Robopsychology

[softrobotcritics]

Meanwhile, in China

[videntefernandez]

You guys I died and went to robofucker heaven

I love them just want to take them all home ;;

[mudwerks]

(via THE METAL GIANTS (7) – HILOBROW)

The Metal Giants, from Weird Tales (1926)

[bogleech]

Tearfully explaining to your robot partner why you couldn't afford for it to be the one with arms or legs 😢

[fatmagic]

[retropopcult]

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)

[robopsychology]

Umbrella follows you...

[stevebattle]

MORPHIA-TORY (2020) by MetraLabs GmbH, Ilmenau, Germany. The MORPHIA platform – Mobile Robotic Care Assistant to Improve Participation, Care, Safety and Security in Home Care through a Video-Based Network of Caregivers – is an assistive robot with a focus on video-communications. The final animation shows an earlier 2020 prototype of the MORPHIA-TORY.

"With MORPHIA, we are pursuing the basic idea that the robot is part of a care network of caregivers, relatives, friends and acquaintances. The robot takes over tasks such as transporting food from the kitchen to the living room. If a person is dependent on a rollator [walker], both hands are not free - seemingly simple tasks then quickly become a challenge. Or if relatives are unable to reach the person, it is possible to have the robot drive around the home remotely to check on things. For example, a relative could also switch on the robot when a person in need of care is taking his or her medication to check that it is being taken. The network thus takes on a much stronger communicative role, and the robot is the mobile helper on site. From the point of view of care, this is the better way - not to make the robots ever more intelligent and autonomous, but to let them become an aid to video-based human care." – "We develop robots that help people."

[bogleech]

It hurts that stuff like this is shackled to data centers and billionaires and capitalist horrors and that I can't even trust the intentions of this video as being anything but paid propaganda because otherwise this type of thing is truly fascinating, and I say that BECAUSE it's not really self aware, so no, I don't need to be bombarded with cautionary reminders of what consciousness actually is.

Video game character programming is also amazing, and I know there aren't little people trapped in the Gameboy, thank you. I'm not elon musk.

As my spouse was pointing out while we watched a bunch of videos like this, the algorithm directing the robot's behavior and dialog is a distinct thing from the database of memories it checks, so even as simulation, there's no continuity of (simulated) being going on, but more like a series of puppets, repeatedly erased and replaced but all referencing the ever-larger journal of the previous puppet's "experience."

That's the stuff I would want to be able to support, the stuff that's at worst a very fun entertaining experiment but at best could run life-saving rescue and healthcare bots some day, but the same databases and algorithms are unfortunately also being used by a million billion people for a trillion quintillion senseless nonsense tasks per minute so a cult of manchildren can afford more child slaves I guess.

[scifiseries]

[grickle14]

Liar.

[fuzzyghost]

[stevebattle]

Kompaï-3 (2019) by KOMPAÏ Robotics, Bidart, France.

"This robot supports independent living and sociability for OAs [Older Adults]. The Kompaï robot provides miscellaneous services: day and night surveillance, mobility assistance, fall detection, shopping list management, agenda, social connectivity, cognitive stimulation and health monitoring. The Kompaï robot can also recognize speech, navigate through unknown environments, avoid obstacles and detect risky situations. Users interact with the robot via a touch screen and voice, and it is equipped with a small handle to help the elderly rise. Kompaï’s third version platform was improved to be more user-friendly." – A Review on the Use of Mobile Service Robots in Elderly Care, Pouyan Asgharian, Adina M. Panchea and François Ferland.

"The acquisition by a French investor and the transfer of Robosoft's activities to Toulouse led to Robosoft's liquidation in April 2017. "I had ceased my activities with Robosoft in 2015, but I was a minority shareholder. I bought Kompaï's assets before the liquidation," recounts Vincent Dupourqué, who limits his communication on this matter, which is clearly not entirely resolved… In July 2016, he created the company KOMPAÏ robotics in Bidart to dedicate himself solely to the development of the Kompaï robot. A small team of five engineers is currently working on the third version of Kompaï. The goal is to lower the current price to around €20,000-€25,000, explains Vincent Dupourqué, with a market launch within two years at a price of €5,000. A partnership has been established with the French group Korian, which operates 710 nursing homes and assisted living facilities (365 of which are in France) across Europe. "Initially, we are targeting the market for long-term care facilities for dependent elderly people (EHPADs), with Kompaï positioned as a tool for staff. Discussions are underway to adapt organizational structures." As you can see, introducing a robot—even one with a friendly face—into human teams requires diplomacy. The latest artificial intelligence technologies, particularly in the area of ​​conversational intelligence, will be integrated. The development of Kompaï will inevitably involve the arrival of investors; this is the rule for a young, innovative company like KOMPAÏ robotics." – A third generation of Kompaï robots, La Semaine No 1231, June 15 2017.

[stevebattle]

Kompaï-2 (2015) by Robosoft, France. "KOMPAÏ-2, with its new and improved design, includes … IoT and Big Data technologies, in addition to state-of-the-art navigation and Human-Machine Interface. It has been on the market since early 2016."

[rrrick]

[savagechickens]

Problem Solver.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

[vintage-robots]

Denning Mobile Robotics released the Sentry 1 robot in 1983. It could follow a pre-programmed floor plan, returning to its alcove for recharging after several hours. At 4.5 feet in height, it traveled 3 miles per hour detecting heat, smoke, and motion while avoiding obstacles. It would report anything “unusual” via radio.