In the early 1980s, some people at Stanford were talking about building something on the moon with robots by the year 2000. I asked "How soon can you do that in Utah?" They didn't like that.
In the early 1980s, some people at Stanford were talking about building something on the moon with robots by the year 2000. I asked "How soon can you do that in Utah?" They didn't like that.
It's rare to see an interviewer at a trade show like that have so little context about what they're looking at.
"The team surmises that within the next 50 years robot systems will be capable of handling a large fraction of the needs of a general-purpose SMF."
44 years later, not even close.
Google DeepMind robotics today.[1] Can put a shirt on a hanger, but not button or unbutton it.
[1] https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/advances-in-robot-dext...
If progress continues at the rate it's been going recently they may get quite good.