Robotics and humanoid robotics & civilian drones discussion
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Chinese scientists proposed a new control framework for active obstacle avoidance of continuum robots, improving safety & quality of -assisted surgeries. The robot can avoid collisions with human tissue or other robots while operating in complex cavities of the human body.
Anyone know who made this robot? The movement is smooth
An interesting thread by Glenn Luk on the demographic changes in China's blue collar workforce over the next 20 years:
Long story short, it's going to skew older and be much smaller thanks to massively increased college enrollment. This has implications for the Chinese construction and infrastructure boom we know and love. An important way to bring down costs and bring more productivity into the construction sector is automation outside the factory, which is where I think humanoid robots can play a large role.
Long story short, it's going to skew older and be much smaller thanks to massively increased college enrollment. This has implications for the Chinese construction and infrastructure boom we know and love. An important way to bring down costs and bring more productivity into the construction sector is automation outside the factory, which is where I think humanoid robots can play a large role.
It doesn't actually look much more impressive than what we've seen out of other humanoid robot demonstrators even in China let alone outside of China (Boston Dynamics, Tesla).
It may well be that they are not yet showcasing its full capabilities, but in the videos on their social media accounts the movements of their products so far are limited in range and dexterity.
It doesn't help that their video seems hesitant to show the full beginning to end making of the cup of coffee for example, and does so where only the torso and upper limbs are visible behind the counter. The movements of the limbs also seem somewhat slow and hesitant, and the finger articulation does not seem like they have joints between each of the phalange "bones".
Meaning we can't see how long it actually took to do the movements depicted in the videos (too many cuts between scenes), we don't see how the robot is moving behind the counter (are there lower limbs moving it or is it on a rig of some sort), and we don't see all of the smaller steps of the cup of coffee actually being made (did it fill a portafilter with ground coffee beans, did it install the portafilter, did it heat the milk itself etc).
Boston Dynamics have some pretty impressive stuff, but Tesla stuff is overly promoted due to Musk.
I think what's impressive here is that they just found their company a few months ago and already have some pretty good stuff coming out. Of course, I'd put Ubtech, Fourier, Agibot and Unitree ahead of them. But, their pace of development is pretty good
I am aware that Tesla's robots get a lot more airtime due to their marketing, but for all of these companies (US and China and other nations) and their products when we account for their marketing hoopla they are all meaningfully more impressive than Magiclab.
As for when Magiclab was founded -- I personally wouldn't be too impressed by what they are demonstrating so far simply based on when they were founded. Depending on where the company came from and the expertise that the employees may have already had, their demonstrations so far are fairly basic stuff for humanoid robots -- it's all rather conservative and could be a mere reflection of the commoditized technologies that are available in China for basic humanoid robots.
They are worth keeping half an eye out on sure, but right now they're among a half dozen if not more Chinese humanoid robot makers who are only showcasing very basic abilities.
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Smooth as those Einstein robots. The thing is both aren't walking around on legs. When they get them walking around, I'll be impressed.