Robots to Rid Us of Cockroaches?

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Robots to Rid Us of Cockroaches?

Posted by michael on Tuesday November 16, 2004 @05:52AM from the this-is-how-it-begins dept.

unassimilatible writes "It behaves like a cockroach. It smells like a cockroach. It is accepted by other cockroaches. But it is not a cockroach. It is a robot and scientists say its invention is a breakthrough in mankind's struggle to control the animal kingdom. The Sunday Times is reporting on a cool form of robotics, impersonating (inanimalnating?) animals. Leurre is a project on building and controlling mixed societies composed of animals and artificial agents. Within a decade, its inventors believe, it will be leading the unwanted pests out of dark kitchen corners, to where they can be eliminated. Additionally, they say they will soon be using robots to stop sheep jumping off cliffs and to encourage chickens to take exercise. Schematics, tools, and pictures here. Apparently, cockroaches do not wear tinfoil hats, as they are not smart enough to be suspicious of box-shaped circuit boards with an antennae sticking out."

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PWN TEH NUB by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-16 05:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic
Imagine by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-16 05:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

A world without lawyers
In Soviet Russia ... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-16 05:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Robot Rids You!
Disappointing by lukewarmfusion · 2004-11-16 05:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I haven't seen any "I for one welcome..." posts!
Re:They need robots for this? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-16 05:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You must be new here.
That will never work by haggar · 2004-11-16 06:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

You have to replace step 5. with "???".

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Re:The First Terminator by xs650 · 2004-11-16 06:20 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"Human models should be available in a few decades."

The beta model has been undergoing testing in the Whitehouse for close to 4 years. Except for problems with the English language it has been remarkably succesful, good enough that the humans that have been fooled by it have extended the test 4 years.
Re:At first I thought -Who will think of the roach by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-16 06:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

It's not that hard to program, republicans don't believe in moral ambiguity or accountability. So you don't even have to program the fuzzy logic thing.

Uhh republicans are the ones who believe in personal accountability and morals, you still don't understand why you lost, do you?
Re:At first I thought -Who will think of the roach by Boronx · 2004-11-16 06:47 · Score: 0, Offtopic

That's why Condi's getting promoted, the new head of the RNC is gay, and Doug Feith, a man fired twenty years ago for giving info to the Israelis, a man totally taken in by an Iranian agent in the run up to Iraq, a man called the "fucking stupidest guy on earth" by non other than Tommy Franks is getting the homeland security position.
Not to mention a new AG who wrote memos supporting the torture at Abu Ghraib.
It's more likely that you don't understand why you won. Study after study showed just days before the election that the vast majority of Bush voters believed Bush's policies were 180 degrees from what they actually were on a whole range of issues.

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