The demonstration shows robots following spoken instructionsNatural language robot instruction lets a person direct a robot using ordinary spoken or written language instead of a fixed control interface. to identify, move and store household objectsRobotic object manipulation is the ability of a robot to identify, grasp, move, orient or place physical objects., including tools, a toy and a watering can. The tasks require the machines to interpret object descriptions, destinations and ordered steps in a shared environment.
Google DeepMind presents the sequence as multi-robot collaborationMulti-robot collaboration is the coordinated use of two or more robots that communicate and divide work toward a shared objective.: different robot typesA heterogeneous robot team combines different robot types so their distinct physical or sensing capabilities can contribute to one task. communicate and divide a workflowMulti-robot task allocation assigns parts of a shared objective to robots according to their capabilities, locations and current workload. that would be harder for one machine to complete alone. Channel subscription and social-media promotion are omitted.
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