Computer Vision News - January 2022

37 Mahdieh (Madi) Babaiasl of freedom to do it. It doesn’t need to be complex for your application. If the application is simple, use a simple robot.  I’d like to talk about the future with you. What is, in your opinion, the next big barrier that new robots are going to open for us? Robots are the future workers. Humans used to do these repetitive jobs that are troublesome for their shoulders, for their joints, for their backs. Also, they are not good for humans in terms of creativity. Robots can replace humans to do these jobs. Automation is so prevalent nowadays. There are autonomous vehicles that no one needs to drive. They can do the job for us. Also, in stores, you can see these robots clean the floors for us. Humans that used to do that job can use their creativity in other ways. Those are robots’ jobs. Robots can help us in those areas. They can do these repetitive jobs very easily for us. They can also augment someone’s work. For instance, a physical therapist can use a robot. It’s difficult on the joints to always work with patient after patient. A robot can help this therapist and augment his or her work for better treatment for the patient. One area that they are working on now is teleoperations. Robots can augment a surgeon’s work. Surgeons can have shaky hands. A robot can help to resolve this issue. Sometimes they replace a human’s job, and sometimes they augment a human’s job. Sometimes they replace a human’s job, and sometimes they augment a human’s job.