Saturday, September 23, 2017

Robot arm versus Samurai Sword Master


I ran across this video a month or so ago.  Since I blogged yesterday about how robotics will take over lots of human jobs in the coming years, its wise to see just how good robotics can be.  I first saw a sword master cutting rolled bamboo mats as a kid in person.  It's freakin' amazing how good these guys (and gals) are, and how sharp and strong a katana is.  But this clip blew my mind.  I give the flower cut to the swordmaster.  But the pea pod cut is just plain amazing. 

A couple of lessons here:  Don't piss off a Japanese kendo master or a blue robotic arm holding a katana.  The longer term lesson is, if a robotic arm can be this precise, what jobs won't it be able to do in our future world?

No comments:

Post a Comment

Party City closing all stores and Big Lots "going out of business" sales

As public officials continue to tell us the economy is going well, the Retail Apocalypse continues apocalypting in the background.  The word...