'Partner' bots: The next killer robotics app? (And will Microsoft bite?)

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... don't let SNL or Mad TV hear about what you are planning to do. They'll have a field day with it! (E.g. view this 2001 HAL doctored clip.)

Seriously, I think MS and the robotics industry should focus on automation, and the projection of human intelligence into deployed machines - not try to make machines anywhere as smart as humans. E.g. it is probably better to have a nurse station where health care professionals can look in on patients and interact with them via robots - with the robots being controlled remotely by the nurses. Low level intelligence could be worked on in areas like locomotion (such as a robot navigating over rough terrain without arduous involvement by the robot operator). However the pursuit of high level intelligence in robots seems to me to be a grand waste of time - and something I believe to be unachievable.

Posted by: P. Douglas   Posted on: 05/20/09  (Edited: 05/20/2009 @ 01:32) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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