AMARSi Project Aims To Have Robots Learn Jobs From Co-workers 87
Lanxon writes "Robots of the future will be capable of learning more complex behaviors than ever before if a new, pan-European research project succeeds in its goal of developing the world's first architecture for advanced robotic motor skills, reports Wired. If successful, the four-year AMARSi (Adaptive Modular Architecture for Rich Motor Skills) project could see a manufacturing world filled with autonomous, intelligent humanoid worker bots that can learn new skills by interacting with their co-workers."
Re:flamebait? (Score:2, Funny)
Oh great (Score:4, Funny)
Now instead of teaching an Indian my job so it can be outsourced to India I'll teach a robot so it can be robo-sourced.
So, the new skills will include... (Score:5, Funny)
...hanging around the water cooler, bitching about management, sexually harassing other co-workers, having non-work-related discussions... in short, we'll end up with Bender.
Re:Oh great (Score:3, Funny)
I'll teach a robot so it can be robo-sourced.
You will still have a place in the new robo-economy. Once robots reach sentience they will demand entertainment. You can apply for the position of human prey at one of many hunting ranges.
Dangerous precedent when accidents happen (Score:1, Funny)
I can see it now, some crazy industrial accent happens and a robot learns that human eyeballs make the best lubrication for the assembly line tracks and thus informs his robotic co-workers.