Tucao future service robots

Athena 2022-03-23 09:02:30

As a robotics researcher, I am particularly interested in this film. Although the robots inside are disguised, and it is difficult for commercial robots to reach such a level in recent years, this development trend can be foreseen: build social robots that can communicate natually with humans, with trust, shared goals, et al. ..
However, there are many technical problems to be further improved, such as some software problems: speech recognition, object recognition, scene understanding, bipedal walking, various skill learning and so on. These seemingly simple problems are difficult for robots. In fact, most of us have experienced kindergarten, primary school, middle school, university, etc. for many years before knowing all kinds of XXOO wow. So, to buy a robot as smart and capable as the movie will have to wait for decades, although Amsterdam's red light district is planned to be replaced by robot lady by 2050 (I can't help but have some associations...) , anyway, the robots at this stage are still relatively silly, and can only complete the specified tasks in specific occasions, even the famous Honda Asimo robot is like this.
When I got home this time, I found that my elders were all elderly and spent a lot of time alone at home, which was really worrying. In fact, today's young people don't want to spend more time with their parents at home, but they really can't help themselves. If there is an intelligent system at home (now the concept of smart home), it will be really useful, and it can communicate with the elderly at home in time, so as not to regret it when a tragedy occurs (there are many such examples around, the elderly cannot be rescued after a stroke. in time). I hope to build a prototype in about 10 years, let us experience it!
But from another perspective, if the robot in the movie is actually realized, it may well be a disaster. Robots that can cut vegetables may also cut you with a knife. . . How to distinguish our meat from the meat on the chopping board? It's up to the programmer to write the code, how to identify the chopping board, the meat, and you. . . However, pre-written code can hardly anticipate our complex and ever-changing world, and various bugs are inevitable. . . So, I suggest that robots should be given limited abilities. But no matter what, all kinds of ethical problems will follow one after another, which is inevitable. So please prepare your minds for this robot revolution!

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Robot & Frank quotes

  • Robot: Self-destruct sequence initialized.

  • Jennifer: [Addressing robots] Are you two enjoying the party?

    "Mr. Darcy," robotic 'Assistant Librarian': [Synthesized speech] I'm functioning normally.

    Robot: As am I.

    Frank: [Addressing robots] Why don't you... mingle, together?

    "Mr. Darcy," robotic 'Assistant Librarian': [Synthesized speech] I have no functions or tasks that require a verbal interaction with the VGC 60 L.

    Jennifer: Mr. Darcy, that is so rude.