Meta, sosiyete yahoze yitwa Facebook, yongeye gushaka uburyo bwo kwagura ibikorwa byayo nyuma y’imyaka myinshi ihangana n’ibibazo mu mishinga yayo yo kwagura ikoranabuhanga. Nyuma yo gutsindwa mu guhangana na Apple na Google ku isoko ry’ibikoresho nk’amatelefone, Meta yongeye gutangiza umushinga mushya: gutera imbere mu bwubatsi bw’ama robo y’abantu (humanoid robots).
Nk’uko byatangajwe na Bloomberg ku wa Gatanu, Meta yashyizeho itsinda rishinzwe gukora ama robo ashobora gukora imirimo yo mu rugo. Icyakora, intego nyamukuru y’uyu mushinga si ukwikorera ama robo gusa, ahubwo ni ugushyiraho urubuga rusangirwaho n’izindi sosiyete zishaka gukora aya mashini zifite ubushobozi bwo gukora imirimo inyuranye.
Kuki Meta yahisemo kwinjira mu ikoranabuhanga ry’ama robo?
Facebook ni imwe mu masosiyete yashinze imizi mu bijyanye n’imbuga nkoranyambaga guhera mu myaka ya 2000, ariko Meta, nka sosiyete igenga Facebook, Instagram na WhatsApp, ntirabasha kwigarurira isoko ry’ibikoresho byifashishwa kuri izo mbuga. Apple na Google byigaruriye isoko ry’amatelefone kuva mu ntangiriro z’imyaka ya 2000, bigatuma Meta ibura uko yinjira mu isoko ry’ibikoresho by’ikoranabuhanga.
Kugira ngo yongere guhangana ku rwego rw’ikoranabuhanga, Meta yagerageje gushora imari mu cyerekezo cyayo cya Metaverse, aho yagize uruhare rukomeye mu guteza imbere ikoranabuhanga ry’isi y’ikoranabuhanga (virtual reality) na augmented reality. Gusa, iyo mishinga ntiyagize intsinzi nk’uko byari byitezwe, ndetse isosiyete yahombye miliyari nyinshi z’amadolari kubera ukwanga kw’isoko.
Kwihutira kwinjira mu buhanga bw’ama robo y’abantu ni indi ntambwe Meta ishaka gutera kugira ngo igire aho yihagararaho mu ikoranabuhanga rigezweho. Ni uburyo bwo kongera amahirwe y’uko izagira uruhare runini mu bukungu bw’ikoranabuhanga, cyane cyane ko ama robo y’abantu ari mu bintu bikomeje kwitabwaho ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
Ingaruka ku isoko ry’ama robo
Meta ishaka guhita yinjira mu buhanga bw’ama robo mu buryo buhura n’uburyo yakoze ku mbuga nkoranyambaga. Niba ibasha gushyiraho urubuga rwifashishwa n’abandi mu gukora ama robo, izaba ishyizeho ikintu kigereranywa n’uburyo yagenzuye imbuga nkoranyambaga ku isi hose.
Ibi bishobora gutuma Meta iba kimwe mu bigo bikomeye by’ikoranabuhanga byagira uruhare rukomeye mu iterambere ry’ama robo. Niba ama robo ya Meta abashije gukora imirimo yo mu rugo, bishobora gutuma ihangana n’ibigo byamaze kwinjira muri uru rwego nka Tesla ya Elon Musk, Boston Dynamics, na Figure AI.
Ikindi kandi, Meta yizeye ko iyi gahunda nshya izayifasha kubona andi mahirwe yo kugira ijambo rikomeye mu iterambere ry’ikoranabuhanga, cyane cyane ku rwego rw’ibikoresho bikorana n’ubwenge bw’ubukorano (AI-powered robotics).
Mbese Meta izabigeraho?
Nubwo Meta yagerageje kwagura ibikorwa byayo mu myaka icumi ishize, ibikorwa byinshi byayiranze ntibyagize intsinzi nk’uko yabyifuzaga. Ikigo cyashinze imizi ku mbuga nkoranyambaga, ariko nticyigeze kibasha kwigarurira isoko ry’ibikoresho by’ikoranabuhanga byifashishwa kuri izo mbuga. Ubushoramari bwa miliyari nyinshi bwakozwe mu mushinga wa Metaverse nabwo ntabwo bwatanze umusaruro ukwiye, kuko abantu benshi batabyitabiriye nk’uko byari byitezwe.
None se, ama robo y’abantu yaba inzira izafasha Meta kubona intsinzi yari imaze igihe ishaka? Ubu ni bwo buryo bushya isosiyete yishyizemo, ariko igisubizo kizagaragara mu myaka iri imbere, bitewe n’uko isoko rizabyakira ndetse n’uburyo abantu bazemera gukoresha aya mashini mu buzima bwabo bwa buri munsi.