A glimpse at how robots will change our world.

At £1500+ for the good ones, these lawnmower robots are playthings for ultra-rich kids, or tools for a very specific job. Which means that they are a sign of the future. Like early dishwashers, you can see these are clearly going to hit a market penetration price sometime soon, and then everyone will have them. (plus the clueless sellers will finally catch on to marketing them to hayfever sufferers…. can’t believe they missed that!)

There’s going to be some subtle changes to both the robots and to their environment too.
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Posted by akaDruid on 22 Jun 2006 at 02:06 pm
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Soldiers bond with battlefield robots – Innovation – MSNBC.com

Whaddya know – Asimov was right on the nail: Soldiers bond with battlefield robots. Now we wait to see if iRobot brings out upgrades that trash their existing bots… Asimov will become the Nostradamus of the day.

And you have to laugh: Even MSNBC are slating Vista.

Posted by akaDruid on 24 May 2006 at 06:05 pm
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Robot lawyers set for trial against humans

photo by hibino

Robot lawyers? It’s not as good as it sounds – don’t expect mechanical monsters to stalk the courtrooms, making human lawyers extinct. It’s merely a misnamed software agent developed for a website, designed to produce legal advice at with even higher margins for said law firm.
From the story…
Next year the Buys legal firm will introduce robotic rivals to its human staff. The company is developing 3 robots, Stacy, Dave and Nathan, to provide online legal opinions and advice to its customers.
Read the rest here: we make money not art: Robot lawyers set for trial against humans

Posted by akaDruid on 14 Nov 2005 at 10:11 am
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