Presenting American Robot Servants

MensNewsDaily.com NEWSWIRE ^ | September 26, 2005 | Roger F. Gay

[RogerFGay]

ping

[steveo]

Can it fetch me a beer?

[RogerFGay]

Trust me .. I have a reason for posting this to the Swedish list.

[RogerFGay]

"Can it fetch me a beer?"

I think so ... as long as it weighs less than 100 pounds.

[longtermmemmory]

so basically it is a mobile tv security camera.

we are still waiting for a real robot servent. This seems decades behind the sony robot.

[cloud8]

The blue one is kinda cute. Put a blonde wig on it...

[Tijeras_Slim]

It will assist the housing bubble by "building many houses."

[RogerFGay]

No, I hope you didn't get the impression that it's just a mobil tv from the article. It's more than that.

It's behind some of the Japanese robots ... but not at this price point and current specialized purpose.

[edcoil]

Maybe it can tell the idiots in NO to get out before the next hurricane. If you think about it, robots cannot be any smarter then those they are suppose to assist and there are a lot of dummies in the world that cannot get out of their own way.

Sad, but true commentary.

[Reaganesque]

I'm having visions of a cranky old lady beating Emily with her cane, screaming "STOP FOLLOWING ME AROUND!!!".

[RogerFGay]

Who is Emily?

[Reaganesque]

The robot's name is Emily.

[RogerFGay]

Oh that ... you must have visited their website.

At least one of them is named Emily.

[Dead Corpse]

Law 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Law 2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

Law 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

[Reaganesque]

Come to think of it...a mindless robot that follows you around everywhere you go asking annoying questions...hmmm, they could name it "Cindy Sheehan"!

[fr_freak]

How long before these things become self-aware and see all human beings as a threat?

[schwing_wifey]

I'm dying of curiosity.... why?

Not that I didn't find it cute, amusing, and way over priced....

;D

[NYpeanut]

OK, I trust you, but huh?

[RogerFGay]

"How long before these things become self-aware and see all human beings as a threat?"

Most everyone I've met in relation to robotics has been a long time sci-fi fan. These questions have been explored a good bit in such literature. These days, with the technology becoming reality, it's all taken very seriously. There are robot ethicists, robot psychologists, and the like. I suppose that one day, humanoid robots will come in a mix of characters similar to those of humans. There might be robot bad-guys and robot cops, like in the movie Blade Runner. On the other hand, technology to control robots will improve along with the robots themselves.