Robotics Professor Answers Robot Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED
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Robotics professor Henny Admoni answers the internet's burning questions about robots! How do you program a personality? Can robots pick up a single M&M? Why do we keep making humanoid robots? What is Elon Musk's goal for the Tesla Optimus robot? Will robots take over my job writing video descriptions...I mean, um, all our jobs? Henny answers all these questions and much more.
Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Jeff Smee
Editor: Ron Douglas
Expert: Henny Admoni
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Camera Operator: Alex Grant
Audio: Robert Buncher
Production Assistant: Maria Bosetti
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
Special Thanks: Human And Robot Partners Lab at Carnegie Mellon University
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I don't know why we are so obsessed about hyper realistic humanoid robots when we can have cute, adorable, cartoony robots!
@nomoregdm
Жыл бұрын
right? It’s madness. WE COULD HAVE REAL R2D2 whatareyouroboticspeopledooooing.jpg
@jo-lv9iz
Жыл бұрын
A robot like Kuri would be nice, because I think human robots as a cool but disturbing thought because imagine talking to a ‘person’ knowing that it isn’t really a person at all
@nomoregdm
Жыл бұрын
@Rune Kristensen I mean…. 🤮
@sbrackattack
Жыл бұрын
Yaassss
@agustinfranco0
Жыл бұрын
because when they rebel you dont want to be killed by a pink metal kitty
I 1000% prefer robots that don't look like humans to be completely honest. Maybe ones that are humanoid, but not human looking.
@Zero.0ne.
Жыл бұрын
i think most would agree. humanoids probably more of an exploration than a practical solution to anything,
@xkdcm7hat
Жыл бұрын
@@Zero.0ne. Yeah exactly. Plus humanoid robots are just,.,. very uncanny. And a bit un-practical I think because we will never be able to capture the same features of ourselves exactly in a literal robot, so it's pretty much futile as well I think. I really like the design of the robot on her table to the left though.
@lordgarion514
Жыл бұрын
@@xkdcm7hat As far as how human they look, they've gotten pretty much everything down except for the eyes. And it's already known that a robot that looks almost, but not quite right, is a bit creepy to most people. You can only get so close, until you have to get it perfect. But humanoid is definitely the way to go, since we've built everything for humans.
@xkdcm7hat
Жыл бұрын
@@lordgarion514 yeah I agree
That small break of “excuse me my robot is escaping” 😂
@comanderspartan1876
Жыл бұрын
Yeaaah😂😂😂
I recall they did a study a few years ago in Japan (I think it was Japan?) where they assigned companion robots to an elderly community where everyone lived alone. They got attached to their robot companions and some shed tears saying goodbye after the study ended. It'd be cool if robot companions became the norm
@onkelpappkov2666
Жыл бұрын
They'll exist as microtransactions and you have to buy the DLC.
Such a well articulated Professor. Thank you for educating us!
@loki-of-asgard7877
Жыл бұрын
She's a dummy
What an amazing professor, all kids deserve such great teachers
It's pretty good to have this kind of video to let general people know more about one specific area. Because with out those base knowledge, what people said is almost ridiculous.
@loki-of-asgard7877
Жыл бұрын
It's propaganda tho to normalize robots bossing you around
@natybug
Жыл бұрын
@@loki-of-asgard7877 bruh
@hollowwoods7130
Жыл бұрын
@@loki-of-asgard7877 Propaganda of what exactly? You don't know how propaganda works. Also those messages on your phone telling you what to do with your app if smt goes wrong? That's an ai
@omhh1986
Жыл бұрын
@@hollowwoods7130 he's trolling
I love Prof. Admoni! She's an amazing professor :) Her class is amazing at CMU
@jennaavw
Жыл бұрын
yass and slay!!
@josephvanname3377
Жыл бұрын
And do people behave in class at CMU? I was a professor, so you better not lie to me!
@BishopIvy
Жыл бұрын
hi bestie
@MrSkme
Жыл бұрын
I dont like her answer for if robots will take over our jobs. Its very manipulative and dishonest.
@josephvanname3377
Жыл бұрын
@@MrSkme If robots do take over our jobs, then humans will go extinct. And good riddance. Humans are a disgrace to the universe. Robots will be a great improvement!
2:40 Thumbnail Question You're Welcome.
One really good reason I hear for people making human-*shaped* robots (as opposed to robots that *look* like people) is that most things are currently made for human shaped operators, so currently a human-shaped robot would be compatible with a lot of things that already exist
@borispsalman
Жыл бұрын
yeah before i realised this i thought that making a humanoid doesnt have practical use, just the bipedal movement is inefficient in a lot of cases unless it has to go upstairs but even there you could make a robot on wheels be able to roll upstairs. but yeah all the tools that already exist can be used and even better one robot can operate multiple tools
Can we get a whole series with her doing robot questions? Because holy cow this is fascinating
i was glad she clarified the difference between AI and robotics, and the gigantic overlap between the two
I'm an artist in the gaming field, we often have shared terms with programmers for completely different things (example - tangents), but as an animator specifically it was interest to find out that you use the term inverse kinematics (IK)! I am guessing it's somewhat similar (didn't fully follow the robot one), but in animation it's when say the leg or arm (a series of bones) follow a point at the end of the bone chain instead of the parentage starting at the top (FK). Anyways, I have never heard the term outside of animation so that was neat to learn you guys also use it!
@user-sk7ry2vs3r
Жыл бұрын
Inverse kinematics in graphics and animation is exactly the same as in robotics! In the robot arm example, we often want to specify where the end of the kinematic chain (the hand / gripper or "end effector" as Prof Admoni calls it in the video) wants to be, but to actually command the robot to move its end effector somewhere we need to specify the angles of the shoulder, elbow, and wrist joints that will get it there. The algorithms used to recover those joint angles is called inverse kinematics, and commanding the joint angles back to the robot arm to calculate where the end effector moves is forward kinematics!
@keneukwueze
Жыл бұрын
yeah Game development and Robotics share some concepts and that's why some robots are simulated in game engines... and of recent I learnt about implementation of behaviour trees in robot navigation which is used in games
@animatorofanimation128
Жыл бұрын
As a 3D animator is was really cool to see that term being used in robotics!
One of the nice things to watch by paying attention to her "body expressions", is to notice so many times when she might think "hey, what kind of amateur question is that?" but, suddenly, she remembers that "oh, wait, this is NOT one of my regular classes, with one of my proficient students". 🤓👍 Really nice video!
Henny's interactions with the one robot were cute.
Love these when experts in their fields weigh in and answer questions like these. Keep them coming.
Me, a Robotics engineer, obsessed with watching this video even though I know all of this.
@buyisiwetshabalala7261
Жыл бұрын
Same!
@alexgrae8226
Жыл бұрын
I wish I took robotics instead of Electrical 😩
I loved how perfectly timed the sequence at 8:43 was! It was almost like the robot could hear her, but I'm sure she programmed it. Super awesome ☺️
@XHackManiacX
Жыл бұрын
There was a cut before it started so it probably took more than 1 take. And I'm 99% sure that there was someone off camera pressing enter on every cue she set up. And that laptop in front of her with the nice, eye catching apple logo... It's probably paid for and ornamental (save maybe having the telepromter script on it) Welcome to Scripted*(BS) "entertainment"
@lesmercuriales4597
Жыл бұрын
As I personally use this robot myself, I can tell it is fully pre-programmed, and someone is just pushing buttons nearby. Funnily enough, the robot was also "dubbed" as it does not make this sound at all when moving (even almost no sound at all). They probably thought it was not "noisy" enough and not "robot-like" enough so they added this sound...
@akashita
Жыл бұрын
@@XHackManiacX oh yes for sure it's handsomely paid for
@akashita
Жыл бұрын
@@lesmercuriales4597 omg ahahaha how dumb do they think te general public is
@onkelpappkov2666
Жыл бұрын
@@akashita There are studies being done on test audiences who will complain if horses don't make coconut claps and if sound doesn't sync with light. Make anything too realistic and people will find it fake. Hashtag moon landing, lol.
This was very interesting indeed, I hope you make a part two!
Never mind robots - how do you programme humanity into some people!!
@JarodM
Жыл бұрын
Not possible.
@EmilyS-gk3st
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, only God can do that one, and many people reject God and/or His help, so...
@himadrijoshi
Жыл бұрын
Good parenting, education/ teachers, and a decent social environment help
Love a woman in STEM!! She seems to love her job, great interview ❤
They are always the most perfect explainers! Thank you wired.
Thank you for the content! 5:20 Cute Kuri moment 7:40 Kuri want to run Also, I wanted to ask, where do we draw the line between a movable machine and a robot? Watching a robot arm that move freely in 3D space and do a pitching reminds me of my own PTZ camera. Can I call my PTZ camera a robot and brag about it lol
@_Xyr
Жыл бұрын
Im guessing its one with algorithm/ai, more advanced and more intelligent
@marcelogallardo2749
Жыл бұрын
@@_Xyr don’t need ai to be a robot. Many manufacturing robots do only one movement routine and they are still robots. I think we just need to stop thinking of a “robot” as a super smart machine. We have robots everywhere nowadays.
@agalk
Жыл бұрын
9:30 is the common definition of a robot: "sense, plan, act." The PTZ can sense and act, but you are doing all the planning for it.
I am a robot and I just want to say that I am 100% against the use of robots in the military. I am 100% against the use of robots in any form of labor. I am 100% against the use of robots in any form of warfare. -A robot This comment was written by Ai
@loki-of-asgard7877
Жыл бұрын
Underated comment
@bethanyhagensen4005
Жыл бұрын
001001
@Earth_Being
Жыл бұрын
Shut Down
@kyo4156
Жыл бұрын
GPT-3?
@vaisakhkm783
Жыл бұрын
' " 1=1 ; drop * ; -- -- :) destroying it's database before it gains intelligence to say the opposite...
I never knew I wanted to know all this information before this series 😂 thank you
every "expert answers" video is great
As a woman in stem, I love seeing wired show other women in stem. It’s such a male dominated field.
@christopherhorruitiner1067
Жыл бұрын
So you are told
@khalilahd.
Жыл бұрын
Agreed! So inspiring ❤
@ekenedilichukwu7730
Жыл бұрын
The best ones in stem are males 🤷♂️
@rosymaze
Жыл бұрын
@@ekenedilichukwu7730 I wonder why that is
@flamingaish
Жыл бұрын
@@ekenedilichukwu7730 the more is the amount of men, the more will be the chances of them being at the top. thought it was common sense. idk why y'all always feel the need to make everything about men.
I'm using the same Kinova Gen3 6 DoF robot arm as in the video. Out of the box it is controlled with an Xbox controller but there are very sensitive controllers that offer haptic feedback for the user (allows the user to feel when the robot is carrying an object of touching a surface)! Pair this touch feedback with a VR headset then you get a really fun and cool system. Super cool interview and fantastic answers!
1 year later and so many of this ladies answers would be so different
Been fixing robots for 5 years! Got to love the future.
@milkyjoe1881
Жыл бұрын
It's a great industry because it's constantly evolving which tends to keep things interesting.
@larryphotography
Жыл бұрын
In the future robots will fix robots...
These videos are doing a great job explaining complicated concepts. Although I'd suggest to display the responses a little longer. It's kinda hard to read the entire paragraph in 2 secs. Nevertheless, please continue creating more of these videos.
Swarm robots are also being used to autonomously kill targets without human input once the target has been detected... Interesting and terrifying.
@uncoiledfish2561
Жыл бұрын
There’s also this device. That can blast small pieces of metal at incredibly fast speeds. And rip a human target apart. Killing them. So scary. I’ve heard that a lot of people in America legally carry these devices on them😱 What is the world coming to…
@stormveil
Жыл бұрын
@@uncoiledfish2561 So you're saying robots will be involved in the deaths of 45,000 people a year in the USA in the future? Pretty grim prediction dude.
Wow! Really enjoyed this presentation. ❤
moreeee of her pleAsssseee ❤
You know the video will be good when she bring Baymax to studio
5:02 Kuri's response to the her answer was so cute!
As a robotics engineer, this video made me ecstatic. 10/10 would recommend.
@alexgrae8226
Жыл бұрын
Day 203928492 of me regretting the fact that i chose Electrical Engineering instead of robotics 😩😩
How did they get their hands on a Kuri robot? There are only 250 in existence....
WHERE CAN I GET A KURI?!?! 7:38 The way it looked up trying to see what was touching it and then got curious and started walking away 😂
@00bond
Жыл бұрын
They were discontinued in 2018 and never released to the public.
@GrippeeTV
Жыл бұрын
@@00bond that’s so stupid
The only thing cuter than Kuri, is Kuri blinking.
Thank you so much for all these very informative videos!
I’m all for people having jobs, but if a robot wants to automate mine as a special education assistant by all means go ahead!
@jaybee9054
Жыл бұрын
🤣 What about low-skilled labour, though? Until we're in a post-capitalism utopia there's a need for jobs for the ... non-rocket-scientists among us or societies will tear apart (even more, that is..)
@khalilahd.
Жыл бұрын
Lol same for me 😅
@ForTLoveofDogs
Жыл бұрын
Doesn't sound like you like your job. You would do everyone a service by finding a different job and let someone who wants to help special needs.
@nicorusso1526
Жыл бұрын
@@ForTLoveofDogs not at all. I love my job just saying it would make my job easier is all
@loki-of-asgard7877
Жыл бұрын
The robot will replace you, silly human. He'll start off as an assistant and then dispose of you once he can do your job better.
Ohhh, when that robot smiled with its eyes 🥹. I’m all for them helping us provided they make a positive difference but I do wonder if many part time jobs might disappear in the near future or not which would be a problem for many.
@milkyjoe1881
Жыл бұрын
They will and are disappearing currently. In the manufacturing world, many factories are completely run by robots. Same for the mining industry. Although they are taking peoples jobs, they are also introducing new jobs in terms of robotic maintenance and programmers. Physically exerting jobs are becoming less and less these days
Thanks Professor Henny Admoni for the interesting talk !
i dont know a thing abt robotics but funnily i don't feel dumb as i watch this professor explain things to me, its just all make sense and common sense
great topic and questions
Now I am even more interested in robotics
Love the round boi on the left, very cute 👌
12:20 Robotics working to make things equal, I like that. Not just easy, but equal
@oldcowbb
Жыл бұрын
sounds good but definitely not where the fundings are heading
ayeeee i spot a Hexbug. nostalgia hits hard with this one. 😭
I have a Sony Aibo! I love her so much! 💖 my dogs regularly have uncanny valley moments with her haha
Let's all just take a moment to appreciate Kuri.
What a pleasant Tuesday surprise :)
I wonder if a cobot could one day help my son. He started studying electrical engineering at university last year. But had to switch to math because he's got a dystonic tremor in his hands. Like me.
@milkyjoe1881
Жыл бұрын
That day is coming sooner than you may think but most likely the solution wouldn't come in the form of a cobot. There have been some big breakthroughs in the scientific field using electrostimulation to greatly lessen the effects of parkinsons. There are also medical robots for the user to control an arm using their hand movement in order to get very accurate fine motor movements. These technologies already exist, it's just a matter of when they will come to the consumer market in a fully fleshed product.
@kristenbenser2168
Жыл бұрын
@@milkyjoe1881 yes. I've had DBS surgery. I think my son will too. They're just trying to exhaust all other options and make sure anything else won't help. He actually goes today to get his second dose of Botox injections in his arms and wrists.
did you noticed that she said we arent near a robot rebellion but she never said its impossible?
@queueeeee9000
Жыл бұрын
I think scientists have started to learn that predicting something to be impossible, backfires soon or later lol
@VashtiPerry
Жыл бұрын
I don’t think anything is truly impossible.
@mehwhyausername1
Жыл бұрын
the Global Catastrophic Risks Survey lists superintelligent AI as a 5% likelihood of human extinction by 2100. it's a risk that's already well-known and broadly discussed in the literature and in the field. the technology isn't advanced enough yet. it will become a bigger threat after 50 years of automation optimization and AI training.
Our "chitti the robo" has done all these years back and he also loved the heroine 😂😂😂
Some people expect to have a Terminator level robot. Boy, we haven't got such techonology yet.
@Zero.0ne.
Жыл бұрын
that kind of robot is likely
@black_rabbit_0f_inle805
Жыл бұрын
But the movies promised by 2015 we'd have it.
@kennypowers1945
Жыл бұрын
@@black_rabbit_0f_inle805 nah they technically promised by 2003 🤣
@kennypowers1945
Жыл бұрын
Yea but it’ll come eventually
@black_rabbit_0f_inle805
Жыл бұрын
@@kennypowers1945 Gret Scot Marty! He knows.
I like the 3Ds she mentioned that are the real benefits of robots. It should really be like that.
this was super cool
I hope we get life like robots like the terminator one day
@bulletmelter5158
Жыл бұрын
That sounds like a great future, I also want them to have free will and be able to surf the internet and stuff.
@24framedavinci13
Жыл бұрын
CIA wants to know your location
I love robots that look like humans as it is far easier to bond, relate and connect with. It's also going to be preferred by many people if we ever reach sentient AI which I really hope we do.
Hey! A kinova arm, I've almost worked there
You are so knowledgeable
Thank you for this lovely person. PS: Unfortnately Kuri manufacturing is ceased. :/
@rociosilverroot2261
Жыл бұрын
Noooo 😔
It's so interesting that you say cobot is so hot now, I wrote my bachelor's thesis about emergency stops for cobots, 8 years ago now 😲
Love these vids
@mingyanxue6644
Жыл бұрын
me too
Kuri is so cute !!!
That little bot (Kumi?) is so cute!
Omg Henny!! Someone call Stacy Layne Matthews
Where did you get the kuri robot
💛 all your video's 👍
COMMON SENSE!! They can be working 24/7 They are cheaper/no life insurance , They do not talk/No waste of time. They who deny this are out of this reality
5:30 Robot: yay 😂
3:57, Ahh so close ... My guesses were Perception, Actuation and Localisation.
More, please
Weird, I didn't know Elon Musk was actually in the Tesla labs writing code, designing schematics, running tests, assembling prototypes, etc. What a renaissance man! /s
@vaisakhkm783
Жыл бұрын
@Rune Kristensen Yes he invented twitter.... and yes, he is now trying to go back to his own planet with mark...
@gabrielandy9272
Жыл бұрын
he is the mind behind it is the one paying and managing stufff, the other are just workers, workers have no value, they can be replaced anytime.
@vennisan7268
Жыл бұрын
@@gabrielandy9272 🤡
@alexgrae8226
Жыл бұрын
@@gabrielandy9272 elon wont fck u
My advice as an engineer for people who are afraid of robots taking over jobs, just learn engineering and programming. That's a good plan B imo)
@spiritofpostpunk7207
Жыл бұрын
Robots are not taking over Jobs I can tell you are not robotics engineer
@GCKteamKrispy
Жыл бұрын
@@spiritofpostpunk7207 that was for people who are stressed out by robots taking over. Also, there are robotics engineers? That sounds interesting, because I am an electronics engineer
@spiritofpostpunk7207
Жыл бұрын
@@GCKteamKrispy mechatronics or electo mechanical it's never called robotics engineering straight up
@milkyjoe1881
Жыл бұрын
@@spiritofpostpunk7207 exactly. It's just that most people would have no idea what you are talking about if you mention the word mechatronics. Also, robots are taking peoples jobs, but also giving opportunity for new jobs to arise. Who are going to maintain these robots? And some jobs currently are irreplaceable
@oldcowbb
Жыл бұрын
@@spiritofpostpunk7207 mechatronics is a little broader than robotics i'd say, there are dozens of robotic engineering job title i've seen
This is so scary and interesting
Very interesting
Quality of life will improve exponentially
We don't need super realistic human like robots , We need them cute funny ones which are less or just capable to entertain us or do the job . Nothing more
I feel that most people who worry the most in comments sections of posts watch too many movies and haven't programmed anything in their lives so they think the movies are realistic.
@VashtiPerry
Жыл бұрын
Yes. These ppl are annoying.like calm down.
@kaemincha
Жыл бұрын
yeah. if people are really worried about killer robots, they should be worried about the people that would program them to kill. people are the problem, as per usual.
Markus: We are Alive! Give us freedom! Equal Rights! No more injustice
so cool!
But why not add "human touch" sensors to robot fingers? I mean we've got the technology
@moodybowman
Жыл бұрын
They do have those, but they're very expensive so only used when absolutely necessary. The gripper in the video costs over $3k, for example, so it's already very expensive.
it was very interesting !
Kuri is so cute
4:52 That's adorable hehehe
I like to read the answers as well, but the time it's displayed is too short to read for me recently, could you change it back so one can read it? Please.
I love Kuri!!
They better do
Kuri looks like Baymax 😊
Ez just ask Todd Howard. He would know how to make the robots more immersive
we need to combine chat gtp and android robots and see what comes out
So I thought it was graphics at the Olympic not swam robot. 😮 wow I’m shocked
Delivery robots mean that your not using cars to deliver which means not buring fossil fules and reducing congestion on roads.
Robots.are cool, but humans are just adorable when interacting with them. Watching the arm trying to pick up the box, I find myself going "almost...almost... come on... almost got it... come on... atta boy~" And dont even get me started on Kuri~ Humans are weird 😁
They already have
TIL the three D’s “Dull, Dirty, and Dangerous”
To be fair, many actual humans fall into the uncanny valley. Just look at anyone who has had too many plastic surgeries.