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A computer game being developed by Amazon, called Alexa Arena, is designed to harvest information on how humans interact with robots so the firm can train the machines on how best to go about their duties in offices and homes Robot Arm 6 Axis Oem

Amazon wants you to help train robots by playing a video game | New Scientist

The Alexa Arena game is designed to produce data about how humans and robots interact Amazon

The Alexa Arena game is designed to produce data about how humans and robots interact

Amazon has created a video game called Alexa Arena in which you interact with virtual robots. It is designed to gather data to train robots on how to behave around humans, but there are doubts over how many people will actually play the game.

Amazon has industrial robots for its vast warehouses but also develops consumer devices such as the Astro home robot, which launched in 2021. The robots are trained using data from physical …

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Amazon wants you to help train robots by playing a video game | New Scientist

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