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A Piece-By-Piece Guide to the Most Advanced Bots
XopherMV cuts-and-pastes from Wired: "In an article from Wired, 'Consider the progress of just the past 15 years. There are now robots that can get around on two legs, participate in simple conversations, and manipulate objects in rudimentary ways. Of course, we don't yet have a bot that can navigate downtown Manhattan, tie its shoelaces, or even tell a chair from a desk. MIT's Cynthia Breazeal holds out hope that within five years, robots will cross a critical threshold, becoming partners rather than tools - in other words, we'll have friends, not appliances.'" Reader ptorrone adds: "In Los Angeles, CA at the Century Plaza Hotel for the 4Site conference, our favorite robot vacuum/military supplier, iRobot, showed off the tactical mobile robot! The 'Tactical mobile Robot' has its own brochure and site: www.packbot.com. The rad thing about this platform is its skateboard design, where it appears to support various plug-in modules. Here are some photos of the packbot!"
Bart: Don't worry Knock-a-homer, I studied their robot and disoverd one weak spot(sees robot getting spike plate)Uh-oh, now he's weak spot is his strogest point.
Homer: (in robot) OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Bart: that noise sounded almost human.
Homer: (in robot)THE HELL IT DID!!