Motion Capture Technology Will Make Programming Robots As Easy As Pie

For decades, getting a robot to do something as simple picking up a cup, opening a door, or even walking across a floor was a monumental, mind boggling feat of computer programming requiring millions of man hours from the best and brightest of PhD level technicians. No more. Moley Robotics, headquartered in London, has pioneered a method of training robots so brutally simple, it has hobbyists and university grad students kicking themselves in disgust. They have created a "robo chef" with two mechanical arms attached to a kitchen ceiling that can be installed in any home or restaurant, that can cook any appetizer, meal, or dessert you can imagine. Instead of tediously, programming and debugging the software of this robot, they simply attach motion control sensors to a human gourmet chef, and record the movements of his hands and fingers, while he cooks a steak or soup of the day. Afterwords, they just upload that information to his robot counterpart and tada ! You now have a fully trained robot chef ! The beauty of this breakthrough, is it will allow any robot to "learn" ANY activity. Walking, running, climbing stairs, throwing a ball, and sitting will simply be a matter of recording the motions of its human counterpart. To say this is revolutionary, is an understatement to say the least. Obviously, this gadget won't be cheap when its released in 2017, $15,000 is the starting price. But like anything else, the price should drop dramatically when competitors produce their own versions of this technology in the future.