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AMARSi Project Aims To Have Robots Learn Jobs From Co-workers

Posted by Soulskill on from the your-days-are-numbered dept.

Lanxon writes "Robots of the future will be capable of learning more complex behaviors than ever before if a new, pan-European research project succeeds in its goal of developing the world's first architecture for advanced robotic motor skills, reports Wired. If successful, the four-year AMARSi (Adaptive Modular Architecture for Rich Motor Skills) project could see a manufacturing world filled with autonomous, intelligent humanoid worker bots that can learn new skills by interacting with their co-workers."

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  1. Re:flamebait? by blai · · Score: 2, Funny

    quality assurance is one thing that

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  2. Oh great by Trip6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now instead of teaching an Indian my job so it can be outsourced to India I'll teach a robot so it can be robo-sourced.

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    1. Re:Oh great by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'll teach a robot so it can be robo-sourced.

      You will still have a place in the new robo-economy. Once robots reach sentience they will demand entertainment. You can apply for the position of human prey at one of many hunting ranges.

  3. So, the new skills will include... by russotto · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...hanging around the water cooler, bitching about management, sexually harassing other co-workers, having non-work-related discussions... in short, we'll end up with Bender.

  4. Dangerous precedent when accidents happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I can see it now, some crazy industrial accent happens and a robot learns that human eyeballs make the best lubrication for the assembly line tracks and thus informs his robotic co-workers.