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Google DeepMind's ALOHA (A Low-cost Open-source Hardware System for Bimanual Teleoperation) for humanoid robots, suggests robots might become widespread sooner than we think. (www.inceptivemind.com)
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[–] Lugh@futurology.today 5 points 2 years ago

There have been many indications lately that the current boom in AI is feeding through to robotics, and rapidly advancing their development. This is another sign of that. The article references "your household robot" - but I wonder if this tech will show up in work environments sooner? It looks like it's almost ready for a wide range of unskilled or semi-skilled manual work.