Warehouse box picking robot - video

[Jon]

"Handle", a mobile manipulation robot. 1:37 video:

Previously:

Robot operating a CNC machine - GIF
Amazon warehouse robot GIF
Robotic fruit crate packing arm - GIF

[KustomsbyKent]

Hmm, that seems like an overly complex robot for a fairly simple process. Seems like a lot of moving parts, balance, mechanisms and computer logic just to make it balance on the 2 wheels with the moving counterbalance.
Elegant movements, but when those parts start to wear out, the maintenance costs & complexity will be high.

[stillldoinit]

The company doesn't have to pay benefits and if it calls in sick, his buddy can fill in.

[TSiArt]

looks like the boxes were also stacked a bit random. Good thing that they are square

[mklotz]

They need a Big Bird suit, a rubber bill, and googly eyes.

[Jon]

This guy is like a lot of Boston Dynamics robots. Really cool, but the practical applications aren't there yet.

[mklotz]

Yeah, "emu herding" is definitely a niche market.

[Jon]

Yes, I see Boston Dynamics as essentially just a think tank with nice toys. They started off as an MIT robotics project (or now it's cool to say biomimetics), and they keep getting tossed around between big companies in acquisitions.

[Jon]

I think this is like many GIFs in that they probably filmed this many times before it came out perfect.



World-changing advances in robotics may be far more mundane: unloading a dishwasher and folding laundry.

[drivermark]

With all the advances with robotics and now AI you would think none of the brainiacs thinking this stuff up had ever seen a Sci-Fi flick.