Robots will have their own internet 'RoboEarth'

trigger-happy · 9 Feb 2011 at 17:48

European scientists have embarked on a project to let robots share and store what they discover about the world.

Called RoboEarth it will be a place that robots can upload data to when they master a task, and ask for help in carrying out new ones.

Researchers behind it hope it will allow robots to come into service more quickly, armed with a growing library of knowledge about their human masters.

Source:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12400647

One step closer to skynet then heh?

Biohazard · 9 Feb 2011 at 17:49

There already is a skynet!!!!

Marky · 9 Feb 2011 at 17:51

Robot equivilent of Facebook?

Tefal · 9 Feb 2011 at 17:55

we all know it will just be used by the car building robot arms to spout their racist bile about the Asimo's

Cosimo · 9 Feb 2011 at 17:55

RoboEarth will be a communication system and a database, he said

So time to stop getting excited as it's not robots.

Xinn · 9 Feb 2011 at 17:55

iRobot getting more real year by year!

sigma · 9 Feb 2011 at 18:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity

One step at a time!

Paving the way for these beasts to communicate and take over:

trigger-happy · 9 Feb 2011 at 18:11

sigma said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity

One step at a time!

Paving the way for these beasts to communicate and take over:

Davies_M · 9 Feb 2011 at 18:16

sigma said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity

One step at a time!

Paving the way for these beasts to communicate and take over:

It's like a retarded cow...

Marky · 9 Feb 2011 at 18:17

sigma said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity

One step at a time!

Paving the way for these beasts to communicate and take over:

wannabedamned · 9 Feb 2011 at 18:19

So robots with their intelligence clustered together? Are they Wifi? Do they get smarter in close proximity to one another???

It's gonna be the Mass Effect effect all over again

Grandmaster Fap! · 9 Feb 2011 at 18:21

<Robot1>Humans suck</robot1>

<Robot2>Omg thats racist!</robot2>

Strife212 · 9 Feb 2011 at 18:21

simulatorman said:
So time to stop getting excited as it's not robots.

What you quoted and said makes no sense :confused:

The robots use it

twist3d0n3 · 9 Feb 2011 at 18:24

trigger-happy said:
the only thing I hate about it is the constant buzzing lol.

seconded!

Monkeymatt · 9 Feb 2011 at 18:27

Should I be preparing an EMP gun for when the robots take over?

Skidder · 9 Feb 2011 at 18:28

It's great to think of the possibilities but like the human internet it will turn into one big roboporn **** fest. It will start with a mildly saucy picture of a circuit board and end up with an aibo doing an asimo, while a load of precision german CNC machines look on.

D.P. · 9 Feb 2011 at 18:28

trigger-happy said:
Source:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12400647

One step closer to skynet then heh?

My friend at ETHZ is working on this.

EDIT:
reading the article, Dr Markus Waibel is indeed my friend and college!

Brian8bit · 9 Feb 2011 at 18:31

So all it is is a centralised database all bots can access and share collectively?

Somnambulist · 9 Feb 2011 at 18:35

HL:Ep2 Hunters made real. Just needs explosive flachettes!

Aedus · 9 Feb 2011 at 18:36

Just in time for 2012

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