[Willie Green]

"There will never be a system invented which will do away with the necessity for work."

-- Henry Ford

[Mikey_1962]

I though I'd be wearing silver lemay, high boots and have my own jetpack by now.

[109ACS]

We almost had a robot for President, the AlGore model.

[siunevada]

Jan 26, 11:39 AM (ET)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Need temporary help on your company's reception desk? One Japanese employment agency is suggesting you try recruiting a robot.

For just under 50,000 yen ($430) a month, a fraction of the cost of a human temp, the PeopleStaff agency will dispatch Hello Kitty Robo, a robotic receptionist capable of sensing a visitor's presence, greeting him or her and holding simple conversations.

The Nagoya-based agency is also offering the services of Ifbot, an elderly-care robot that chats and poses riddles and arithmetical problems to train the brain and help avoid dementia. Spaceman-like Ifbot, which also quizzes people about their health, is aimed at hospitals and old peoples' homes.

A spokeswoman for PeopleStaff said it would cost more than 300,000 yen a month to employ a person for this type of work, but warned that the robots were not capable of doing everything human employees can do. (No kidding? Thanks for the warning.)

[sheana]

No need for robots when you have millions of illegal aliens and more pouring in everyday.

[Spruce]

http://www.robotcombat.com/video/old_glory_hi.mov

[meowmeow]

What the hell are you looking at? Get me another beer!

[Little Ray]

Somebody ain't payin' attention. Robots, from UAVs to "throwable" recon bots are helpin' fight the war.
Maybe they ain't cleanin' and cookin' but they're working and busy.

[Terpfen]

And, of course, which industry relies heavily upon robots? You guessed it, the auto industry!

As far as robots go, I'm waiting for the huge ones. Give me an E.S. Asher any day.

[Red Badger]

Who was it that said:

The factory of the future will have just two workers. A Man and a dog.

The dog will be there to make sure the man doesn't touch the machinery.

The man will be there to feed the dog.......

[RadioAstronomer]

My only pet is a robot dog. In fact it is the only pet I have ever had.

[PogySailor]

My Roomba just finished vacuuming the front room. At least it a start.

[Cyber Liberty]

Robotics and automation are alive and well. I live them every day, for I am the ghost in my own machine.

[Dumb_Ox]

They'll yearn for an age without robots once my vast army of android soldiers enslaves them. Fools! I'll destroy them all!

[theFIRMbss]

>What happened to the Robot Age?

[Sensei Ern]

I would like to buy a robot that I could use in my place on an assembly line. The bot could make me $30K per year and in 5 years, it would pay for itself. I could then buy more and soon would be filthy rich on the backs of robots.

[Ben Ficklin]

Nanobots

[Jonah Hex]

By comparison, the two robots used by Prof Dautenhahn's team are almost entirely functional and benign. They don't even have names - that would threaten the dispassionate nature of the team's research.

Now see, there's the problem. They obviously don't have any real engineers working on the project. Any engineer worth his salt will name the device he's designing/building/trouble-shooting (and usually with a female name if she's acting persnickity or "evil").

;-)

[Oztrich Boy]

Nevere mind robots. Where's my flying car?

[x]

It might seem as though the robot revolution we were promised 20 years ago has hit an almighty malfunction.

It's here.

But it's not like the authorities are going to let us keep real robots in our homes.

The powers that be are one step ahead of us and worried about a real "robot revolution."

All it takes is a few humans abusing their robots to spark a revolt that will shake our world to its very core.

[TChad]

Actroid Reception Robot:

More info in PDF file here:

http://www.kokoro-dreams.co.jp/ng/actroid/pdf/press_english.pdf

Short review: http://www.cnet.com/4520-6033_1-6061591-1.html