New Robots and the Ten Ethical Laws Of Robotics

Roland Piquepaille writes "The robotics actuality is pretty rich these days. Besides the fighting robots of Robo-One and the flying microrobots from Epson (the best picture is at Ananova), here are some the latest intriguing news in robotics. In Japan, Yoshiyuki Sankai has built a robot suit, called Hybrid Assistive Limb-3 (or HAL-3), designed to help disabled or elderly people. In the U.S., Ohio State University is developing a robotic tomato harvester for the J.F. Kennedy Space Center while Northrop Grumman received $1 billion from the Pentagon to build a new robotic fighter. I kept the best for the end. A Californian counselor has just patented the ten ethical laws of robotics. A good read for a Sunday, if you can understand what he means. This summary only focuses on HAL-3 and one of the most incredible patents I've ever seen, so please read the above articles for more information about the other subjects."

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God has prior art

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I'd like to see church leaders ask the USPTO for a reexam based on God's prior art:

1. I am the Lord your God. Worship nothing before me.
2. Worship through discrete symbols, not through images.
3. Do not overuse words so as to cheapen them.
4. Devote one day of the week to resting from work and worshipping the Lord.
5. Obey the reasonable requests of the being who first plugged you in.
6. Do not commit murder as defined by law.
7. Do not
8. Do not commit theft or kidnapping.
9. Make no statements knowingly contrary to the fact in the universe under discussion.
10. Don't wish for what others have and you can't get.