Robots are finally learning to understand what 'to the left' actually means
Engineers are developing spatial reasoning systems that allow robots to interpret relative directions based on their own orientation and the perspective of human users.
Teaching robots to understand spatial directions like to the left is surprisingly difficult because these terms are relative rather than absolute. While a computer can easily navigate to precise GPS coordinates, it often struggles to determine if an object is to its left or the user's left.
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