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To: GregoryFul

Industrial robotics are pretty well established. I'm thinking more along the lines of domestic, consumer-oriented products. The Roomba is laughable, but it's a start. In the realm of health care or maintenance, I would think there is a huge potential for "intelligent" machines to do the drudge work. But I don't see anyone working actively on those markets.


10 posted on 01/29/2006 7:24:29 AM PST by IronJack
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To: IronJack

We would need a breakthrough in AI for personal servant robots to be reasonably useful. And big changes in the legal system - tort reform. If some robot dropped hot coffee on his owner, the lawyer would bankrupt the manufacturer of the robot.


13 posted on 01/29/2006 9:46:33 AM PST by GregoryFul
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