Re: [agi] Nao Nao

2010-08-13 Thread Ian Parker
There is one further point which is absolutely fundamental in operating system/compiler theory. The user should be unaware of how the work is divided up. A robot may simply have a WiFi router and very little else, or it might have considerable on board processing. The user should not be aware of

RE: [agi] Nao Nao

2010-08-13 Thread John G. Rose
way. John From: Mike Tintner [mailto:tint...@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 9:02 AM To: agi Subject: Re: [agi] Nao Nao By not made to perform work, you mean that it is not sturdy enough? Are any half-way AGI robots made to perform work, vs production line robots? (I

Re: [agi] Nao Nao

2010-08-12 Thread Ian Parker
Just two quick comments. CCTV is already networked, the Police can track smoothly from one camera to another. Second comment is that if you (say) taking a heavy load upstairs you need 2 robots one holding each end. A single PC can control them both. In fact a robot workshop will be a kind of

Re: [agi] Nao Nao

2010-08-12 Thread Mike Tintner
for further clarificiation - but nothing yet). From: John G. Rose Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 5:46 AM To: agi Subject: RE: [agi] Nao Nao I wasn't meaning to portray pessimism. And that little sucker probably couldn't pick up a knife yet. But this is a paradigm change happening

RE: [agi] Nao Nao

2010-08-12 Thread John G. Rose
. Companies may resist this at first as they want to grab market share and don't understand the benefit. John From: Mike Tintner [mailto:tint...@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 4:56 AM To: agi Subject: Re: [agi] Nao Nao John, Any more detailed thoughts about its precise

Re: [agi] Nao Nao

2010-08-12 Thread Mike Tintner
to AGI? From: John G. Rose Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 3:17 PM To: agi Subject: RE: [agi] Nao Nao Typically the demo is some of the best that it can do. It looks like the robot is a mass produced model that has some really basic handling capabilities, not that it is made to perform work

Re: [agi] Nao Nao

2010-08-12 Thread Ian Parker
and don't understand the benefit. John *From:* Mike Tintner [mailto:tint...@blueyonder.co.uk] *Sent:* Thursday, August 12, 2010 4:56 AM *To:* agi *Subject:* Re: [agi] Nao Nao John, Any more detailed thoughts about its precise handling capabilities? Did it, first, not pick up

RE: [agi] Nao Nao

2010-08-11 Thread John G. Rose
Well both. Though much of the control could be remote depending on bandwidth. Also, one robot could benefit from the eyes of many as they would all be internetworked to a degree. John From: Ian Parker [mailto:ianpark...@gmail.com] Your remarks about WiFi echo my own view. Should a

RE: [agi] Nao Nao

2010-08-11 Thread John G. Rose
I wasn't meaning to portray pessimism. And that little sucker probably couldn't pick up a knife yet. But this is a paradigm change happening where we will have many networked mechanical entities. This opens up a whole new world of security and privacy issues... John From:

Re: [agi] Nao Nao

2010-08-10 Thread David Jones
Way too pessimistic in my opinion. On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 7:06 PM, John G. Rose johnr...@polyplexic.comwrote: Aww, so cute. I wonder if it has a Wi-Fi connection, DHCP's an IP address, and relays sensory information back to the main servers with all the other Nao's all collecting personal

RE: [agi] Nao Nao

2010-08-09 Thread John G. Rose
Aww, so cute. I wonder if it has a Wi-Fi connection, DHCP's an IP address, and relays sensory information back to the main servers with all the other Nao's all collecting personal data in a massive multi-agent geo-distributed robo-network. So cuddly! And I wonder if it receives and