How Robots Will Help Humans Conquer The Moon 

You really tried, Fraser. I could almost feel your pain as you continued to try to get her to make an actual detail-specific response in the most polite ways possible. She is definitely a master of meaningless answers.

This is one of my favorite topics in the new space era and I was very excited to listen to this interview. Now I know that anesthesia can also be delivered through human speech.

Your questions were way more fascinating than her vague answers.

On the moon it's handy to have a robot to walk the dog. But Seriously, the biggest problem is going to be regolith grinding down the gears in its joints. That stuff is the definition of abrasive.

Today I learned to hold my finger on the screen for 2xx speed..

We already have a robot that washes dishes. It's called a dishwasher.

An occasional ‘Fraser’s Dreams’ segment would be really cool. We’re twenty years ahead of where I thought we’d be and I’m terrified. I really appreciate the steady drip of optimism from my favorite Canadian on the internet.

Fraser, you have made a positive impact in my life

Great work, I wouldn't be able to have put together an interview like you do. You're able to deviated the conversation into futuristic topics and keep the scientist comfortable with the conversation. Keep up the good work

2x for the Win......

1.5 speed a must

Suggest people watch side-by-side some videos of the Apollo lunar EVAs vs. ISS EVAs. It quickly becomes obvious that astronauts working in the 1/6g of the Moon are VASTLY more effective, more effective , and more comfortable than astronauts working in microgravity. For the simple reason that humans evolved in a gravity field over millions of years, with zero experience in microgravity. This is an important factor that is commonly overlooked.

"Water ice for beathing" sounds so absurd outside of this context.

Very interesting interview and future vision. Thank you.

Yes!!! Fraser, love your videos man :)

English isn’t her native language so a lot of forgiveness is allocated. However, inflection is cross cultural an no excuse for being boring. Can you imagine having her as a professor? Such a fun topic. Please take another stab at it when you can. I’m sure there are a boat load of other enthusiastic experts out there!

Right know we are on the verge of an industrial revolution in space. Hopefully that process doesn’t take too long so we can move on to the next phase.

The concept of connectedness/awareness within the spacesuit via feedback systems of autonomous or even manned equipment eg. construction or mining equipment operating nearby to a lunar astronaut is an important point - on Earth we are aware of machines around us by their sound when out of sight (& with limited peripheral vision in a helmet); there will be no situational awareness noise on the moon when operating outside of habitats, making the risk of accidents that much greater than on Earth.

This interview reminded me a bit of the Delta-V series by Daniel Suarez that I just finished reading (slight spoilers ahead). In it they do asteroid (and lunar) mining via humanoid telepresence robots utilizing very high quality virtual/alternate reality interfaces. So in the series the majority of "surface" operations are conducted by operators on a spaceship safe behind radiation shielding and in spin gravity but basically acting like they're on the surface via VR interfaces. For operations on the moon, they also used software to effectively mask the effects of lower gravity by dampening the VR inputs so it feels to the operator much more like operating in normal earth gravity. The idea is that it gets around some of the issues with AI (trustworthiness, decision making, etc.) without actually exposing astronauts to excessive harm. You also get the human ingenuity that AIs seem to lack (at least so far) able to quickly respond to various things. Theoretically (spoiler, like in the book when you have a spin gravity space station at moon L2) it also allows you to have someone who is trained as a miner as opposed to trained as an astronaut to operate the robot since the person just needs to be close enough to have very low light lag to the robot so there's not much input lag. Obviously it's a sci-fi book and relies on some tech advances we haven't seen yet, but conceptually it's an interesting idea and way to utilize robots

Such great conversations on this channel

I like the idea of robots building more robots. We can't make computer chips in space but if the robots can build the body we can make the computer chips and boards on Earth. The robots can do the final assembly. This would be more cost-effective than building the entire robot on Earth.

This was great! It would be smart to be able to recycle broken or miscreated 3D printed robots. Wouldn't want to waste all that material.

you are an inspiration fraser

Robots + AI. Eventually, we'll be able to send a whole fleet of robots wherever we want, and in time, they'll be able to build everything we need to humans to show up and live, do research, etc.

We've had robots that can wash dishes for us for decades. They're called "dishwashers" and have been deployed at scale in much of the developed world.

A wasteland of broken down robots and scattered robot parts some seemingly caught up in mid motion, frozen forever. Oh that lunar dust; that damn lunar dust.

Can I suggest that the robots on the moon have self-righting mechanisms, if only to prove mankind learns from its' mistakes.

a team of atlas bots building habitats on mars and the moon, how cool wouldnt that be?

By the time of the lunar colony construction, I think robots will be capable of doing the whole thing by themselves with little or no human supervision.

I always love the interviews! Prof. Gao did nothing to assuage my concerns about what AI is going do to society in the short and long term.

What an awesome idea! Robots add a dimension of possibilities. As long as we never set into motion self replicating machines that create a collective consciousness with survival instincts.

This was great 🌌🚀👨‍🚀

What’s the difference between Boeing’s Orion capsule and their Star Liner? Why has star liner been such a long journey but Orion was ready first?

Assuming a black hole spins at the speed of light would the centrifigal force at some point or elevation offset the gravity, and thus the compression on a unit of matter?

I used to own a vintage automaton from 1932 called Gypsy Grandma It was a fortune teller arcade machine that moved her head and hands and gave you a card with your fortune on it. I think we are still there

You are advocating Von Neumann machines. Have you read Beserker by Fred Saberhagen ?

I wonder if they could do some local cloud computing. Like, maybe have a hardened computing container that would be the offloaded brain for any robots that connects to it. That way if any robots needed more power the others could temporarily disconnect. But, the creation of more efficient AI algorithms would have benefits for Earth as well.

139 comments and one more. (I love robots) (In all eras) (Even parrallel timelines where I'm totally different I still love robots)

autonomous operation isnt required for lunar operations... have the rovers controlled like drones from Utah

i wish we would go back to calling them robits like in the olde days.

instead of this, How about how Robots Will Help us Humans on the EARTH ?!?

Very interesting interview Fraser, i know some people thought talking to the Good Doctor was like pulling teeth. I think the Doctor only really deal's in facts and doesn't really indulge in speculation. I spent one of the longest hours of my life with a mathematician and a lawyer it reminded me of the Good Doctor answers. Interesting but not so exciting I'm not sure she will go down that well at the Comedy Store!!! . PEACE AND LOVE TO EVERYONE ❤❤.

When FC mentioned the robots saving us all at the end of the interview, I could not help but think it depends on who owns the robots. If it is someone like Bernie Sanders we'll be okay, but its more likely to be Elon, or Bezos. In other words, we're screwed my dudes. 😳

The volatile mining will be done in the dark at cryogenic temperatures.

I couldnt after 10min. I appreciate your effort in terms of talking to scientists, but sometimes you have to keep your mind on the content and delivery first.

The moon is already "conquered". Structures on the dark side of the moon hmmm 🤔?

i hope this is not taken the wrong way, but i'm never sure if the reason the answers are vague is because the work hasn't progressed beyond the "common sense" stage yet...or because the interviewee tries to formulate his thoughts in the most basic of language (like talking to children). i suspect this audience would like a bit more in dept discussions, even if just for a 10min segment towards the end maybe. just a bit of constructive criticism.

If my brain worked like it used to I'd start a company making very cheap machines that require constant feedback. A typical 'robot' used in manufacture is very precise and very expensive but AI can remove most of those needs. I am able to use a saw to cut wood to high precision and yet don't have 1% of a robots precision ... because I can respond to feedback. A robot that can watch what is doing and adjust to give the right result would be very cheap and very capable.

The image at ~ 0:30 gave me some ideas! If we were to indeed construct some permanent moon bases, such that the human habitation/ construction areas on the moon eventually became visible from earth, I wonder how this would affect the reality-deniers here... Those idiots who think we've never/ could never go to the moon would need to re-examine their delusions. The flat earthers out there who also think that 'space is a myth,' they'd also need to update their delusions. And so forth and so on... It would certainly make arguments much more comical. But we already know that these delusions aren't based on rational positions and intellectual deduction, so really, we shouldn't expect this to change. Even if these reality-deniers could see various constructions on the moon, as well as artificial lights here and there, they would- no doubt- insist that the moon is a hologram! If your opponent can insist that a blue sky isn't really blue, there's really no point in engaging with such people...

No way of Co-working!!!. My ExoPods will be FULLY autonomous and self repairing. They do carry spare parts and tools for the work needed. By 2033, there will be more of 50 units of these and we can talk to them as they work or so surveys for us. All simulator trained first then insitu/local proximity training on live video. Each has 3 360deg cameras, plus tri-directional short range for frontal working on mutiple arms....He3 mining baby ....

What will be the substrate of the Chinese lunar 3d printer?

She's so vague, anyone can come say robots need to be guided by humans. Theres the recap. You're welcome

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Fraser, you really tried. Can't win em all though

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Like to see nasa flood mars with boston dynamics Spots rebots all over mars transit video pictures. Apply solar power on rebots some how.

Just find it strange how there's so many delays and obstacles to setting foot on the moon given it was supposedly achieved 50 years ago. You'd almost think SpaceX was given a task that NASA could rely on to not be achieved anytime soon and thus be the fall guy for perpetual delays. The first proof of concept should have been on earth in an insulated environment, then on the moon and then on Mars etc. The whole moon base reeks. Let's see if they do it before 2029 or 2069.

She would argue. Ok

I’m not gonna be rude so all I can say is listen to it at 1.25x speed. Improves the listening experience.

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I hope the Europeans and the Chinese also join the scientific space age. ❤

Hi Frasier. I have a question: so the plan to send starship hls to the surface of the moon. The astronauts suit up, take the external elevator down to the surface, and when finished, hop on the elevator. What happens if the elevator fails, and these astronauts, low on oxygen, are stuck three stories down from the entrance? There is no rescue craft, no rocket boots... what is the solution?

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Never had I heard a more boring conversation on such an interesting topic!

Bots colonizing moon.

Question: Last night out of nowhere this question surfaced in my mind. How far have we traveled around the milky way since the onset of humans? Does this perspective limit our ability to truly understand our universe?

Robots will help us conquer the moon, mars, the whole solar system and then us..

Has anyone heard news from the research team doing A.I communication. Trying to answer.....???? Can A.I help us talk to Flat Earther's

the rots come march one byone.. one hurray! advatage to being a robot is they do not have to stop to scartch thier bum but might have to inorder to llok more human stop to tie their shoes.

Why don't robots have the right to hallucinate and do drugs, technically they can't be harmed by it so why would you stop them don't they have some rights or do they not probably have any free will?

'Conquer' seems a tad too much. Kind of implies glorious slaughter of worthy enemies. Here it's justs bots and rocks. Meh.

By jove people are starting to figure out the true long-term plan. It's almost like there's a reason the boring company drill fits almost perfectly inside of starship. It's almost like everything is designed for a Mars colony. Electric vehicles that don't need oxygen, a boring company machine that builds the walls of the tunnel, humanoid robots... But they still need heavy construction equipment. I wonder if Elon mentioned something in the last financial live stream about anything involving another product coming up that would need to be able to be fully automated... Maybe almost everyone missed him talking about another product that could be fully automated.... Aside from heavy construction equipment, I can't think of anything else..... When are people going to put two and two together

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Lol chinese tofu dreg construction on the moon? Can't wait

Slow talker. Nice lady, but....

Fraser! I knew you were skeptical of Starship, but didn't think you'd stoop to dispairiging them and spreading fear and lies. I'm 99% sure you KNOW Starship won't put methane into the atmosphere, but you blurted out (@ 36:32) about, "...imagining this dystopian future with hundreds of SpaceX Starships taking off every day belching methane into the atmosphere to to drop stuff on the moon..." Seriously! 🤨 Upon review, you DID put that out as ideas coming forth from OTHER people's imaginings, so I don't think YOU really think that; but just tossing that out there without clarification is...unsettling. ♥✌

She would have put me to sleep. I'm sorry but I had to skip a lot of what she said. Was horribly slow.

How uninteresting to listen to? I fell asleep twice!

"Conquer" - why it has to be always militaristic jargon?

How come the moon and the earth are slowly moving apart. Why does Gravity not pull them slowly together

Boring