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Capabilities
These capabilities are going to take YEARS of coding to achieve and will require
MILLIONS of lines of code to pull off. That said, they are what will bring the
robot to life and make him practical and useful.
Lawn Care
I'd like the robot to be able to mow my lawn and weedwack the edges.
Farming
I'd like the robot to be able to maintain a flower and vegetable garden.
Perhaps a fruit tree or two as well.
Misc Chores
I'd like the robot to be able to take out the trash, cook, and clean the house. Also do the
laundry, fold and put away the clothes.
Dancing
I'd like the robot to be capable of doing dancing because it would be hilarious and
wildly entertaining. It would make for some viral video opportunities on Youtube as well.
Plus, it would form the ideal opportunity to test the robots balancing algorithms and make
the robot's inverse kinematics very advanced, fluid, and graceful.
Conversations
I'd like the robot to be capable of receiving voice commands and having basic conversational
skills. It would not be able to have true deep conversations, but would have some minimal
conversational capabilities for amusement and companionship reasons. It will also have the
ability to lipsync as it speaks through speakers in the mouth. In addition, it will be
able to make a full range of facial expressions which will be done via motors inside the head
pulling on strings that run to the various parts of the face underneath the silicone skin of
the face and pull on the skin to make the skin warp in the way that the muscles of the face
would normally pull on the skin of the face to control facial expression. Importantly, I want
the robot to actually learn from conversations it has both online and in person, taking notes
of things that are said and remembering them and gaining knowledge by it and growing more
advanced because of it. So speaking with the robot will actually program the robot and teach it.
Manufacturing
I'd like the robot to be able to manufacture some products that I sell online and also be able
to box and ship orders when they come in. (He would place the box outside the front door and
schedule a USPS pickup). He would also keep track of inventory and order things as needed when
running low on materials.
Painting
I'd like the robot to be able to paint paintings and upload time-lapse videos of these paintings
being created to Youtube. He would also be able to livestream doing paintings on Twitch.tv in
front of a live audience. I can also sell these paintings online or in a gallery.
These are some of my most exciting ideas. I have many more ideas, but this list need not be
comprehensive. More to come!
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