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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. Mirror by Erasei · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is probably going to be needed real soon.. google mirror

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  2. Finally! by Masem · · Score: 5, Funny
    I've always wanted to play a full-size, real-life game of Daleks! (or Robots! or whatever title you remember it as!) As long as they can only move in ordinal directions, I'm set!

    (or insert 'Berserk' or 'Robotron/Llamatron' to your heart's desire... :-)

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  3. even cooler robots by guidobot · · Score: 4, Interesting

    An even more interesting robot is the one at CMU that walks around talking to people & showing facial expressions... these roboguard robots don't seem all that advanced, especially after seeing robot museum guides, nurses, and lots of other cool robots.

  4. Re:I hope they are programmed to obey Asimov's law by msheppard · · Score: 5, Funny

    It would be very complicated to make a robot for the battlefield that obeys Asimov's laws.

    The zeroth law does allow them to kill people to save other people, but for modern battles you're gonna have to teach them religon to get them to kill some people.

    "The entertainment of the many outweighs the safty of the few, or the one"

    M@

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  5. make 'em fight by AssFace · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't care about protection - just put one in the hallway who's only mission is to get through the door at the end.
    then put the other one who's only job it is to guard the door... well, right be the door.

    then program them to scream when parts of them fall off.
    and give them lasers.
    everybody love lasters. just like that tv show.

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