I partly disagree - we agree perhaps that robotics is where all the exciting action is happening and will continue so. But I think it's the development of an AGI/sub-AGI robot operating system that will spread the robotics revolution into every section of the economy. Baxter is the first step - or herald of that operating system. The seed idea is there - a robot that anyone can direct *manually* to take any course of action within a potentially infinite if constrained range of actions. But this is still a relatively bulky machine that is still relatively expensive even if open to small businesses. Next comes an AGI operating system, where you just direct the robot by using a tablet and simple outlines of the actions you wish, *without* having to manually manipulate the robot. And then you develop that "language", so that it can embrace very complex courses of action - not just "move your hand in this direction", but "go to the kitchen" or "take this thing to pieces".
Once you have an AGI robot operating system, it can be applied to robots of all shapes and sizes, and will be open to amateur roboticists and kids. And the market and applications will be huge. A robotics "Windows". On 13 November 2013 17:28, Bob Mottram <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2013-11-13 15:20, tintner michael wrote: > >> good docu. on recent foci of robotics, esp human - handling >> Fukushima disaster, Darpa robotics challenge (100 competitors), & good >> demo of Baxter (est. 1/2 mil. market) [more study, Matt, more study] >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKiXM7bUypk [1] >> > > > For all sorts of reasons I'm expecting robotics to gradually become a > bigger part of the economy, but most of them won't be of the sort which > would be of interest to AGI researchers. > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
