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Making Robots More Like Us by Dr. Nanochick at 12:11 am EST, Mar 7, 2003 |
] Instead, most robots remain human-dependent machines that ] can perform only specialized tasks, like welding parts in ] a factory, searching through the rubble of a collapsed ] building or vacuuming a living room. Few display what ] could be considered sensitivity to people, and those that ] do tend to be toys, like Sony's Aibo pet, that serve only ] to entertain. ] ] Robotics researchers are realizing that the journey to ] more autonomous, adaptable robots will require more than ] just improvements in mechanical, sensory and computing ] capabilities. Equally important, they say, is improving ] the way people and robots interact: after all, they say, ] that may be how robots will learn, and to be truly ] useful, robots must be acceptable to people. ] ] "Now that robots are beginning to come into |
Making Robots More Like Us by Rattle at 1:22 am EST, Mar 7, 2003 |
] Instead, most robots remain human-dependent machines that ] can perform only specialized tasks, like welding parts in ] a factory, searching through the rubble of a collapsed ] building or vacuuming a living room. Few display what ] could be considered sensitivity to people, and those that ] do tend to be toys, like Sony's Aibo pet, that serve only ] to entertain. ] ] Robotics researchers are realizing that the journey to ] more autonomous, adaptable robots will require more than ] just improvements in mechanical, sensory and computing ] capabilities. Equally important, they say, is improving ] the way people and robots interact: after all, they say, ] that may be how robots will learn, and to be truly ] useful, robots must be acceptable to people. |
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