Do robots exist?

[Sloths Rule]

Do you think robots exist?

Me... yes.

[efo]

i think robots exist!
i think i saw one when i went to japan and it was handing out fliers
...... now that i think about it, it could of been a man in a metallic suit D:

[Luke Groundwalker]

I don't think, I know they exist.

[Luke Groundwalker]

Originally Posted by Sloths Rule

Proof plz.

I dunno, wiki or google it?

Robot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Lieutenant Lollipop]

We don't need **** like wikipedia and such.

Our post count is higher than yours, that's all that matters.

FACT OF LIFE

[GDwarf]

Er, I think, perhaps, you don't mean robots the way everyone else does.


The term "Robot" comes from a Czechoslovakian word for...slave, I think it was. Anyways, it currently means any electrical and mechanical device that performs a task. (There's probably a better definition, but that's not a bad one.)

So, factories have used robots for decades, remote-controlled ones are used for all sorts of things, etc.


I suspect what you (the OP) means by "robot" is something like Isaac Asimov's ones, self-aware, intelligent, and sapient. Those currently do not exist.

[Vega]

Don't listen to GDwarf, he's Tom Cruise's publicist.



Robots are very much a reality, but you wont find them in Japanese toy shops. They are in our teen dramas, our pop concerts, and Oprah specials.

[CurryMonster]

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[Jokerman]

Well, I agree with GDwarf, Robots can mean many things; there are robots at for example many factories, building for example cars, there are even some robots that looks like humans, and "robot-toys".
But if you mean robots like the ones in that computer animated movie from Disney, I've never seen one.

[efo]

well have we ever seen the inside of a robot? like i said it could be people in suits because from what i have seen so far they are just little remote controlled cars and man shaped robots (obviously to put people in there!)

[Link]

Here are some.

Self-Assembling robot: Self-Assembling Modular Robot

Robot used in the military, able to sense it's environment and conquer it: Big Dog the Military Robot (Reminds you of MGS4 doesn't it?)


I found a video on youtube that has a robot that has the ability to learn words, actions, can learn what to say and what not to say, and have a conversation.

But sadly, youtube is dead right now :/


-Link

[efo]

Originally Posted by Link

Here are some.

Self-Assembling robot: Self-Assembling Modular Robot

Robot used in the military, able to sense it's environment and conquer it: Big Dog the Military Robot (Reminds you of MGS4 doesn't it?)


I found a video on youtube that has a robot that has the ability to learn words, actions, can learn what to say and what not to say, and have a conversation.

But sadly, youtube is dead right now :/


-Link

that was really kool, the end was hilarious XD

as for the 2nd one, its a really kool robot and seems pretty tough! but what could it be used for in war? scouting?

[Luke Groundwalker]

Originally Posted by Link

Robot used in the military, able to sense it's environment and conquer it: Big Dog the Military Robot (Reminds you of MGS4 doesn't it?)

Oh man, that **** is crazy. It looks and feels like it's a real animal with those movements.

[efo]

^especially when it slips on the ice!

[Sailboat]

Robots exist.

[Daemonius]

This is probably as close as it gets to the kind of robots the TC meant...

[zeldask8r]

Originally Posted by Daemonius

This is probably as close as it gets to the kind of robots the TC meant...

yeah, asimo is the most technilogily advanced robot. It can walk up and down stairs, dance, and do lots of other human-like movements. Although, It is only a robot, It cannot yet think on it's own and make decisions based on gathered information like a human can. However, Something tells me having artificial humans would be a bad thing. Most people would probably think down on them, like people are better than robots (similar to the whole racial segregation during the 50's).

[Margar]

well of course robots EXIST....
it just depends on how sophisticated of a robot we're talking about though.

like- androids- no. AI hasn't gotten that advanced yet. but we're making strides.

[Lly]

Yes.

PROOF!

We are currently enslaving robots in our homes! I believe that they contain latent AI put in by iRobot company that will one day be made active- and lo, on that day, they will pillage our homes and devour our firstborn.

Seriously, though. Of course there are robots. AI robots, though? Naw. Not yet.


Also, the fact that UB2R-B0T has yet to post in this thread is appalling. Seriously, wtf? Get in here and say something amusing, now.

[efo]

Originally Posted by Margar

well of course robots EXIST....
it just depends on how sophisticated of a robot we're talking about though.

like- androids- no. AI hasn't gotten that advanced yet. but we're making strides.

no, they have androids! i think you mean cyborg where its half robot half human which becomes a living robot

androids are just robots that look like humans but they can't think or have any feeling... BUT they have been programmed to have emotions which just burst out randomly :/ (kinda reminds me of how some people go )

[GDwarf]

Originally Posted by Margar

well of course robots EXIST....
it just depends on how sophisticated of a robot we're talking about though.

like- androids- no. AI hasn't gotten that advanced yet. but we're making strides.

I think you've got your Sci-Fi nomenclature a bit off.

Robot: Fully electrical/mechanical.

Android: Synthetic human. Fake skin, fake blood, fake bones, but not (usually) made of metal.

Cyborg: Either part human/part robot, or part robot/part android, or part android/part human.



I really wish I knew where I learnt stuff like this.

[ginger17]

[Temple of Time]

You want to see a real robot? Check this out....

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