Griff in die Kiste
English translation: why not stray a bot and say: even modern robots are all fingers and thumbs
| 07:21 Apr 14, 2005 |
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| 4 +1 | why not stray a bot and say: even modern robots are all fingers and thumbs |
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| 3 +2 | bin picking |
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| 4 | haven't got any tricks up their sleeves |
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| 4 | "lucky dip" |
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| 3 | to pull the rabbit out of the hat |
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| 3 | trick box |
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| 3 | super-slick legerdemain |
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| 1 | "grab a toy" |
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17 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1why not stray a bot and say: even modern robots are all fingers and thumbs Explanation: in other words no way can they.... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2005-04-14 07:39:05 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- a BIT - I have a plaster on one finger and I keep hitting the wrong keys! |
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18 mins confidence:
to pull the rabbit out of the hat Explanation: ;-) |
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4 mins confidence:
trick box Explanation: trick box -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 28 mins (2005-04-14 07:49:32 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- pull a trick out of the bag / maybe box? |
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1 hr confidence:
super-slick legerdemain Explanation: A suggestion |
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1 hr confidence:
haven't got any tricks up their sleeves Explanation: Even the most modern robots haven't got any tricks up their sleeves... |
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1 hr confidence:
"lucky dip" Explanation: For me, this is the solution which commends itself; there really is no way to translate the original, so perhaps something like: "...even the most modern robots are not yet able to carry out "lucky dips" speedily - to dip quickly into a tray of different parts and accurately select the right component." This of course is something humans can do rather better, particularly with experience... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs 25 mins (2005-04-14 11:46:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Actually, Francis is not altogether wrong; one could always leave out the \"to carry out \"lucky dips speedily - \"; that gets the meaning over, although it loses the German \"Griff in die Kiste\" (rather strange, in the context, and rather inaccurate too) completely. No bad thing, on reflection.... |
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5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2bin picking Explanation: Except for Francis and David, I think we've all been getting it wrong. It does indeed appear to refer to picking random objects. Here's a definition of "Griff in die Kiste": http://afs.iff.uni-stuttgart.de/sada/angebote/studenten/stud... And here are two sites where this activity is called "bin picking": http://www.fanucrobotics.com/file_repository/FANUCmain/09040... http://www.roboticsonline.com/public/articles/archivedetails... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs 54 mins (2005-04-14 13:16:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry, CMJ_Trans also got it right |
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