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Benjie's Humanoid Olympic Games

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Re: Benjie's Humanoid Olympic Games

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Post by dmillard »

Interesting post and great reference to [1] about why laundry hits a sweet spot of capability.

Interestingly the repeated critiques in the article are about sensor richness: primarily force feedback and tactility, which indicates lacking hardware. Software only robotics has a long and fraught history, but it really feels to me that current industrial hardware could be driven more intelligently without much change. No doubt the "ideal" robot for any given task requires developments in both.

I'm also curious about safety, since generally capable mechanisms need a multilayered safety stack that includes semantics, and cobot certification is likely not enough anymore. Examples: feeding someone the wrong pill, pouring a glass of water into electronics, cutting vegetables vs fingers.

[1] https://substack.com/redirect/82d94852-76b6-4b0d-8595-86e46a...

Re: Benjie's Humanoid Olympic Games

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Post by mjq7 »

robobenjie wrote: post #2

Hey Hacker News. Curious if folks feel like I'm missing categories of challenge.

How about something with unpacking items from a shopping bag, i suspect the difference in bags (standard plastic, reusable etc) and certain items can really crank the difficulty.

It can also create a good time of a story - open the door to get the grocery delivery, unpack the delivery etc.

Re: Benjie's Humanoid Olympic Games

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Post by [deleted] »

mjq7 wrote: post #5
robobenjie wrote: post #2

Hey Hacker News. Curious if folks feel like I'm missing categories of challenge.

How about something with unpacking items from a shopping bag, i suspect the difference in bags (standard plastic, reusable etc) and certain items can really crank the difficulty. It can also create a good time of a story - open the door to get the grocery delivery, unpack the delivery etc.

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Re: Benjie's Humanoid Olympic Games

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Post by meeech »

robobenjie wrote: post #2

Hey Hacker News. Curious if folks feel like I'm missing categories of challenge.

something requiring navigating stairs while holding something full like a laundry basket. bronze - straight stairs, silver - one 90deg turn. gold - spiral.

something requiring co-ordination between 2 robots. think relay race which the olympics has. So say, moving a couch together.

btw love the idea and the silver body suit. good stuff.

Re: Benjie's Humanoid Olympic Games

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Post by arscan »

bee_rider wrote: post #9

Rather than teaching your robot to fold inside-out clothes, you should teach it to attack people who put their clothes in the hamper inside out.

I think my shirts just automatically get inside-outted in my washer/dryer? I certainly don’t put them in that way, and it seems like I spend a lot of righting them when putting away laundry.
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