newscientist.com - 8/21/2008
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The video below shows a scenario that is likely to become real as industrial robots improve: a human and a robot work together to assemble an object from its parts. But in the clip from the University of Minho , Portugal, not everything is going to plan. The human gets a stern warning from the robot that they are doing it wrong. The pair are assembling a foam chassis with two wheels. ...
dialahuman.com - 8/25/2008
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engadget.com - 8/22/2008
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engadget.com —
Industrial robots are big, stupid, and dangerous. Walk
between an automated welder and the SUV it's assembling...
and you'll find yourself fused to the frame, destined to sit unwanted at the back corner of some dealer's lot. But, keeping bots and ...
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Bossy assembly robot says you're doing it wrong
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Completely Unimpressive Robot Already Developing Bender Attitude [Robots]
Gizmodo —
One day, robots will whiz by us one one wheel at 1000mph while solving absurd equations that would take us lifetimes to calculate. But that day has not yet come. So when a robot with coordination no better than a toddler starts trash-talking its humanoid accomplice, you know we're in for a painful and degrading future. Here's the clip: [newscientist]
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Bossy assembly robot says you're doing it wrong
Engadget —
... Industrial robots are big, stupid, and dangerous. Walk between an automated welder and the SUV it's assembling and you'll find yourself fused to the frame, destined to sit unwanted at the back corner of some dealer's lot. But, keeping bots and humans separated on an ...
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