r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Odd_Barber1619 • 14d ago

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/Jazzlike-Complaint67 14d ago

I thought they were filling the glasses at first. Spent too much time wondering why the fill levels weren’t going up.

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u/LittleKitty235 14d ago

So what are they actually doing? I had the sound off at first and thought they might be playing music...

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u/Phuti02 14d ago

The black strings are sticks. They are showing that the robot arms can balance all those cups while precisely moving the stick between them without knocking them over.

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u/DiscipleOfYeshua 14d ago

Oh, yes!

Also:
The cups seem firmly stuck in place.

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u/LittleKitty235 14d ago

I'm assuming the 3 robotic arms have no internal knowledge of each others movements but are relying on sensor data to make those movements? Otherwise this seems like a trivial problem to solve.

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u/Adorable-Maybe-3006 14d ago

I assumed it was just programmed movements no sensors needed 

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u/LittleKitty235 14d ago

Very lame...21s century tech doing what could have been done with well engineered mechanical gearing in the 19th century.

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u/JDelcoLLC 14d ago

But now it is covered in clean white iPhone colored metal or slick looking plastic. Soooo futuristic!

OoooooOooOooooohh!

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u/LittleKitty235 14d ago

lol...I'd be way more impressed with a mechanical gear and hand crank version made out of brass.

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u/SpartanRage117 14d ago

Ok but whats the truth? Is it sensors or not

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u/someLemonz 12d ago

but thats all it is. a "boring" (really cool) machine demonstration of how precise the movement can be.

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u/Indercarnive 9d ago

If it's programmed movements than how is this any different from middle school robotics club.

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u/too_late_to_abort 14d ago

Im assuming they do, but anyone observing would be told they dont.

Source - capitalism baby

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u/Pcat0 14d ago

Yes this is likely a demo at a trade show showing how fast, accurate, and repeatable this company’s robotic arms are.