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The robots in current production - I'm thinking particular of Pepper, which is used as a sort of host at some conferences - are all covered with shiny plastic shells. Since they're supposed to be moving around anyway, why not cover them with a more useful surface or make them a more useful shape? Why,
for example, shouldn't Pepper be a dual-purpose host and dressmaker's dummy? Or covered with corkboard so people can pin notes and information to its outside for the benefit of others encountering it? Or padded fabric (ditto). Or if it *must* be shiny plastic, provide a place to hold Post-It pads so people can stick notes to them. Why must the outsides be so useless?
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Dalek on mobility scooter
https://drive.googl...oWhorKf9hud0HD6BY78 Not as daft as I thought it might look [not_morrison_rm, May 06 2018]
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You could make the same criticism of almost all humans ... |
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From the title, we thought this would be the expansion of "wheelchair accessible" to cover existing robotic systems, autonomous single-person transportation, and Daleks .... |
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Hmm... daleks in wheelchairs...suppose they must be an old
daleks home somewhere.. |
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<Mental image of Davros asking "Have I had my tea yet ?"/> |
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//You could make the same criticism of almost all humans
...// You mean to tell me the Borg have not discovered
staple gun technology? |
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It is (surprisingly) possible to staple-gun a note to the back of
a person wearing light clothing. What is even more
remarkable is that if you then tell them you have staple
gunned a piece of paper to their back, they will assume that
you are joking and that there were no staples in the staple
gun, until they try tugging at their shirt. |
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It never ceases to amaze us what passes for entertainment in East Anglia ... |
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//Mental image of Davros// Say what you like about Davros,
but at least he hosts the World Economic Forum every year. |
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Yes, but no doubt a bit of a black eye for WWE ... |
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I think the only black mark against Davros is the fact that he
produced that son of his, Bobby. |
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Adding notes to the body of a robot will distract people from
interacting with the robot. They'll think the notes are tips
on how to interact with the robot, left by previous humans
who were unsatisfied with the robot's interactions, and will
therefore not interact with the robot in a natural way. |
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So the key to conditioning daleks, T800s, the
Gunslinger, and 8th of 7 into harmless butlers and
coatracks and preventing machine-driven
Armageddon an abundance of post-it notes.
Excellent, [notexactly]. |
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The first post-it on [8th] would be that one with the admin
password for his implants, so you can root-kit him if he acts up. |
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