Strangers taught Machenta's robot at King's Cross
Machenta put a robot in a London train station and let the public teach it with objects out of their own bags. Elsewhere, a humanoid trained only in simulation claims 91% success across 360 real trials.
Shown this week
Machenta took its one-demo robot to King's Cross station
Machenta brought a robot into the middle of London's King's Cross station and let members of the public walk up with their own objects and teach it on the spot. Edward Johns says it was the first time the public taught the robot directly, a week after the company announced itself.
For the first time, we let members of the public walk up with their own objects and teach a robot on the spot.
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