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Service Robots in Service by 2010

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the still-no-flying-car dept.

Igor Birman writes "Reuters reports that Toyota aims to sell service robots by 2010. Meanwhile, the most advanced consumer robot produced in the US appears to be the iRobot Roomba, now available in pink. More information is available at Robotics Trends and NewsTarget.com"

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  1. We know what the japanese mean by "service" by sam_handelman · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    But I'll spell it out for anyone who's managed to avoid knowing: the Japanese are only interested in building household robots so that they can have kinky sex with them.

    This is a cold, intcontrevertible fact. Whatever sappy fantasy's you may have about cultural relativism, or about the generally futuristic aspirations of the Japanese are sheer delusion - and in a world where cultural dysfunctional sararimen go home every day to splooge in the faces of their stable of cat-eared britney-spears-bots, you cannot afford them. The time to act is now: nuke Japan again!

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  2. Re:I'm still waiting for advance... by cayenne8 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    "in AI voice processing so we start having those cool robotic butlers and dishwashers (Who actually pick up your plates and sweep the floor)."

    I guess I'm one of the old fashioned kinds, that thinks the best way to get the dishwasher loaded...is to buy the her a bottle of wine

    :-)

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