Of course, that means more than just turning English into bot-friendly 1's and 0's. RoboHow has to make explicit many parts of complex procedures that humans can simply infer -- like how to turn on an oven, or where to find needed ingredients. The plan is to eventually enable robots to search the internet for info or instructions they need to complete assigned tasks without external (read: human) intervention. For now, people have to identify, demonstrate and feed RoboHow the right data, as bots left to their own devices would inevitably grab bad or incomplete information. So, it seems that our future robot overlords still need us meatbags around... for a little while longer, at least.

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