Regarding contemporary utility, I agree on all counts, but one cannot fly into flight (or whatever is was Nietzsche was going on about). We’ve gotta start somewhere!

In 20 years no one’s going to want to strap on or log in to a remote operating system if we can simply tell a robot to go take care of business. The DARPA/Boston Dynamics team already has in PETMAN a superior mobility solution, and that competition should result in a superior product. Regardless of who makes the robot, it’s going to need some brains.

The AI required for gesture and speech recognition is nothing new, but training an AI/NBI to take autonomous cognitive AND physical action based thereupon is groundbreaking. Certainly the technology is in its infancy, and maybe the NAVY should have done a better job qualifying the nature of their research, but I think we also have a certain role to play in explaining these things.

In any case, it’s very interesting, and again, I really appreciate the feedback!

All Regards,

Reno J. Tibke

Thank you very much for the feedback – and yes, please do link up with me on Facebook, I’ll return the favor! In addition to all the established technology websites and blogs out there, there’s actually a decent-sized community of like-minded individuals and smaller publications who’ve connected on Facebook. I’ve actually been wondering about possibilities for coalition building in some form or another – a kind of loose federation of independent technologists, so to speak.

Anyway, welcome to the community!

And thanks for your kind comment as well. I am passionate about technology, and as I sometimes say, I’m happy to shout in a empty theater, but it’s much better to have company!

Thanks again – I look forward to reading your work.

All Regards,

Reno J. Tibke

I still say that it makes more sense to take direct control of a robot than to have to communicate verbally or with gestures during a crisis. Particularly where time is a major factor.

The level of autonomy they are shooting for here is too unrealistic at this time. I think in the end teleoperation is the way to go, at least for several more years to come (the robots that will participate in the recently announced DARPA challenge will be).

I’ve started my own page on Facebook about the future of technology. Would you mind if I linked my Facebook page to your Anthrobotic page as your work is excellent and it think it would be great if more people saw it.

Thanks