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Interesting:

- mentions military application without further comment, then dwells on elder care

- 21:05 robotics platform like "the android of robotics"

- 38:50 struggling with safety

- 48:00 "Im sure we will use learning before too long" Im surprised they arent using a lot of machine learning here.

For the vast majority of robotics and controls traditional methods often have the best (implementation + research)/time value. Using any kind of machine learning usually means a lot of research and implementation time for widely varying results. Maybe if you had some ML specialists that could accelerate implementation and direct you on the right path, ML approaches could become more popular.

The simplest and most practical use of ML is in CV. I'd be surprised if they weren't doing some of that.

They aren't. You see QR code everywhere. I feel they are at the point I was before going into deep learning: they recognized the buzz pattern of an overhyped tech and won't believe it provides immediate gain until they try.

The video also pairs well with the penultimate Black Mirror episode in the latest season (S4E5, "Metalhead").

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