It’s finally here! Mobile ALOHA, the new low-cost bimanual mobile robot housekeeper is the latest advancement in robotics and artificial intelligence technology. Developed by Stanford University researchers, this amazing robot can be trained to perform a variety of household tasks, from cooking food to wiping spills and arranging chairs. What’s even more impressive is that this robot is powered by an off-the-shelf laptop with a Nvidia 3070 Ti GPU, and a battery that also acts as a 14kg balancing weight. With Mobile ALOHA, we can now have robot housekeepers at a fraction of the cost of what was previously thought possible.
What sets Mobile ALOHA apart from other robots is its ability to use a process of imitation learning. With this process, the robot can learn from human demonstrations and be able to complete a task up to 90% of the time. To further enhance its efficiency, the robot is equipped with an algorithm called Action Chunk with Transformers (ACT). This algorithm reduces task complexity by predicting action in chunks.
The fact that Mobile ALOHA is open source means that we can soon expect more hardware developments created for the platform, driving the costs down even further. Mobile ALOHA is a major advancement in robotics and a glimpse of the future of artificial intelligence technology. We can now look forward to having robot housekeepers a lot sooner than we thought. With Mobile ALOHA, the future is here!
