Why does Boston robotics “abuse” the robots?
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You have to teach the robots how to respond to different stuff happening to them. Bumping into surfices, unstable footing, living things, etc. By interaction with various situations, the robots will learn to adapt. Much like a baby learning how to walk will have to learn how to deal with stairs, ramps &/or bumping into the dog.
It’s to test their balance. The robots need to be able to handle stumbling and falling, and be able to recover from that.
I would assume the tests give them ideas/data on how to improve the existing designs.
The entire point of their research is to make robots that can tolerate drastic and real time changes in the environment
Part of that is moving on loose rocks, part of that is being able to counteract the act of being pulled/pushed.
If you are referencing the video that’s going around with the robot tossing boxes, getting hit with things, and eventually “fighting back” that’s fake. Otherwise it’s machine learning for uncertainty which is basically taking what should be environmentally predictable parameters and adding variables to measure speed and efficacy of compensation. Think of it like a human surfing or skiing for the first time. Balance isn’t easy but we learn through experience.
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