Taiwan Wants Singing Robo Pandas That Shoot Guns
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 18 of September , 2009 at 2:40 pm
“TAIPEI , The world’s first panda robot is taking shape at a cutting-edge lab in Taiwan where an ambitious group of scientists hope to add new dimensions to the island’s reputation as a high-tech powe.
The Centre for Intelligent Robots Research aims to develop pandas that are friendlier and more artistically endowed than their endangered real-life counterparts.
“The panda robot will be very cute and more attracted to humans. Maybe the panda robot can be made to sing a panda song,” said Jerry Lin, the centre’s 52-year-old director.
Day by day, the panda evolves on the centre’s computer screens and, if funding permits, the robot will take its first steps by the end of the year.”
It’s like panda 2.0! Who needs the real thing when you can just build a bunch of robot ones that are friendlier and can sing panda songs? And they won’t have to worry about being shot by poachers… Not because they’re robots, but because they’re armed:
“You can imagine a robot shooting down balloons, like in the wild west, using two revolvers, or three, but much faster than a person. Some things robots can do better than humans with the aid of technologies,” Lin said.
Now, for the record, the article in no way implies that the gun shooting robots and the panda robots will be related in any way, but the mental picture made me giggle. Good times.
VIA [ Physorg ]
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Comment by Snake Oil Baron
Made Saturday, 19 of September , 2009 at 3:14 pm
Panda eats, shoots and leaves.
