A HUMANOID robot expert has revealed some of the challenges that arise when working with the machines.
Professor Robert Riener from the research university ETH Zurich told us that humanoids can be difficult to control.
The US Sun asked Professor Riener what the main challenges were in making a humanoid as capable or superior to a human.
“To fuse the structural components into a small and mobile system is not yet resolved.
“This is an optimization problem,” he told us.
“We have to reduce size and power consumption, but not the cost of motion performance, where AI can help us.
“It is also a challenge to control them,” added the expert.
He then gave several examples of which aspects of humanoid robots are currently difficult to control.
“Sensors, actuators and computers need to collaborate quickly to produce successful, smooth, functional movements,” he said.
Despite these issues, Riener still does not consider this to be the biggest challenge when it comes to creating a superior humanoid.
Instead, the expert explained that battery power is currently a big issue.
“Batteries become empty after 1-2 hours. We have to make machines more energy efficient – or tie them down.”
He suggested that humanoids would have to be tethered to power cables, which would limit the ways in which they could imitate human behavior.
“So it’s not a challenge, but robots wouldn’t be useful to us outdoors,” he explained.
The expert still believes that one day we will see humanoid robots superior to us become a reality.
” I think so. It’s just a matter of time. However, it will take longer than most people think.
“We already have better technical components that surpass human structures,” he told us.
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