's the corporate-washed killer app. Intimacy between people in a long distance relationship: that's the killer app.

The term for that is teledildonics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledildonics

Re: OpenArm: An open-source 7DOF humanoid arm

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Post by XorNot »

altruios wrote: post #40
donpdonp wrote: post #13

$6,500 for OpenArm v2. Incredibly smooth movement, 4kg of load per arm. Its unclear how far the level of autonomous control has come so far. The video shows mostly tele-operated operation. I have to agree with other comments here that folding laundry is the killer app.

Respectfully, that's the corporate-washed killer app. Intimacy between people in a long distance relationship: that's the killer app.

No it's definitely folding laundry.

My intimacy with my partner in a short difference marriage would improved it we could eliminate folding washing from the weekly chores.

Re: OpenArm: An open-source 7DOF humanoid arm

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Post by throwup238 »

prometheus1992 wrote: post #35
slfnflctd wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a huge milestone for robotic capabilities more generally. This particular problem has been discussed a ton in robotics communities. It requires a gentle-but-firm grip and extreme dexterity across a wide range of shapes, sizes, weights, densities and material types. If a somewhat affordable robot can fold some of your laundry in a reasonable amount of time, all of a sudden there are a lot more new and useful thin…

>>> If a somewhat affordable robot can fold some of your laundry in a reasonable amount of time, all of a sudden there are a lot more new and useful things it can do as well. It's a metric. I see, is it like arc agi but for robots? wouldn't the companies just laundryfold-maxx their robots then?

That would mean maximizing robotic dexterity, not just control, which means improved hardware. Roboticists would be ecstatic with a laundry-maxxed robot.

Re: OpenArm: An open-source 7DOF humanoid arm

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Post by jjkaczor »

gravitronic wrote: post #43
altruios wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Respectfully, that's the corporate-washed killer app. Intimacy between people in a long distance relationship: that's the killer app.

The term for that is teledildonics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledildonics

... and the "at least historic" lack of "app/service" security related to this...

Uh, the main site appears to be down (and most wouldn't click on the link, given it's name) - but you can read about a project here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Haines

Re: OpenArm: An open-source 7DOF humanoid arm

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Post by CompoundEyes »

donpdonp wrote: post #13

$6,500 for OpenArm v2. Incredibly smooth movement, 4kg of load per arm. Its unclear how far the level of autonomous control has come so far. The video shows mostly tele-operated operation. I have to agree with other comments here that folding laundry is the killer app.

In the movie Idiocracy they have a dispenser with fresh clothes to put on covered in advertising — assuming free. I’m surprised that doesn’t exist and perhaps made of recycled plastic?

Re: OpenArm: An open-source 7DOF humanoid arm

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Post by euroderf »

donpdonp wrote: post #13

$6,500 for OpenArm v2. Incredibly smooth movement, 4kg of load per arm. Its unclear how far the level of autonomous control has come so far. The video shows mostly tele-operated operation. I have to agree with other comments here that folding laundry is the killer app.

It's cleaning the dang bathroom.

Re: OpenArm: An open-source 7DOF humanoid arm

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Post by eichin »

num42 wrote: post #9
smokel wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We've come a long way from watching 50x speedups [1] to real-time [2] videos of watching robots fold clothes, student-style. [1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=gy5g33S0Gzo [2] https://www.pi.website/blog/pi0

Off-topic, but even though it was 16 years ago, the robot looks so beautiful and well-designed. It looks so aesthetic!

It's the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Garage PR2 (according to the paper linked in the description.) It definitely had a design style - which mostly expressed "we have a lot of money to sink in to robots" rather than "anything we are doing has a market" though to be fair they had a lot of interesting spinoffs - just not from the robot itself :-)
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