Robots

Norm Apter
Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
edited March 2009 in The Clubhouse
No matter what happens with the economy, terrorism etc in the short and long term, its seems that one thing is guaranteed in our future:

More Robots!

Not saying I welcome or oppose this, but here's a link to some pretty cool images. Japan seems to have gone hog-wild with robots in recent years.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/robots.html
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  • Retro152
    Retro152 Posts: 985
    edited March 2009
    Wow! kinda scary, but its' the future. Leave it to the Japanese, think of the current technology we use now, most of it pioneered by them.:rolleyes:
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,394
    edited March 2009
    Technology. Accept it. I love the idea of gps tags. Kidnap a child, steal an animal... trackable. I am on a hate spree tonight. Some nights, I am all for the eye for an eye philosophy.

    Halen
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited March 2009
    Robots...they're ALIVE!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited March 2009
    retro152 wrote: »
    Wow! kinda scary, but its' the future. Leave it to the Japanese, think of the current technology we use now, most of it pioneered by them.:rolleyes:

    Or copied :rolleyes:
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    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • BigMac
    BigMac Posts: 849
    edited March 2009
    Looks like this may be in the future.
    <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HgGLmgcAPsQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HgGLmgcAPsQ&hl=en&fs=1&quot; type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
    DON'T CLICK THIS!!
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  • ViperZ
    ViperZ Posts: 2,046
    edited March 2009
    These are the real-life robots I am proud to have worked on (and still work on flight support team):

    dextre_canadian_design.jpg

    canadarm-canadian-design.jpg

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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited March 2009
    As a coincidence, I just caught part of a Discovery Channel special about the work going on in Japan on robots. The program showcased some of the Toyota robots in your link in post #1 that actually perform concerts playing musical instruments and they sound very good. They are also working content matched facial expression for human looking robots. They used an example of a "receptionist" robot seated at a front desk. When you were cordial, the robot's face smiled while responding. Startling or threatening caused expressions of fear, lewd comments disdain, etc., etc. They had about 20 basic facial expressions / reactions nearly perfected.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,705
    edited March 2009
    This is is one of the more interesting robots we use in my high-throughput analytics lab. It's part of an automated ELISA (Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay) platform we had designed and built about a year ago by Caliper LifeSciences in Hopkinton, MA.


    Robot%20KINeDEX%20KX-300%20Wht%20200x388.jpg
    Robot%20-%20KiNEDx%20Tall%20with%20Hotels%20150x269.jpg



    Upper management love this stuff when we tell 'em that the robot platforms can run 24/7 and we don't have to pay 'em overtime (or provide benefits)!
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2009
    Just as long as the robots are built with Asimov's three laws, I'm fine.
    Jake
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited March 2009
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    Bite my shiny metal @ss! :p

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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited March 2009
    bigmac wrote: »
    looks like this may be in the future.
    <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hgglmgcapsq&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hgglmgcapsq&hl=en&fs=1&quot; type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

    wow!!!
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,705
    edited March 2009
    zingo wrote: »
    Just as long as the robots are built with Asimov's three laws, I'm fine.

    The KiNEDx robot is pretty placid...

    (we have caught it, late at night, trying to peek under the computer's case, though)
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited March 2009
    Robots don't scare my job security. I think it'll be a long time b4 the A.I. get's to the level it needs to replicate me.:p
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • ViperZ
    ViperZ Posts: 2,046
    edited March 2009
    zingo wrote: »
    Just as long as the robots are built with Asimov's three laws, I'm fine.

    Asimov actually explored quite a few variations of those three laws. He introduced the Law #0 in, if I remember correctly, a robot called R. Daniel Olivo.

    Then he started to explore on how to change those laws, to make them more flexible, together with Roger McBride - robot called Kaliban...

    You can see that I am a fan of Asimov... lol
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  • ntculenuff
    ntculenuff Posts: 1,146
    edited March 2009
    i'm ready when they take over :)
    not the best pic
    robot.jpg
    but all i could get with the cell phone
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