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01-13-2018, 08:23 AM
The robots of CES are a joke
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The robots of the future are, well, still figuring things out.
That was the overwhelming takeaway from CES (http://mashable.com/category/ces-2018/), the world's largest tech convention, held this past week in Las Vegas. From a laundry-folding bot that couldn't fold laundry (http://mashable.com/2018/01/09/foldimate-laundry-folding-robot-ces-2018/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source), to an AI-powered helper that refused to help (http://mashable.com/2018/01/08/ces-lg-robot-fail?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source), to an in-home mechanical maid (http://mashable.com/2018/01/09/aeolus-helper-robot-ces-2018/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source) that kept dropping stuff, the dream of robotic friends making our lives easier is clearly a long way off.*
SEE ALSO: The biggest trend at CES was sleeping through CES (http://mashable.com/2018/01/12/ces-trend-sleep/)
But apparently no one bothered to communicate that fact to the exhibitors and companies showcasing their latest contributions to the technology-fueled utopian delusion that is CES. Both corporate behemoth and niche manufacturer alike demoed a series of robots that, while (for the most part) slickly packaged, failed to deliver on their core promise — whatever it happened to be.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/12/ces-robots/)
More about Ces (http://mashable.com/category/ces/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Robots (http://mashable.com/category/robots/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Ai (http://mashable.com/category/ai/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Aibo Dog (http://mashable.com/category/aibo-dog/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Ces 2018 (http://mashable.com/category/ces-2018/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/-FQ35rw674E
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The robots of the future are, well, still figuring things out.
That was the overwhelming takeaway from CES (http://mashable.com/category/ces-2018/), the world's largest tech convention, held this past week in Las Vegas. From a laundry-folding bot that couldn't fold laundry (http://mashable.com/2018/01/09/foldimate-laundry-folding-robot-ces-2018/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source), to an AI-powered helper that refused to help (http://mashable.com/2018/01/08/ces-lg-robot-fail?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source), to an in-home mechanical maid (http://mashable.com/2018/01/09/aeolus-helper-robot-ces-2018/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source) that kept dropping stuff, the dream of robotic friends making our lives easier is clearly a long way off.*
SEE ALSO: The biggest trend at CES was sleeping through CES (http://mashable.com/2018/01/12/ces-trend-sleep/)
But apparently no one bothered to communicate that fact to the exhibitors and companies showcasing their latest contributions to the technology-fueled utopian delusion that is CES. Both corporate behemoth and niche manufacturer alike demoed a series of robots that, while (for the most part) slickly packaged, failed to deliver on their core promise — whatever it happened to be.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/12/ces-robots/)
More about Ces (http://mashable.com/category/ces/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Robots (http://mashable.com/category/robots/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Ai (http://mashable.com/category/ai/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Aibo Dog (http://mashable.com/category/aibo-dog/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Ces 2018 (http://mashable.com/category/ces-2018/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/-FQ35rw674E