Robot Arms

idea

List of 50 projects to build with robot arms (with SO-100 in mind):

Software

1. Robot arm to feed you snacks while you work
2. Robot arm to tidy up your desk when you are not there
3. Robot arm to high five you when you have an accomplishment
4. Robot arm to shake your hand when you enter a room
5. Robot arm to play tic tac toe
6. Robot arm to pet your pet
7. Add force feedback on teleoperated leader arm
8. Contribute to an open source project (LeRobot, PhosphoAI)
9. Use camera on robot arm to make 3d reconstructions
10. Robot arm to pass the butter at the dinner table
11. Robot arm to say “what are thooooooose”
12. New teleoperation modalities
13. Implement reinforcement learning
14. Implement diffusion policy
15. Robot arm to remove 3D printed parts of of print bed
16. Robot arm to fold laundry
17. Robot arm to play the piano
18. Robot arm to pour drinks
19. Robot arm to play rock paper scissors
20. Robot arm to water houseplants
21. Robot arm to assist with cooking tasks (stirring, flipping)
22. Robot arm to draw
23. Robot arm to steep your tea
24. Robot arm to automatically plug/unplug charging cables
25. Robot arm to play chess or checkers
26. Robot arm to deal cards in poker
27. Robot arm to play air hockey
28. Robot arm to perform shadow puppets
29. Robot arm to give gentle massages
30. Robot arm to assist elderly with medication sorting
31. Robot arm to wake you up
32. Robot arm to assist with circuit assembly and soldering
33. Robot arm to solve jigsaw puzzles or models
34. Robot arm to perform synchronized dance routines with other robot arms
35. Robot arm to decorate cakes or pastries
36. Robot arm to decorate latte art
37. Robot arm to mix cocktails
38. Robot arm to slice fruits or vegetables
39. Robot arm to sort mail
40. Robot arm to organize inventory items on shelves
41. Robot arm to assist in packaging and boxing items
42. Robot arm to perform quality inspections visually
43. Robot arm to restock retail displays automatically
44. Robot arm to plant seeds in garden beds
45. Robot arm to sort harvested produce by size
46. Robot arm to collect fallen leaves or debris
47. Robot arm to simulate a pet (patting, playing fetch)
48. Robot arm to pop bubble wrap
49. Robot arm to ring a bell when a task is done
50. Robot arm to handwrite cards
51. Robot arm to disable a bomb (cut wires)
52. Put a robot arm on wheels

• who’s ready to build some robots!

• this all started one night when I was deep in thought thinking that there are so man ynew AI startups coming up working towards agi, but the vast majority of the things we do are in real life

• we have all this crazy infrastructure to manipulate bits, but barely any to manipulate atoms, even though it is the majority of our tasks

• so why? why do we have so much software but no hardware? the most important problem in the world is

• it’s because the ea

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