Post by thomasallencummins on Mar 3, 2008 10:51:58 GMT -5
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23438322/wid/11915829?GT1=40000
Japan looks to a robot future
The country is betting on robots to replenish the aging work force
"To live among people, robots need to handle complex social tasks," said project leader Junichi Takeno of Meiji University. "Robots will need to work with emotions, to understand and eventually feel them."
Well we're on a slippery slope people. Every Out Limits and Twilight Zone episode we've ever seen that features robots that feel and express emotion is now being realized. The future is now and I'm wondering how long it will be before I can have a 'bot' do my laundry, mow the grass and complain to the cable television company for me while I relax like a blob on the couch.
Life is gonna be sweet. :-)
"But then again, Japan's the only country in the world where everyone has an electric toilet," he said. "We could be looking at a robotics revolution."
AN ELECTRIC TOILET? AWESOME!
Japan looks to a robot future
The country is betting on robots to replenish the aging work force
"To live among people, robots need to handle complex social tasks," said project leader Junichi Takeno of Meiji University. "Robots will need to work with emotions, to understand and eventually feel them."
Well we're on a slippery slope people. Every Out Limits and Twilight Zone episode we've ever seen that features robots that feel and express emotion is now being realized. The future is now and I'm wondering how long it will be before I can have a 'bot' do my laundry, mow the grass and complain to the cable television company for me while I relax like a blob on the couch.
Life is gonna be sweet. :-)
"But then again, Japan's the only country in the world where everyone has an electric toilet," he said. "We could be looking at a robotics revolution."
AN ELECTRIC TOILET? AWESOME!
