when will i get a robot that

When will I get a

robot that…#gwennael gate from angus.ai

When will I get a robot that…

When it comes to robots, people often ask an interesting question:

I can make love with?

who handles household duties?

who can grab me a beer?

When will I get a robot …

Question highly legitimate when you look at all these impressive robotics / AI achievements…

20202015

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It seems logical to think that humanoid robots will water plants (and…) at home in say 5 years.

mmh…

20202015

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Why?

Even if technology progresses exponentially, this is not going to happen so soon. But why ?

Let us take an example: the cooking robot.

Perceive

Decide

Act

Cooking can be split into 3 tasks: - perceive (vegetables, pans…) - decide (which recipe to use, what to do first…) - act (grab the apple, cut it…)

Which task you think is the most difficult for a robot?

Perceive

Decide

Act

Difficult

Deciding is likely the most demanding task for a human…

… and perceiving and acting is not a challenge for people with normally functioning eyes and arms.

Perceive

Decide

ActDiffi

cult

For a robot, this is quite the opposite…

Deciding = picking the right entry in a huge database, but perceiving and acting on vegetable is a nightmare….

… as all vegetables have different shapes

is a nightmareVariability Uncertainty}}Our World

This is the main reason why robots are not already cooking (or anything else) at home…

are much more uncertain than variable }}

And paradoxically, our homes are way more « complex » than warehouse or assembly lines

I can make love with?

who handles household duties?

who can grab me a beer?

When will I get a robot …

Like cooking, all these tasks require to perceive and act on things with « variable » shapes… hence the headache for roboticists!

So today

As a robot, you need to make a choice…

Environment complexity

structured

high

Robots @

Level of action

You either have a high level of action on things that are not variable at all…

That is industrial robotics : acting on things that have predefined and fixed shapes

Robots @

Environment complexity

my living room

moderate

Level of action

Or you live in a complex world but you do not act much…

That is social robotics : living in a complex environment but acting more on our hidden emotions than on our vegetables.

This is difficultEnvironment complexity

my living room human like

Level of action

But living in an unstructured environment AND having a high level of action is super difficult: the graal of robotics!

20..20202015

Ok, if we do not get cooking/beer grabbing robots by 2020, what cool things are we going to get?

I don’t know but…

20..20202015

IOT HumanoidsSmart objects?

It seems fair to believe that it will be a mix between today IOT and 2040’s robotics.

5 humanoids takeways

2020: A mix between humanoids and IOT?

… that IOT should look at!

#1Exist without a smartphone

There are more natural way to interact with technology than touching screens (ex : Speech Recognition here)

Amazon Echo

#2Exist without a wire

Being unplugged allow for clean setup and multi-room capabilities (ex: mobile video and sound system here)

Keeker

#3Act on things

It is easier to be really useful when you really act on your environment (ex : clean the floor here)

iRobot Roomba

#4Exist without an internet connection

Personal data (ex: video / audio here) are sometimes better kept & computed locally.

Jibo

#5Be proactive

Do not wait constantly for orders, learn from your user and take the initiative!

Nest Thermostat

1. Interactive 2. Unplugged 3. Acting 4. Fog AI 5. Proactive

Smart Objects

20..20202015

The future of smart home, summarized!

When do I get a robot that…

Gwennael GateFormer Director of SW Engineering - AI algorithms Aldebaran Robotics

Now CoFounder at Angus.ai

Thanks!