Robot Coffee Cups? Self-Driving Trivets? AI Researchers Made It Happen

Robot Coffee Cups? Self-Driving Trivets? AI Researchers Made It Happen

Scientists found a way to animate everyday objects and predict your next move, so your stapler is always nearby when you need it.

Non-Humanoid AI Assistance Robots

Desk items mounted to  wheels ready to assist at the call of an AI system, image: Carnegie Mellon University via CNET   Much of the attention around AI and robotics is focused on creating human stand-ins, multi functional humanoid bots. This research out of Carnegie Mellon, instead, asks: what if everything was a robot? A stapler that appears only once you have gathered up a stack of papers, or  hot cup of coffee that moves itself out of the way…

Robot Coffee Cups? Self-Driving Trivets? AI Researchers Made It Happen - WorldNL Magazine

Picture this: You're making cookies for a holiday get-together, and things have gotten hectic in the kitchen. You've opened the oven door, donned the oven mitts and grabbed a hot metal tray of warm snickerdoodles. You turn around to place them on the countertop and… whoops, you forgot to prepare something for the tray to rest on. As you weigh your options, you notice that some trivets have started to move out from their storage space on the coun…