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Old 13th February 2018, 01:43 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by MikeG View Post
It's the balance stuff which I found most impressive.

They've just interviewed a robots/ AI expert on Channel 4 News here who revealed that these things are controlled by someone with a joystick. You aren't seeing robots working things out for themselves. The arm reaching for the door handle, or the leap up onto the roof of a garage was great engineering, but still fully controlled by a human.
I don't believe that.
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