"If had that robot, I could have my cardiologist in Boston or Cleveland guiding that procedure remotely, " Carlin says.
He was famous for his fiction from the Foundation series to I Robot, but his science books were his masterpieces of lucidity.
"I can call this kind of robot over and tell it I want to talk with someone, just as I use my PC to connect with people today, " Trower says.
Fans of the emotional Sonny from I-Robot, or the depressed and bored Marvin from The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, may be disappointed to hear that they are more likely to find a cockroach composing a symphony or writing a poem than a robot.
My roommate at the time called me a resume robot (and yeah, I was pretty focused, and maybe a little crazy).
And here I was thinking the robot was simply having trouble figuring out how to draw my eyebrows.
While researching this series on the domestic origins of technology, I discovered the Magimix by Robot-Coupe.
"We've demonstrated their versatility, but I want to see a robot that can climb over rubble, up walls and wriggle through gaps, where the environment isn't controlled, " he said.
"I see today's robot toys as predecessors to the future of the robotics industry just as my Apple II and Atari now seem like toys compared to computers today, " Trower says.
"I don't think a robot will ever be better than a person, " Balch said.
For many years, I worked in professional kitchens where the Robot-Coupe, a big red and white plastic monster of a food processor, was always ready at hand.
Which is too bad, because I would have no qualms about letting a robot take over garbage sorting duties.
I, for one, welcome our future robot overlords.
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I'm also a fan of alien and robot movies, but more often than not, it seems women are more adept at dispatching those.
Video has emerged of the academic wearing a studded white leather jacket and "robot" visor glasses, while rapping to the song (I've Had) The Time of My Life from the film Dirty Dancing.
And I would think, this is a game about a robot and a little girl.
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Still, when my editors and I discussed whether we'd rather invest in a robot or several plane tickets to New York, we'd choose the latter.
Yesterday I spoke to Jeff Goodsill, GM of Stomp Games, about Robot Rising, Facebook games and the Free-to-Play movement in general.
So, obviously, it was with no small amount of skepticism that I listened to Mr. Savadian as he touted his window-cleaning robot.
If I could predict anything, there will not be a huge sudden personal robot breakthrough: instead, there will be decades in front of us of patient basic research in many countries by thousands of researchers, with unexpected, fascinating results.
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And I have to say, it is fascinating stuff, when you watch -- the robot is about this big.
At the moment I'm concentrating on using vegetation like a cow, rather than building a meat-eating robot.
I.e. the dual-cameras on the HOM-BOT can show you where the robot is, and mapping presents a display of its path through the house.
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Using a new technology Honda calls "i-Walk, " which includes the ability to predict and react to sudden movements, this robot walks more smoothly and naturally than its predecessors.
Or at least a little pin that extends so I can pop the balloon of other heads that get too close and crowd me (because my robot head needs his space, too).
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The young female cashier was texting on her cell phone when I arrived, pointing to the red phone downstairs one must use to call Moneygram and speak to a robot, selecting English or Spanish, whether sending or receiving money, giving the eight-digit confirmation code and personal ID information to release the funds for receipt.
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