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Robots, Robots, Robots

Posted by chrisd on from the learning-from-our-machine-masters dept.

destructor writes: "It looks as though robots can answer the questions of life and capitalism through robotic soccer simulations. I found this article over at megarad.com that tells us about Dr. Balch's experiments with soccer robots [NYT, free reg, blah blah]. For now, it is purely a computer simulation, but I guess it will be turned into a physical environment rather soon." Additionally Shabazz writes: "The SF Weekly has a story about a band called 'Captured! by Robots' that started by Jay Vance (who some may recognize from Skankin' Pickle) and several robots that he created. The band is a bit out there, but something that any true geek can appreciate. Maybe this is the start of something great!" Additionally Phred noted that the Oregon Robotics Tournament being held this Saturday (December 1).

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  1. Sportbots... by Jace+of+Fuse! · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now, next time those professional athletes go on strike we can just replace them with robots!

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    1. Re:Sportbots... by bobdown2001 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Unfortunately Aibo was found to be using performance enhancing transistors.

      He argued that they were purely for recreational purposes but the judges ruling was final.

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  2. Replacing stuff with robots by t_allardyce · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should replace the fans with robots. That way they might actually be able to sing in-time and tune. Also, they could smash stuff up after the game _carefully_ - cutting tables into neat little bits before throwing them at the opposing teams fans and not at passers by or camera-crews. You could deactivate the most violent ones.

    I think this experiment could teach us allot about stupid people, and how they behave in packs.

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    1. Re:Replacing stuff with robots by Bikku · · Score: 2, Funny
      My father lost his job. He was replaced by a tiny robot that could do everything he did, only better...

      My mother ordered 2 of them.

      - Woody Allen

  3. Bio bugs? by glowingspleen · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm training my Bio Bugs to play a wicked game of Tetherball.

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