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GUIs for Robots

Posted by michael on from the click-drag-boom dept.

kabir writes "OpenGL.org has a link to a fun article over at the Stanford Aerospace Robotics Laboratory. It seems an OpenGL-based GUI has been developed to enable the operation of multiple complex field robots by a single operator. The interaction mechanism was inspired by interface techniques refined in the Real-Time Strategy (RTS) genre of video games. Fifty years from now I expect all wars to be fought by giant robots controlled by teenagers."

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  1. Japanese sci-fi predictions? by Cryptnotic · · Score: 5, Funny
    Fifty years from now I expect all wars to be fought by giant robots controlled by teenagers.

    That's what Japanese science fiction aniume has been predicting for at least 23 years. Macross, Gundam, etc...

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    1. Re:Japanese sci-fi predictions? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      If my healthiest years are in my late teens then i'm f*cked ... looks like everything is down here from here..

  2. Winning these new robot-controlled wars by hlynna · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) Don't take your eyes off the screen. You might get fragged.

    2) Don't take your hand off the mouse. You might get fragged.

    3) You only have one life. Use it wisely. And don't get fragged.

    Hlynna

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  3. The future of productivity.. by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

    "interaction mechanism was inspired by interface techniques refined in the Real-Time Strategy (RTS) genre of video games."

    I was joking around one day PHB style bosses will want to use an RTS interface in Office to control their employees. That way, they can avoid having to actually talk to them. I stopped laughing when I realized that the technology to do that is almost in place. All we need is wirelessly connected PDA's....

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    1. Re:The future of productivity.. by josh+crawley · · Score: 2, Funny

      Umm, could you click on it and then press (CTRL) + D and self sestruct PHBs?

      I'd be all for it if you could.

  4. Robots by 0vi_king · · Score: 1, Funny

    % The Commandant addresses the graduating class.

    The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall
    mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is
    clear: To build and maintain those robots. Thank you.

    -- Military school Commandant's graduation address, "The Secret War of
    Lisa Simpson"

    http://www.snpp.com/episodes/4F21

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