Lose yourself in this Ridesharing Forum story, wherein twice a day, you’ll see drones flying to your home, taking your deliveries to your doorstep. Sounds cool, but is this genuine?
Your Amazon crafting this software by humanoids
Amazon is reportedly working out on this software for humanoid robots that could perform the role of delivery work and “spring out” of their vans.
The technology company, its founder, and its consumers co-own, is presently constructing a “humanoid park” in the United States to test these robots, according to news reporters.
For sure, you also felt the stupidity of drone deliveries taking over human workers who are hired to get their share of the revenue from Amazon, which this story refers to as the tech company from the previous statements.
You might have probably heard of the threats from AI from over the Internet, saying that they are going to take over the work of human beings.
Amazon is in development of this AI software that would power up robots, but will use hardware that other companies crafted, those correspondents are saying.
Are these humanoids they are pointing towards? Humanoids are entities, either real or unreal, resembling these humans in appearance or qualities. This term applies to robots or fictional characters in several stories.
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The media stated that this indoor obstacle course being utilized for the tests at Amazon’s San Francisco headquarters are approximately the size of a coffee shop, with the company in high hopes that robots can travel on Rivian vans that Amazon drives, making deliveries from them.
These robots or humanoids are in fusion with self-driving cars via this unpopular, never-heard unit. Rivians are electric car manufacturers or auto brands with over 20,000 units in the country, placing the vans in the humanoid testing zone, the reports are saying as well. They go on “field trips” where they try to deliver packages to homes.
Parties saying it’s ‘hype for now’
The working principle of these humanoid robots is what certain individuals are inquiring about, such as this professor at the University of Edinburgh, who oversees robot learning and autonomy, stating that, “If Amazon restricts the scope, which means using relatively clear driveways and standard layouts of doors and surroundings, then the task would be quite a bit simpler. As the environments become more complex and variable, and others enter the picture – such as pets and small children – the problems become harder.”
The professor is optimistic about the project, with the Ridesharing Forum team in favor of this, too.
Yet, there are specific groups saying this is simply a hype “for now,” that Amazon delivery consumers will still wake up to see their packages at their locations as it is.
“We are moving toward a future where machines will handle all the manual/repetitive tasks, and we will become managers of these machines. As humans, understanding how these machines operate and their limitations is key to addressing the gaps they cannot close,” Saee Pansare, a food industry and grocery innovation expert formerly at Amazon and now with DoorDash.