Turetsky: Advanced computing power compensates for physical hardware defects in robotics
Dave Turetsky · a16z Podcast | The IQ and EQ of Robots · Jan 2, 2019 · at 32:28
Dave Touretzky, Carnegie Mellon University robotics professor, explains how improvements in computing power reduce the mechanical perfection required for functional robotic manipulators.
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“Computing power will make up for a lot of hardware defects. So if you have a underpowered Unreliable manipulator, but lots of good computing power. You can make that manipulator do amazing things, right?”
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