Thoraiya Dyer2007: Year of the Robot?
December 31st 2006 06:35
by Marie N.
All throughout the world, robots are creating a buzz. South Korea plans to utilize the power of robotics to keep our homes spic and span. Microsoft dishes out a software developers' kit for general-purpose robots, so you may keep your Lego at bay. For the last quarter of 2007, expect driverless cars to roam 60 miles across urban streets in less than six hours as part of the DARPA Grand Challenge.
We're not missing anything. We're going to keep our ears perked up for news. According to the researchers at the Nanotech Institute at the University of Texas in Dallas, carbon nanotubes spun into a yarn-like structure may someday be used as "muscles" for the future robots, allowing them to carry material twice their own weight.
If high-tech robotics pushes on, we might actually share the right to cast votes with our metallic household pals. Legislative bodies today are discussing the merits of giving robots civil rights and privileges much like ours.
Duh!
via:
Technology Review
All throughout the world, robots are creating a buzz. South Korea plans to utilize the power of robotics to keep our homes spic and span. Microsoft dishes out a software developers' kit for general-purpose robots, so you may keep your Lego at bay. For the last quarter of 2007, expect driverless cars to roam 60 miles across urban streets in less than six hours as part of the DARPA Grand Challenge.
If high-tech robotics pushes on, we might actually share the right to cast votes with our metallic household pals. Legislative bodies today are discussing the merits of giving robots civil rights and privileges much like ours.
Duh!
via:
Technology Review
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