By Steven Yang, founder and editor, RoboSkin.ai
Consider an assembly robot that encounters resistance while inserting a component. The camera suggests correct alignment, but the contact could indicate a small positioning error, a tight fit or an obstruction.
Pushing harder may complete the insertion or damage the part. A brief withdrawal and controlled repositioning could help distinguish these possibilities.
The engineering challenge is deciding whether that extra action provides enough useful evidence to justify its time and risk. [Read more…] about Opinion: What embodied AI must prove before it has its ‘GPT moment’