A robot that can, from beginning to end, reliably wash dishes, take them out of an ordinary dishwasher and stack them into a cabinet, without breaking any dishes, and at a comparable speed to humans (<120% the average time)
Did they? The video you sent showed a robot placing a single cup from a sink into a dishwasher, and then placing a single can into a trash-can. This all looked pre-programmed.
By contrast, we require that the robot must be able to put away dishes in ordinary situations (it can’t know whether the dishes are ahead of time, or the precise movements necessary to put them away). We also require that it achieve a low error rate, which Boston Dynamics did not appear to report. Also, yes, the speed at which robots can do this is a major part of the prediction.
I guess not knowing where the dishes are head of time also rules out pre-training on the specific test environments, but it might be worth making that explicit, too.
Speed and ordinary dishwasher are pretty crucial here, right? Boston Dynamics claimed they could do this back in 2016, but much slower than the average human.
Did they? The video you sent showed a robot placing a single cup from a sink into a dishwasher, and then placing a single can into a trash-can. This all looked pre-programmed.
By contrast, we require that the robot must be able to put away dishes in ordinary situations (it can’t know whether the dishes are ahead of time, or the precise movements necessary to put them away). We also require that it achieve a low error rate, which Boston Dynamics did not appear to report. Also, yes, the speed at which robots can do this is a major part of the prediction.
Ah, my bad, missed that part.
I guess not knowing where the dishes are head of time also rules out pre-training on the specific test environments, but it might be worth making that explicit, too.