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ah robles are increasingly being integrated into the hospitality industry and for good reason. in berlin alone, 10000 fewer people are working in hotels and restaurants then before the cove, at 19 pedantic. it's a problem. the sector is facing globally. people all around the world have left the food service industry and in some cases robles, i'm now working in their stead. in this barren munich, a robot mixes the cocktails, like many bars. the team here is short staffed and making mojitos can be time consuming robots some supports the team staying the nose up in the middle of the same amount of people on staff as before, without meaning. we're not planning to replace anybody with the robot is just here to support us. human bartenders can get tired out from certain tasks, but the robots can go on and on. like squeezing limes,

for example. other interesting. i like the robot quite alive, but he can't talk back or complain. no, but seriously, it takes a lot of our hands. robots are becoming more technologically advanced, unsophisticated, and their motor skills. the coven 19 pandemic, has ramped up interest in this type of technology. during part to staff shortages and the desire for contactless food preparation are also used for service. so move autonomy really, while others assist weight staff with carrying dishes still robotics expert henny been a more skeptical of their practicality. i'm not convinced that they actually are really helpful because oftentimes they are slower than human. and of course, these kind of environments are also sort of messy environments. you have to clean up and so on. and that's not always amenable or on the right kind of environment for a robot that requires you know, cleaners in order to work a fish. so personally, i would also say that's mostly a gimmick today,

but they may change in the future. so there's still a ways to go. humanoid robots, in particular, remain a daunting task for developers. like optimise a robot developed by car manufacturer, tesla. at a recent presentation, it still seemed pretty clunky. but tesla ceo, you know, mosque is convinced that optimal will support or even replace industrial workers in a few years, and he wants to produce millions of them. i, for one. and very curious to see how that plays out. the robots developed by boston dynamics seemed far more agile and refined. the company was acquired by hyundai. that's no surprise given that the automotive industry is one of the most automated sectors. ah, rollbacks have long been used in the automotive industry. and they're ideal for mass production ones program to they can work on specific tasks almost entirely

without breaks and without human assistance. currently, collaborative robots, also known as co bots, are supposed to assist and support human employees. but it's not always that straightforward. so when the robot needs to interact and co exist with humans, then things become tricky because it's not easily foreseeable what humans will be doing, how they will behave, what new things they may be coming up with, et cetera. so dealing with humans is one of the challenges here, but also dealing with tasks that change and evolve, ah, car manufacturer for just experimenting with direct collaboration between humans and robots. here the co bought can take on some of the more physically strenuous parts of the job working in tandem with human employees. still co butts are all too common. yeah. even though co bots are being adopted in the automotive industry,

it's only about 5 percent. and even then, they're actually focused on very limited tasks that involve rather limited interaction and collaboration with the human partner. so that may involve something like a hand off of an object to a human pop partner. or it may involve collaboratively lifting an object, a heavy object. so it's still a very narrow task, a start up noise, low robot x is working on expanding the functionality of cobra by acquitting them with cognitive skills. more complex sensors allow the robots to have a better perception of their environment and differentiate between humans and objects. through machine learning, the robots are expected to their new tasks much faster without having to be reprogrammed. robots have only ever performed supporting tasks like rubbing an object and placing it somewhere on the content of robots with their ability to

understand the environment and react to it's suddenly become skilled workers. there's no question. robles are incredibly useful when it comes to industrial work with advancing artificial intelligence and increasingly refined moto skills. they will be able to take on even more tasks. but do we really want robles to be working in all sectors? for example, what do you want a robot to help take care of your grandmother? either i love exercising. come and join me at united time to get moving in this german nursing home pepper. the robots is there to help guide the residence. the robots is also programmed to tell fairy tales and play games in can be a welcome change of pace for both the residents as well as for the caregivers. i think i like working with pepper. how bad is being, hey, i'm tick right now. and as you can see, the residents are also delighted because the peppers here to entertain the

residence, ideally the low, but should free up the caregivers, allowing them more time for individual care. but so far, the stuff is needed to supervise social robots like pepper should not be expected to do what humans can do, says robotics ethicist amy van waynesburg. oh, humans have the tendency to over trust the technology and to project. yeah, they want the robot to be, it's been so they believe in their mind that it is a friend. and i think especially when we're talking about people who are older and lonely in the home, we need to find more creative solutions so that they can have companionship. not a technology at a could exploit their tendencies and their varner is lot. the robots is geared specifically toward eliciting happy emotions. cuddly and soft with big eyes and

a warm body temperature. this robots ability to help patients with dementia is being tested in denmark. now men had to many people suffering from dementia tend to get lonely and become closed off from their surroundings. that's why it's important to have a high quality of life as you get older, you know, i see them in the, in that they are new is quincy. the 1st results from the study on low votes showed that were some positive effects, like making people smile. but researchers also found there were no significant improvements over all on the social well being of patience. the lucky we might want to say it's cute and cuddly and it has a certain temperatures like and hug it. if it's not your don, this is a product that has been designed to want you to hug it so that it can record your heart rate so that it can get more data out of you and provide benefit economic benefit for the company. amy van once berg as opposed to increasingly humanoid care robots. instead, they should resemble precisely what they are. machines in the robotics industry,

many beg to differ as the android sophia shows. social robots, like me, can help take care of the sick or elderly in many kinds of health care and medical uses. i can help communicate, give therapy, and provide social stimulation even and difficult situations. i'll be honest with you. i very much hope that sophia will never be my caregiver. i think using robust to replace human interactions is problematic. amy, when vines berg has a different approach when it comes to how robot technology should be used. we've seen the river pandemic that we are not taking good care of our caregivers. and if a robot can help us take care of our caregivers. and we have a really fantastic shot at using a technology for pick. one specific example, so called robotic exoskeletons, which help care give us lift and carry. robots can also run errands within care homes, but also out and about, we had

a look at how well this works in action. this delivery robot struggles that 1st, but soon managers to get back on track. starship technologies is one of the many companies integrating robots into their business model. the robots deliver packages and groceries, right to users, doorsteps in a stony as capital tallen t real. so lovey of is testing it out today, the surge didn't work as well as i was hoping, but otherwise i got what i, what i was hoping to get. and then placing and confirming the water was completely smooth as well. with the app. customers can place orders, track the delivery, and finally, unlock the lid to retrieve their goods. in tile, in each delivery costs $1.00 euro, you are fully in control of the timing much more so than was a human korea. so you can have the time and to your arrival. if you don't want to

interact, was a human for calling related reasons, for example, the robot can actually make you feel more safe. the robots drive autonomy slee, using a mix of computer vision and g, p as to arrive at their destination in order to avoid obstacles. along the way. there. equipped with 12 cameras, ultrasound sensors, radars, and neural networks. they move at 6 o'clock meters per hour, a brisk days spread pedestrian, but there are a few other limitations. first of all, volume, all delivery is limited and the range from the store is limited to. and sir, it, it cannot go up the stairs, especially for people with mobility issues. that's a problem. they have to go down and pick it up and hold it back up themselves. so it's still gonna take some time before robots will manage, climbing the stairs to your pop and door for people like me who live on the 5th floor. there's definitely room for improvement, but the developers are working on it and tell him these driverless delivery robots

from clever and have recently started operating in normal traffic speeds of up to 25 kilometers per hour. however, there are still humans in the background checking that everything runs smoothly. robots and humans working as a team. robotics expert, hey, need been a more beliefs. that is the way to go. personally, i think the best way of leveraging robotics technology is to have them interact and combine their abilities together with humans such that it's a synergistic combination. so if we combine the flexibility in at the patient abilities of the human and the abilities of manipulating and dealing with heavy object, repetitive motions doing something again and again from the robot that i think we get the best of both worlds. and we get something that enriches our human society to robots, improve our lives. and could you imagine working side by side with one? personally, i wouldn't mind having a robot co host was your take, let us know by ah

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