See Google's AI-Powered Robot At Work In A Kitchen

See Google's AI-Powered Robot at Work in a Kitchen


See Google's AI-Powered Robot at Work in a Kitchen

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Google PaLM-SayCan Robot

A Google PaLM-SayCan robot retrieves a bag of chips from a drawer in an employee kitchen area. The robot uses AI language processing to interpret human commands, then narrows down its range of possible responses using a set of about 100 general skills it's been trained to employ.

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Google PaLM-SayCan Robot Picks up a Can

A Google PaLM-SayCan Robot grasps a Pepsi can to put into a recycle bin.

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Google PaLM-SayCan Robot 'Face'

Google's robots, built by parent company Alphabet's experimental Everyday Robots division, have a collection of digital camera sensors, including a pair used for stereo vision depth perception.

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Sponge-Fetching Google PaLM-SayCan Robot

Google's PaLM-SayCan robots are able to interpret human instructions, for example by fetching a sponge after a human asked for help with a spilled drink. The human didn't ask for a sponge, but the robot concluded that getting one would be the best way to help from the range of skills it was trained to handle.

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Google Lacrosse Ball Catching Robot

Google trains robots to catch lacrosse balls, an exercise in precision and speed.

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Google Robot Plays Table Tennis

This Google robot slides rapidly from side to side along a track to bat a ping-pong ball back and forth with a human player. The work essentially helps Google improve robotic reflexes as the machines move through the real world.

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Google PaLM-StayCan Robots in Training

An octet of Google PaLM-StayCan Robots practices manipulations like opening drawers and grabbing objects

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Google PaLM-SayCan Robot Carries Chips

A Google PaLM-SayCan robot carries a bag of chips to a human who requested it.

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Google PaLM-SayCan Robot Face

The Everyday Robots machines have a glowing green rim around their faces to signify when they're active. It changes color or switches off in other circumstances.

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Google Android Statue With QR Code

Items in Google's robotics offices, including this large Android statue, are labeled with black-and-white QR codes for roaming robots to scan.

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Google PaLM-SayCan Robot Recycles a Can

A Google PaLM-SayCan Robot drops a Pepsi can into a recycle bin.

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Google PaLM-SayCan Robot

A suction-powered manipulator on a Google PaLM-SayCan robot knows just what objects to grab when asked to stack condiments in a blue tray.

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Google PaLM-SayCan Robot Burger

Google's PaLM-SayCan means robots know which ingredients to use when instructed to "build a burger," though perhaps a human wouldn't actually put a ketchup bottle atop the burger patty.

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Look out, Sponge

A Google robot spots a sponge among items on a countertop, with intent to grab it.

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A Google Grabs a Sponge

A Google robot grasps for a sponge among items on a kitchen counter

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