Newslink: Inflatable Robot Astronauts and How to Control Them

in neslink •  6 years ago 

The typical cultural image of a robot—as a steel, chrome, humanoid bucket of bolts—is often far from the reality of cutting-edge robotics research. There are difficulties, both social and technological, in realizing the image of a robot from science fiction—let alone one that can actually help around the house. Often, it’s simply the case that great expense in producing a humanoid robot that can perform dozens of tasks quite badly is less appropriate than producing some other design that’s optimized to a specific situation.

https://singularityhub.com/2019/04/30/inflatable-robot-astronauts-and-how-to-control-them/#sm.0000kc0h6zdchfgpu3i15cqoc0i9e

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