Video: DARPA tire-changing robot, almost as good as a mechanic
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Sometimes it seems like a lot of the robots we find in development are dedicated to carrying out exceedingly specific, and often impractical tasks that offer little in the way of addressing some of our most basic needs. But a new video demonstration from the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) offers hope that one day the vital task of emergency roadside assistance may come via an automaton.And from Dilbert.com:
In a new video posted this week, DARPA shows off its Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) actually changing a tire. The demonstration is designed to illustrate how humans can work in tandem with robots using only "task-level instructions" rather than requiring the human operator to deliver specific, step-by-step guidance to the robotic system....MORE
