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Robots Helping Robots

Posted September 25, 2016 12:00 AM by Engineering360 eNewsletter

Imagine what industry might look like if robots could cooperate with each other spontaneously using body language as their guide. In a manner similar to human communication, a robot that needs assistance waves and points to get the attention of another robot. That robot stops what it is doing and arrives to lend a hand. This piece from Electronics360describes an example where two off-the-shelf robots cooperate to carry an object

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SolarEagle
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09/25/2016 5:03 PM

How do you say I have a bad back in robo speak??? Just want to be prepared....

OMG am I being assimilated??

Resistance is futile....

You realize I can crush you with no effort....

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09/25/2016 6:27 PM

It seems there would be more efficient robot to robot communication, but I suppose that if they were already programmed to recognize human gestures ...
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09/25/2016 11:18 PM

They communicate in their own secret language.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R.

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09/26/2016 1:37 AM

1. With, humans are obsolete on factory room floor.

2. Similar, Cherry 2000.

3. Lend, self repairing.
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