An article at nationaldefensemagazine.org yesterday commented: P.W. Singer, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of the bestseller “Wired for War, recently spoke “…about the staggering rise in the deployment of robots on the battlefield. The U.S. military had only a handful of robots when it invaded Iraq. Now it operates 7,000 unmanned aircraft and more [...]
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Robots in Combat: A True Revolution or Just Techno-Hype?
Posted by Eric on June 9th, 2010
Posted in AI, DARPA, defense, ethics, flying, future, government, military / law enforcement, weapon 
Tags: combat, hype, military, revolution 
No Comments »Solar-powered robot to inspect, (not shut down) power Grid
Posted by Eric on June 9th, 2010
Researchers think the solar-powered device could survey aging electrical lines. “The device uses rollers to clamp onto and move along a line. It can maneuver past towers, known as pylons, using cables built into newer towers or retrofitted onto old ones. ‘There is nothing that does what it does; nothing that even tries,’ said Andrew [...]
The Robots are coming – to the workplace
Posted by Eric on June 8th, 2010
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Honda presents: LIVING WITH ROBOTS
Posted by Eric on June 3rd, 2010
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Posted in AI, biped, domestic, future, video Tags: asimo, honda, robots, uncanny valley No Comments »“There’s a huge, surging interest in robotics”
Posted by Eric on June 2nd, 2010
Interesting bit about robots yesterday on Businessweek. Excerpt: “The worldwide personal robotics market, which encompasses household machines and toys, is expected to reach $5.26 billion by 2015, from $1.16 billion in 2009, according to ABI Research.” See the article at [businessweek]
The Future of Military Robotics
Posted by Eric on May 25th, 2010
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Posted in AI, DARPA, defense, ethics, future, military / law enforcement, video Tags: autonomous, ethics, future, robot No Comments »Human or Robot?
Posted by Eric on May 4th, 2010
Answer: robot. But strikingly realistic. And this video of “Jules” is from 2006 – so imagine 2006 technology, plus four years, and that’s where the technology is now. Jules was made by Hanson Robotics. Here is some more background (and some cool behind-the-scenes footage) from Hanson Robotics: Quote from David Hanson in the video above, [...]
Technological Singularity
Posted by Eric on April 30th, 2010
“…we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.”
