Optimus Robot testing in home? Where to sign up?
I have a deep robot background (e.g. 1 of 2 Unimation Researchers, IBM Research robot work, CMU robot research for Human/Robot cooperation to change a car tire, etc.), an AI background (e.g. Masters level machine vision work, research in Design-To-Build systems, commercial software product from IBM to do Expert Systems, etc.), and current work in electronics (microprocessors and FPGAs).
Who do I have to marry to get on the alpha-prototype selection list? (email axiomcas@gmail.com)
Is anyone aware of this being contemplated at Tesla? Does such a list exist? Or is it just random speculation?
I have thousands of books that need to be cataloged, categorized, and sorted. It seems like the perfect task for a robot as they are all different sizes, different colors, different weights, different ages (and thus hard to read the covers), and different subjects. It is a "simple recognition and manipulation task" but requires a LOT of work skills such as bending for low shelves, real-world physics to align the books without falling, vision to read covers and find books, limited space motions as the bookshelves are close together, grip location selection, etc. The classification task would require network lookup (e.g. amazon search). It is a limited domain with a rich set of separable issues.
Library work is a better domain than the kitchen since it is hard but focused. You don't break dishes, deal with water or fire, or represent a hazard to people or pets.