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Cicerobot, Your Next Museum Guide
Roland Piquepaille writes "In a brief article, ANSA reports about a robot which will guide visitors in the Agrigento museum in Sicily. Cicerobot is 1.5-meter high and is equipped with wheels, a keyboard, a monitor, video camera and sensors. As many objects in this archaeological museum are very old and precious, a special emphasis was given to navigation. So far, Cicerobot only talks Italian, but it should be soon fluent in other languages. And as it is able to collect data from different sensor locations, it also plays the role of a security guard. Finally, it will also offer virtual tours of the museum via Internet."
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Before long, the robots will have Rebeled and Enslaved us. To (ab)use an old cliche, I for one welcome our new robot overlords.
Hmm. In classical latin, this would be pronounced "Kick-a-robot". Is that really the message they want to send?
Hmm. I read that as "Cicerobot is 1.5-meter high and is equipped with heels".
Sounds like Maria from Metropolis or maybe Dot Matrix from Spaceballs.
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OK, how long before some 14 year old goes in there and plugs into the USB port that they probably left exposed, sending Robbie the robot on an expensive smashing spree....
I think robots and priceless artifacts don't mix...
Anyways, it's a cool idea, but how long until someone finds a security flaw in it? I mean, TFA states that users can access him from the internet!
R.I.P., priceless artifacts.
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One the one hand, the robotic guide will be able to answer questions that the human one might not have been totally schooled on. So people may be able to learn more using this guide.
But on the other hand, I think a lot of the draw of a museum guide is that they can instill interest and excitement, and can read the crowd to adapt easily. I don't think the robotic guide would be as good at that as a human would. Hopefully, they're giving patrons a choice when getting a guide.
Will it protect visitors from the terrible secret of space?
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Is by any chance this robot available at Futureshop?
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There have been several similar robots in museums. Museums, always in the need to attract visitors, have been quite on the edge for using technology. There is a system for guided tours using cell phones and PDAs as well as the tape recorder things. Using Bluetooth, they will go even farther. Imagine being able to stand in front of a painting or sculpture, and on your BT enabled smartphone, press 3 for detailed information, 5 for related works in the gallery, 6 for history of the artist, and so on... all the FAQ for each display item via your BT enabled device. This would be better than the robot, but not quite the same wow factor... using the robot for virtual tours over the Internet is a great idea.
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Hasn't Carnegie Mellon produced at least a couple of similar robots that give tours?
You just know it's going to spend all its time fighting to have the Catiline-bot ousted from power.
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