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Robot for your household chores
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- Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley in the U.S has developed a robot that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to master intricate human tasks, and could one day help you fold laundry or make a cup of coffee at home.
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- Struggle with basic human tasks: Robots may have a knack for super-human strength and precision, but they still struggle with some basic human tasks.
- Blue-Human-friendly robot:(1) Blue, the human-friendly robot conceived and built by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley in the U.S., can learn human tasks, while being safe enough for every home to have one.(2) It has durable, plastic parts and high-performance motors total less than $5,000 to manufacture and assemble.(3) Its arms, each about the size of the average bodybuilder’s, are sensitive to outside forces- like a hand pushing it away- and has rounded edges and minimal pinch points to avoid catching stray fingers.(4) Blue’s arms can be very stiff, like a human flexing, or very flexible, like a human relaxing, or anything in between.
- Existing robots: They are too expensive, not safe around humans and similarly not safe around themselves- if they learn through trial and error, they will easily break themselves.
- Currently, the team is building 10 arms in-house to distribute to select early adopters.
Source
The Hindu