Comments on: Yaskawa Unveils SmartPal VII at IREX 2011 http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=30669 Robots who are fun to be with! Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Anonymous http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=30669&cpage=1#comment-14251 Anonymous Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:41:00 +0000 http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=30669#comment-14251 A “scoop radius” is good but for robots without that ability or that need to reach higher things, a couple of those cheap grabber handles they sell for a couple bucks in discount stores would be great things to teach a robot to use. It could have them in holsters/tubes on it’s side and use them to retrieve objects on floors or on shelves (designate china cupboards as off limits for the first versions). I think that tool usage is an often overlooked aspect of projects which envision robots used for varying tasks in a home or work setting. Looking at some of the products designed for the disabled/arthritic populations might result in some valuable cross overs.

Developing a robot that can do anything we can, the way we do it would be nice but the concept of a general purpose robot might be better served if we looked at ways they can overcome–or compensate for–their limitations.

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