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It's Robot Friday!

by Evan Shamoon on May 18, 2007 at 06:07 PM

Robot dayWhether fetching our injured and dead bodies from the battlefield during live combat, or keeping our senior citizens company as they sit around in old-age homes, robots really just want to be our friends (and eat our young, but that's another story for another time). Gizmodo was at the RoboBusiness 2007 Expo and got a look at all of the above.

Other happenings in the world of robotics include the machinations of Peter Nordin, who is apparently well on his way to developing a "complete cognitive software system" for robots, according to Engadget. Nordin says that the first version of the software, which he's calling "Brainstorm," will be available to researchers and developers later this year.

Essentially, the software allows robots to learn on their own -- that is, to literally program themselves to do different and new tasks (provided, of course, that they're physically engineered and able to do said tasks).

"Previously unseen level of autonomy in decision making and operation" is just one of the hyperbolic claims being thrown around. According to Nordin, the robots in his lab started out with the limited means of babies and eventually learned to walk, climb stairs, and handle objects.

From Gizmodo and Engadget

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