EPFL research proposes measuring robot 'foolishness' via regret minimization

Researcher duchaaiki, citing an arXiv paper on regret optimal control, proposes a thought experiment measuring robot foolishness by battery consumption in tasks like moving a hook, where a dumb robot drags a 50kg rice bag instead of unhooking it.

2026-09-12 ~ 2026-09-12 · 2 related posts

• Robot drags a 50kg rice bag needlessly — how do we measure robot "stupidity"? — ducha_aiki · 2026-09-12
• Regret optimal control: EPFL paper offers a metric for measuring robot stupidity — ducha_aiki · 2026-09-12