So many people think the world will be destroyed by some natural phenomenon that may or may not be influenced by global warming, war or religion etc but I would like to categorically state that that is not the case. Every individual with any semblance of intelligence knows that the world will be destroyed or conquered by one of two things Robots or Zombies.
Japan has already started to train their young to defend against zombies but what about robots? When I first read the words “Robot Safety Center” I thought “what do we need to protect robots from”? Luckily I am stupid and somebody smarter than me explained that it’s not the robots that needed protecting but us humans who need protection from the robots – think about it, why would we need protection from robots? OK Stop thinking, I mean if we can control a robot with our thoughts, there is no way a robot could control us right? I said stop thinking!
Robot Safety Center
The robot safety center which is located in Tsukuba, Japan is developing a battery of tests that will set safety standards for personal assisted-living robots such as Cyberdyne’s HAL exoskeleton and autonomous security and cleaning robots. The center draws personel from three main organizations – Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and Japan’s Automobile Research Institute (JARI). The almost 4,000 square foot facility has four major testing areas that will allow trained examiners to analyze driving (obstacle detection), electronic jamming resistance, durability, and so on. By 2015 the center will provide one-stop certification services with Japan Quality Assurance Agency (JQA) for robots entering the market. So when buying a robot (like you do when buying a car) you’d look out for it’s “crash safety reading”? Stop laughing you dimwit, this is serious business and all great ideas might seem a little weird at first but in 20 years when hundreds of thousands of robots surround us lets see who is laughing then…
Read a post I did some time ago entitled 5 amazing Japanese Robots and their uses. Better yet read every post on this blog with the robot tag, then cower in fear.
Via – Plastic Pals and Engadget
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Every individual with any semblance of intelligence knows that the world will be destroyed or conquered by one of two things Robots or Zombies.”
Robots or zombies….or both! Think about that one.
do you mean robot zombies or zombie robots? interesting…
Dude, your Blog is amazing! I like the art you write.
Just read that post … laughing my ass off!
Keep doing it!
I can never decide whether I find robots really cool or really creepy. In any case, fascinating stuff, thanks for the post! 🙂