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Robots

Pixel42 said:
Also, having to wipe someone's bottom for them is unpleasant for one party and humiliating for the other. If I ever get to the point where I need that level of care, I would much rather have a robot do it.



Came late to that party and am currently half way through it. Excellent stuff indeed.
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A 'bidet toilet' takes away that need altogether.

They're so superior to wiping, in every way, I'm surprised that they're not mandatory.
 
GlennB said:
Have you seen that brilliant comedy series on BBC, Ann Droid? Highly recommended.
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Not directed at you, but I just don’t get her humour or delivery. I just find her to be irritating, e.g., her Cunk series. I’ve seen a number shorts from Ann Droid and am similarly disappointed.

As I’ve seen in this thread though, my opinion is not in the majority.
 
novaphile said:
A 'bidet toilet' takes away that need altogether.

They're so superior to wiping, in every way, I'm surprised that they're not mandatory.
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This is what irritates me about “western” attitude to these and how disgusting ignorant westerners make toilets in other countries when they are travelling.

The bin next to the toilet is not for soiled toilet paper, it is for paper you have used to dry yourself after using the hose bidet.

It is not the locals who have disgusting toilet habits and amenities, it is the ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ ignorant western tourist that cause it.
 
Angela Collier has her own views on robots; human shaped robots. She is not impressed. I do not know enough about robots to know if she is making any sense. :)

 
novaphile said:
A 'bidet toilet' takes away that need altogether.

They're so superior to wiping, in every way, I'm surprised that they're not mandatory.
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Not entirely. It still makes sense to wipe both before and after using the "bidet", firstly to get mostly clean and afterwards to dry off.
 
novaphile said:
A 'bidet toilet' takes away that need altogether.

They're so superior to wiping, in every way, I'm surprised that they're not mandatory.
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If someone has no difficulty getting to and from, and sitting on and getting up from, a toilet/bidet, they are not one of those who need the kind of personal care I was referring to.
 
Ranb said:
Angela Collier has her own views on robots; human shaped robots. She is not impressed. I do not know enough about robots to know if she is making any sense. :)
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I've watched a number of her videos in the past and I think I partially watched the first video she did about humanoid robots.
I understand her points (most robots for practical applications don't need to be humanoid in form, for example), but I just think she's a bit too opinionated on the topic. She's also very anti-AI to the point where it almost feels like she wants to throw the baby out with the bathwater. She also has a tendency to go on and on and on about a point.
 
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Pixel42 said:
If someone has no difficulty getting to and from, and sitting on and getting up from, a toilet/bidet, they are not one of those who need the kind of personal care I was referring to.
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And then there are the times when you do not make it to the toilet in time, so you need to clean up more than yourself, and change and wash your clothes. As Pixel says, the people who manage to use a toilet/bidet do not need that kind of help.
 
Puppycow said:
.... She also has a tendency to go on and on and on about a point.
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I noticed the same thing with Steve Lehto. I will start watching his videos, then a few minutes in he starts to meander. So I just look up his source and read about it there. :)
 
Ranb said:
I noticed the same thing with Steve Lehto. I will start watching his videos, then a few minutes in he starts to meander. So I just look up his source and read about it there. :)
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I will say that she is very smart. Much smarter than me. She has a PhD in Physics and knows a lot about quantum mechanics and such things. She can do math at a very high level. But, being very smart and well-educated doesn't always make a person right about everything all the time.
 
The market is rapidly maturing.

I work in the power semiconductor industry in a mix between R&D and design and development.

We optimise our technology generations for different applications; a solenoid driver for an ABS system is quite different to a traction inverter for an electric vehicle, which is different to a point of load power supply for a laptop motherboard, for example.

The technical marketing team was talking about not just the requirements for humanoid robots but the subcomponent market, which already seems to be becoming a commodity market . The actuators for the torso need more power and thus higher voltages than hands which need more than fingers, for example. And there seems to be agreement on the voltages required.
 
EHocking said:
But are they autonomous robots or merely remote controlled or programmed drones?
I seem to recall that the Chinese demonstration of a robot-ran half marathon were in fact mere RC drones?
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This year they are giving scoring priority to autonomous robots compared to RC drones
 
Darat said:
The Chinese are so far ahead of anyone else in robots that is hard to see any way they won't dominate the market, if such a market exists. (That is a big if.)
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I was talking to a colleague about this on Friday and he claimed that the component sales implied at least a million.
 
jimbob said:
The market is rapidly maturing.

I work in the power semiconductor industry in a mix between R&D and design and development.

We optimise our technology generations for different applications; a solenoid driver for an ABS system is quite different to a traction inverter for an electric vehicle, which is different to a point of load power supply for a laptop motherboard, for example.

The technical marketing team was talking about not just the requirements for humanoid robots but the subcomponent market, which already seems to be becoming a commodity market . The actuators for the torso need more power and thus higher voltages than hands which need more than fingers, for example. And there seems to be agreement on the voltages required.
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Further to this.

 
Bit more by a pretty decent market research company

Yole Group


Unlike consumer settings, factories offer controlled environments where humanoids can deliver immediate productivity gains, making them the first credible commercial deployment for physical AI beyond vehicles.

A broad lineup of humanoid robots included platforms from Unitree, NEURA, Fourier, LG, and others. Boston Dynamics confirmed that its Atlas is slated for real factory roles, with deployment planned at Hyundai’s EV manufacturing facility in Georgia by 2028.The market emerging around humanoid robots is dynamic, with Yole projecting a 56% CAGR to reach more than $6 billion by 2030. As adoption accelerates at the start of the next decade, the value could soar to $51 billion by 2035.
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