Robots readied to take on search-and-rescue duties (TOO COOL!)

Advanced Technology ^ | April 27, 2004 (10:48 AM EDT) | R. Colin Johnson

[NotQuiteCricket]

Wow! Maybe I'm silly to find this stuff exciting, but 5 years to have a functiong swarm? Man! Who knew? Sounds like something out of "minority report."

[TheBigB]

I've read too many MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTER comic books to believe any good can come from this. :^)

"Hello human. *beep* Are you lost? *beep* Do you require assistance?" *beep*

[4mycountry]

Actually, this sounds like something out of "Prey".

[JOAT]

I'm sure the benevolent government would NEVER use this technology for anything other than 'search-and-rescue.'

It would be 'Tin-foilish' to dare suggest that some bureaucrat might be tempted to deploy swarms just like they did in Minority Report, so I won't even suggest that they might....

[theFIRMbss]

Some Wisconsin clown will use the things to destroy a planet. Just watch.

[TomServo]

ROFLMAO!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Not the Nanites!!!

[TomServo]

Pssst. BTW - It's Minnesota. ;-)

[Constitution Day]

For military operations, the TerminatorBOT can perform many of the actions that human hands can perform, like using rope, pushing a button or pulling a trigger.

!!!

I don't like the sound of that.
For Pete's sake, they could have at least come up with a different name!

[theFIRMbss]

>Pssst. BTW - It's Minnesota. ;-)

(Yes, yes, but I think
Mike was from Wisconsin. Crow
visited Mike's home

in a couple of
episodes, and I think it
was in Wisconsin . . .)

[TomServo]

Now I didn't know that...I'll do some quick checking...

[TomServo]

OK - Mike is from Illinois. Joel is from Wisconsin. I'll stand semi-corrected. ;-)

[theFIRMbss]

>Mike is from Illinois. Joel is from Wisconsin...

Sorry, Wisconsin
Freepers. My post should have read,
"Some Illinois clown . . ."

[TheBigB]

"What's the name? Pelson?"

"Nelson"

"Felson, right?"

"No...Nelson."

"Okay just have a seat Mr. Pelson I'll be right with ya."

[TomServo]

Lol.

Karoke - ucchh-a-ooooo!!

[theFIRMbss]

Mike: Hi, everyone. Welcome to the Satellite of Love. As you can see, there's been some changes in Tom. It's a little difficult to explain. TomServo: Oh, not difficult at all, Mike. Acting on some ancient urge imprinted in my very genes, a few days ago I wriggled my way onto a twig and began squeezing a thin stream of liquid from my spinnerette, which I turned into a soft button of silk. Then, using wavelike movements of my body, I rolled my skin off toward my rear, exposing the soft, front parts of the pupae. It was already warm... Mike: Okay, okay. Okay, alright. The point is... TomServo: I'm a butterfly. And a glorious one at that! ... Mike: Hey, Servo! What happened to your, uh... TomServo: I'm still a beautiful butterfly, Mike. I've had a few unfortunate happenstances such as my wings being torn off in an industrial accident. Well that depressed me, so I ate alot of mallowmars and gained all the weight back. But I was soon feeling better and went back to work. But alas, somebody turned on the extruder while I was cleaning it and my bottom two pairs of delicate butterfly legs were ripped from me. Again depressed, I hit the pecan sandies -- hard -- and gained my remaining weight back and my remaining arms. My arms, by now in a metabolic frenzy, started to leech fats from my antennae, which made them so thin as to be invisible. But I am still a beautiful butterfly, Mike. And uh, butterflies are free to fly. Fly away, high away, bye bye. Oooooh! Mike: Well, makes sense. TomServo: And I still have my proboscis!

[TomServo]

How many episode do ya'll have taped??

[theFIRMbss]

>How many episode do ya'll have taped??

I used cheap, sale tapes
from Walgreens. Most of mine died.
I think I only

have about six left.
Today, after some lawn work,
I'll kick back and watch:

[TheBigB]

I have about 30 or so on tape.

[TheBigB]

I gotcher search-and-rescue robot right here...

(He crimefighting cover up a basic insecurity)

[TomServo]

I have 152 on tape and am currently collecting all of them "digitally". If interested, freepmail me. ;-)