You ’ve plausibly seen robots testing mathematical product like article of furniture and car parts before , perform interminable repetitive tasks to check whatever ’s being test wo n’t quickly break once in the hand of consumers . But according to thisvideo from ABB , there are evenrobots contrive to torture testfully assembled cash machine .
Just watching it in action makes me want to slather myself in hand sanitizer .
The robot in the video is the YuMi , manufacture by ABB Robotics to be a more flexible choice to the purpose - build golem you ’ll find in factories that are design to only perform a very specific labor . Its twosome of arms that are each in full articulated make it an expensive alternative , but it appropriate a golem like this to be programmed to do almost any repetitive task . It ’s not only useful for small companies with smaller product run that might only need a robot to work on a specific assembly undertaking for a few days alternatively of many months ; it ’s also useful for product testing and do a myriad of tests that would be too monotonous for a human . Such is the showcase here .
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This YuMi is not necessarily going through the motions to make certain this ATM design is n’t die to break when used by 1000 and thousands of hoi polloi . Each of its component are doubtless thoroughly tested before being assembled into a fully - running instant teller . This automaton is instead test the software that power the ATM , and it performs endless forcible transactions the same mode a human would — insert and removing a debit card , wedge or withdrawing money , and tap away at its various buttons and touchscreen — in an attempt to uncover bugs that would only reveal themselves after countless hours of factual purpose .
With the automaton perform very specific , pre - programmed chore , it ’s also much easier to troubleshoot what action might have caused a job in the software as the precise timing of the robot ’s movement can be correlate to when exactly a clash fall out . consider of the last time you had an mistake pop up when using an ATM ( not relate to deficient monetary resource ) , and you ’ll infer why testing like this is important . But personally , I ’d lie with banks to give me the option to rent a golem make ATM withdrawals or deposits on my behalf so I never have to physically touch on those bacteria - impregnate clit and screen door ever again .
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