AI experts establish the “North Star” for domestic robotics field

VentureBeat July 25, 2022
Andrew Myers, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI

Robots that do everything from helping people get dressed in the morning to washing (and putting away) the dishes have been a dream for as long as people have uttered the words “artificial intelligence.” But, in a field where the state of the art currently rests far short of that level of sophistication, a fundamental challenge has emerged: Namely, what will “success” even look like, should the day come when robots are able to perform these key tasks to human standards?

To do these mundane but surprisingly complex tasks, a robot must be able to perceive, reason and operate with full awareness of its own physical dimension and capabilities, but also of the world and objects around it. In robotics,...

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