Camel-Riding Robots

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Posted by samzenpus on Monday April 11, 2005 @12:43AM from the stop-stealing-children dept.

misterpies writes "Of the many jobs robots could be put to use, here's one I'll bet not many slashdotters have considered - camel jockeys. According to the BBC, from next year racing camels in the United Arab Emirates will be ridden by robots. And for once, the folks put out of work won't be complaining - mostly children (some as young as four) who are reportedly abducted or sold by their families to unscrupulous racing-camel owners. How long until we see robots take over from humans in other sports?"

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Battle-Bots by maotx · 2005-04-11 00:45 · Score: 4, Funny

How long until we see robots take over from humans in other sports?

Better yet, how long until we see robots take over humans for sports?
Nothing like the sound of a solid ka-thunk of a head to make a goal in front of a roaring crowd of robots.

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money by mboverload · 2005-04-11 00:45 · Score: 4, Funny

20 rubees on Robo-Akmed!
Wow. by dayid · 2005-04-11 00:46 · Score: 4, Funny

I do believe this is the stupidest story I've ever seen posted here.
1. Re:Wow. by isa-kuruption · 2005-04-11 00:49 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Wait until it's reposted... later today.
Yeah, right... by brilinux · 2005-04-11 00:46 · Score: 4, Funny

Here's one not many slashdotters have considered
Pshaww... pretty much as soon as I found out what a robot was when I was a child, the first thing that came to my mind was, "I wonder if such things could be made to ride camels". Geesh, I wonder where that submitter has been all his life...
PETR by bigtallmofo · 2005-04-11 00:47 · Score: 4, Funny

Wait until People for the Ethical Treatment of Robots starts throwing oil on the camels in protest!

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This a major blow for parents by Timesprout · 2005-04-11 00:50 · Score: 4, Funny

One of our best misbehaviour prevention threats has been removed. Now the kids wont believe us when we threaten them with being sold to an arab for a life of camel racing. Please tell me they have not yet developed a camel pooper scooper robot, so at least we can still threaten them with a life of camel dung collection.

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But the strange thing is by DrXym · 2005-04-11 01:03 · Score: 4, Funny

These "robots" will look curiously like small children wrapped in tinfoil...
Robots in sports by TripMaster+Monkey · 2005-04-11 01:05 · Score: 4, Funny

From the summary:

How long until we see robots take over from humans in other sports?

Bender: Clem Johnson? That skin bag wouldn't have lasted one pitch in the old Robot Leagues! Now Wireless Joe Jackson, there was a blern hitting machine! Leela: Exactly! He was a machine designed to hit blerns! I mean come on! Wireless Joe was nothing but a programmable bat on wheels. Bender: Oh and I suppose PitchingBot 5000 was just a modified howitzer.

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A danger to our industry. by Anonymous Coward · 2005-04-11 01:05 · Score: 5, Funny

PETA throwing motor oil? I sure hope not! I work in the rendering plant where we take lambs and bleed them to death in order to provide PETA liquid blood to pour on furs during their protess. They are our biggest client right now.