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Camel-Riding Robots
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?"
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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I do believe this is the stupidest story I've ever seen posted here.
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...
Wait until People for the Ethical Treatment of Robots starts throwing oil on the camels in protest!
I'm a big tall mofo.
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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What truth?
There is no dupe
I'd be quite happy to see robots take over in motor racing. It'd be great to see what kind of machines people could come up with to get themselves round a track as quickly as possible, once all the design concerns related to human safety are removed.
;-)
It's also more practical financially, as in most of the large motor racing series there is already a substantial budget for hardware maintenance.
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These "robots" will look curiously like small children wrapped in tinfoil...
From the summary:
How long until we see robots take over from humans in other sports?
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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.
...I was absolutely shocked to see the phrase "camel jockeys" on the front page of slashdot. I had to take a doulbe take. I am sure that many other English readers will feel the same. A "camel jockey" in english slang is a term of denigration for Arabs in general.
As regards your percapetion of the arab world sports may I remind you that we, in the west, put migets on horses and race them. Anyway makes more sense that American Football or Cricket...both incomprihensable to outsiders.