AI has been a bit of a hot topic for awhile now and I’m sure most of us have seen the incredible ‘humanoid’ robots that companies like Boston Robotics and Tesla are working on.
How are these things going to affect our industry for better or worse (I’m assuming likely better)?
Edit: here’s an article that goes more into the humanoid side of things but it’s paywalled: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/the-robot-renaissance-how-human-like-machines-are-reshaping-business#/
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I just saw that A3 posted this new event: https://www.automate.org/events/humanoid-robot-forum. They are hosting a one-day event specifically about humanoid robots, AI, and machine vision. It should be interesting! Is anyone thinking of attending?
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I think AI and humanoid robots are a distraction and waste of time.
My biggest problem isn’t technology, it’s buy-in, expectation management, and knowledge limitations. Problems that have existed for hundreds of years. My future in automation is just getting it in the first place.
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Just wait until they see this one collapse and unionize…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaxovK511dE
Joking aside, it does provide benefits. But from a liability perspective these sort of things will require human programmers for a long time to come.
Look at all the incidents with Tesla’s self driving causing accidents and breaking road laws. Their solution was a disclaimer that they are not responsible.
Which after you spend that kind of money is pretty unfortunate. Or the driverless taxis, requiring someone to sit in the driver sit incase something goes sour.
They are on a good track. But I don’t think anyone will ever get over the liability and responsibility aspect.
It is cool in software and what not. But when it gets to real life control that can end a life, not so easy to justify anymore. And we are seeing more of that. So I see the industry being pulled away.
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For it to be efficient does the AI and humanoid need to be powerful and intelligent enough to manufacture and program itself? Also at the point is it even more dangerous? It just seems like there will always be a need for a human programmer or operator to reduce risks which makes it seem like it isn’t any more efficient on human resources than just using a more traditional robot.
I don’t think so. Inspection wise it just needs to be smart enough to reject the grey cases for further analysis by a human who can spend more time inspecting it than otherwise. The efficiency comes from being able to inspect more product than a human operator can not achieving perfection.
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