Robotics Seen as a Disruptive Technology

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:09:28 +0000

An article by ComputerWorld notes that a recent study by finds that robotics represent a technology that promises to be disruptive in the sense that it has

the potential to causes a noticeable — even if temporary — degradation or enhancement in one of the elements of U.S. national power

according to a preliminary report released by the National Intelligence Council in April 2008. This report contains the following graph prepared by SRI Consulting Business Intelligence and projects robotic capabilities beyond 2020.

Technology Roadmap: Service Robotics

: Technology Roadmap: Service Robotics

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Vint Cerf Predicts Telepresence Robots

admin — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:32:43 +0000

Vint Cerf, known as the father of the internet, looking into the future envisions little telepresence robots that physically represent you in far-away places. In a recent interview, he states:

Little robots, for example, that are instantiations of you, and are remotely operated, giving you what is called telepresence. It’s a step well beyond the kind of video telepresence we are accustomed to seeing today.
This image of little robots is different from the typical autonomous robot you see in the AI world. They could be sitting in a conference room, representing me — not autonomously, but allowing me to be in more than one place at the same time. They can move around, interact with things, talk to people, see like everyone else can.

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Robotics Seen as a Disruptive Technology

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