Robots Learn To Follow 61
Roland Piquepaille writes "Three years after the development of robots that act like rats, UC Davis engineers have designed a control system for robots allowing them to pick up on cues that the leader is about to turn, predict where it is going and follow it. This system mimics the human ability to capture signals — consciously or not — from drivers on the road or people walking in the streets to predict what they're about to do. As the team leader said, 'Robots that are better at following could be easier for people to work with.' With this system, a hospital robot could follow doctors during their rounds."
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I, for one... (Score:5, Funny)
I, for one, welcome our new robot followers...
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With this system, an hospital robot could follow doctors during their rounds.
As if the hordes of medical students weren't enough! Now robots are going to get in the way too?
Next Month (Score:5, Funny)
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There's goes the last advantage to being German (Score:3, Funny)
I was always precise, fast, and prone to crashing at work; but what really set me apart from the crowd was, being half German, I was a "born follower". I *hate* leading, what with all the decisions and vague metrics of success. I much prefer basking in the flawless execution of my assigned tasks, even when they were morally ambiguous or made no sense at all. I make a great programmer because computers also demand you do things "their way", even it only a tiny fraction of the population can stomach it.
It's only a small step from following leaders physically to following them figuratively. I can only hope that *some* company sticks with the current approach of producing software that treats me as the spineless meat-bag that I am.
Creatures that follow you around? (Score:1, Funny)
Thanks, but I already have cats.
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Yeah. And for version 2, it repeats everything you say.