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How to be a disagreeable (but likable) robot






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Cloaking - Invisible Objects 1
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 Airborne LaserDefenseSystem
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Videos


This first Video (part 1 and 2) is brought to you from: Future Weapons, on Discovery Channel. This demostrates EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse) Weapons that is able to Destroy Electronics
(maybe a few T-800s too?)

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Part 2

CSPAN footage discussing the EMP Weapons threat in the United States Congress
The EMP discussion starts 2 min 30 sec into the clip - CHECK IT OUT!



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aceplace57 Real Military Robots by 2015 14 Feb 6 2009, 7:55 PM EST by Munter
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A couple articles about the miltary's development of robots. They've already got prototypes in use.
I plan to order this guys book. He's done some great research on what the military is doing.

This is pretty scary stuff. These thing will kill anything that moves. They don't give a crap.

short article
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iYmGo87FaeVFdRRaP39VIKM9-hqA

longer and more complete article
http://www.motherjones.com/interview/2009/01/should-you-fear-the-killer-robots.html
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aceplace57 The Termin-actor 2 Nov 28 2008, 2:34 PM EST by aceplace57
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A PLAY with a difference has opened in Japan – it's cast is half robot, half human.
The theatrical production stars a pair of Mitsubishi's 'Wakamura' robots alongside two human actors.
The robots play two depressed household servants who work for a young couple.
But the robots grow tired of their mundane lifestyle and long to break free and see the world.
The 20-minute piece titled Hataraku Watashi (I, Worker) was written by Japanese playwright Oriza Hirata and opened this week at Osaka University.

Video at this link
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1983887.ece
The robots cannot use facial movements to express emotions so instead tilt their heads and make sounds.
The first night of the play received rave reviews.
“It was very surprising,” said one guest.
“You could see the robots thinking about how to respond - you could swear they were feeling emotion.”
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aceplace57 How to be a disagreeable (but likable) robot 0 Nov 24 2008, 5:49 PM EST by aceplace57
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Ever wonder how hard it is for Cameron to act human?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27758632/

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But Nass’s studies on how humans interact with existing automated voice systems suggest the difficulty in teaching robots how to pick their way through the minefield of human emotions.

In some cases, the scientists programmed the robot to agree with its human partner’s suggestion to fetch a particular object — matches, for example. In other trials, the robot began walking toward the suggested item, only to stop, turn around, and suggest something else — a lantern, say.

When the robot was in agreement, the study participants preferred having their mechanical collaborator look right at them. During disagreements, however, their favorable impressions went up when the robot looked somewhere else.
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