I have trained a humanoid that could live in your house, but the creators warn

A HUMANOID robot called Draco 3 is being trained to perform everyday tasks and could one day do your dishes or cook for you at home.

US-based Sun took part in a training session demonstration for the robot at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas.

Professor Luis Sentis of the University of Texas, Austin moderated the session along with three colleagues.

They revealed how teaching a humanoid can involve four methods.

The first is kinesthetic education, which involves touching the robot.

A second method involves teleoperating where a human wears technology that connects to the robot and shows it how to move.

Humanoids like Draco 3 can also learn through passive observation.

That means they use artificial intelligence to observe and learn an activity, just like a child.

Last on the list are interactive demonstrations that also help AI robots on their way to success.

The SXSW training session involved typing code into a computer to create a series of inputs that would then be uploaded to the humanoid.

It can then respond to this input and perform the task for which it has been trained.

The researchers revealed that they would like to see humanoids like Draco 3 helping out at home and chasing after the elderly.

Professor Sentis revealed how they could even help replace human jobs as the population starts to shrink.

‘In Asia and Europe the population is declining very rapidly. I was born in Spain. In half a century we will have half of the Spanish people.

“We are 50 now, but we will be 25 million,” he told a small audience.

Sentis explained that robots can also help care for an aging population when there are fewer young people.

“Robots will become nursing support, I think that will be very important.”

Humanoids like Draco 3 may have great potential, but that doesn’t mean the risk of failure is zero.

When asked if evil humanoids are a real concern, he simply replied, “Of course.”

Sentis is less concerned about home robots becoming evil, but he did warn that having a large number of robots in the military could be a cause for concern.