This is Kinda Weird — Robot Can Take a Push
Author: Ockshun Jockson
here's the eerie Quicktime:
http://media.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/av/dn13004V1.mov
and here's the original article:
http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn13008-flexiblejointed-robot-is-no-pushover.html?feedId=online-news_rss20
I was fully waiting for that robot to clock that guy. "Dude, if you push me one more time -- DUDE!"
Asimov be damned...
I'm thinking the same thing- sooner or
later that bot is gonna figure out that
shoving is not logical and get all
Rock 'em Sock 'em on that dude's ass.
Next, when they will test the inebriated and judgement impaired bots... watch out!
"You just don't see the real good humanoids out there get pushed," says Jerry Pratt, a roboticist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) in Pensacola, Florida, US.
That's gotta be the quote of the f*cking week.
Don't let the Man push you around, my fellow humanoids!