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A Robot To Follow "Mother" And Another To Block Her

Posted by timothy on from the unless-these-are-fake dept.

fireflash writes: "Some folks at MIT have had a bit of fun with robots. 'Mr. Mallard' and 'Roboguard' are robots that follow a homing beacon and guard hallways, respectively. Wouldn't you like to be followed around by a mess of wires and boards whilst attempting to pass through a hallway guarded by another? Sounds like the ultimate in home security to me :-)."

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  1. Re:I hope they are programmed to obey Asimov's law by SaturnTim · · Score: 2, Insightful

    By God, I don't see the wonder of these wonder weapons. Killing by remote control, nothing is reaffirmed. The day is quickly coming where our troops will be safely hidden in a bunker somewhere while we wipe out the enemy with a joystick.

    But, what will this prove? Sure, we could kill a few more bad guys... But If the cause isn't worth dieing for, is it really worth killing for? Will this help make the world a better place, or will this just provide a way for the few to control the many?

    --ST

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  2. Yeah, but... by ackthpt · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Consider the practical side of such a thing following toddlers around the house. Parents might by sold on something like this if it had a map of the house programmed in and warned if Kiddo was heading for the basement stairs or out in the back yard, etc. Think baby monitor with video and maybe even something like a local GPS. :-)

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  3. Re:Mirror by angio · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Please don't use the google mirror.
    We've changed some of the links in the
    main page, and updated it a bit to
    point out things like the 173 megabyte
    download. If you use the google mirror,
    it will actually hurt our servers more
    than it will help. Ironic, that.

    -Dave

  4. Class project... by ChristianBaekkelund · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Um, it's worth noting that this was merely one class project at one class at MIT by a couple students.

    If this is Slashdot-worthy, then there are nearly thousands of Slashdot-worthy pages in the MIT domain alone.

    For starters, every other final project for the Embodied Intelligence class for every term recently. That should be around 200 Slashdot pages right there... :)