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Boston Dynamics' Robot Behavior Director on Atlas's Ever-Evolving Hand

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By Brian Heater Verified
| Association for Advancing Automation
Orthogenesis fell out of favor before the mid-20th century. The fossil record simply didn’t reflect the notion of evolution working in a single direction, toward some grand end. Popular culture never got the memo, of course. It’s much easier to sleep through the night believing you occupy the true pinnacle of 3.7 billion years or so of evolutionary progress. A simple X-ray of my L4-L5 lumbar vertebrae, however, is enough to put a quick lie to any such notions.
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Hello Robot's CEO on the Pragmatism of the Home

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By Brian Heater Verified
| Association for Advancing Automation
Something strange strikes me watching a handful of videos from Aaron Edsinger’s academic career: how many things haven’t changed. I am, of course, familiar with the breakthroughs — particularly those changes to how robots learn, perceive, and follow instruction. The past few years have been a prolonged deluge. But these are the things you anticipate, when you sit down to watch circa-2007 humanoid videos.
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RobCo's CEO on Trust Through Simulation

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By Brian Heater Verified
| Association for Advancing Automation
Sell a solution, not a robot. It’s not a novel concept. The term “solution selling” dates to the mid-70s, while the more abstract notion of selling customers on answers no doubt stretches back further. There are moments it feels like a relic butting up against our current physical AI climate, but the equation is simple for industrial robotics: deliver or die. A tremendous level of trust is required before a manufacturer will disrupt the line to incorporate some new piece of automation.
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