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."

Comments

10 laws

[ATAMAH]

According to the movie "I,Robot" (oh, and the book by Asimov too... ) there are only 3 laws. Its a joke. You can laugh now.

Re: Yeah, right. PTO screws up again

[Oligonicella]

I agree with you, and did not pose the question because it seemed so self-evident to me. The PTO is peopled by retards.

Sorry sir, your robot is telling the truth...

[popo]

...and is therefore in violation of my patent on Ethical Robot Behaviour...

And come to think of it... I also have a problem with his *not* killing anything...

That also violates my patent.