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Friday, October 31, 2003

TCS: Tech Central Station - Robot Rights
By Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Published 10/29/2003

Robots are people, too! Or at least they will be, someday.' That's the rallying cry of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Robots, and it's beginning to become a genuine issue. We are, at present, a long way from being able to create artificial intelligence systems that are as good as human minds. But people are already beginning to talk about the subject (the U.S. Patent Office has already issued a -- rather dubious -- patent on ethical laws for artificial intelligences, and the International Bar Association even sponsored a mock trial on robot rights last month).
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'Companion' robot represents the future in nursing home care
10/28/2003 6:40 PM
By: Kristi Nakamura

The new face of nursing home caregivers has rolled into the Silverado Senior Living Center in Cypresswood. It's called the Companion, and California-based InTouch Health is hoping this robot will alleviate the country's shortage of doctors and nurses by allowing for virtual visits across hundreds of miles.
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Nine-eyed robots are go
Nine-eyed robots are go ROBOTS should have eyes in the back of their heads as well the front. Researchers in the US say a robot's navigation skills could be vastly improved by giving it 'omni-directional' vision.
A robot on the move must be able to sense whether it is travelling in a straight line or spinning on the spot. But telling the difference is difficult with just a single camera for an eye. Yiannis Aloimonos, a computer scientist at the University of Maryland in College Park, says the best way to understand the problem is to imagine seeing the world through a cardboard tube.
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ScienceDaily News Release: People Are Robots, Too. Almost
Source: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: 2003-10-29

People Are Robots, Too. Almost Popular culture has long pondered the question, 'If it looks like a human, walks like a human and talks like a human, is it human?' So far the answer has been no. Robots can't cry, bleed or feel like humans, and that's part of what makes them different.
But what if they could think like humans?
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Tuesday, October 28, 2003

Carnegie Mellon Will Induct Four Robots into Newly Established Robot Hall of Fame
Monday October 27, 4:46 pm ET

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Mellon University will induct four robots into its newly established Robot Hall of Fame(TM) in a ceremony at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center at 8 p.m. Monday, November 10.
The robots to be honored fall into two categories--robots from science and robots from science fiction. Their creators or others with a close relationship to the robots will attend the ceremony to accept a certificate in their honor.
The Robot Hall of Fame was established earlier this year to honor noteworthy robots, both real and fictional, along with their creators in recognition of the increasing benefits robots are bringing to society.
A Robot Hall of Fame Web site will be unveiled at the induction ceremony. The goal is to create a permanent, interactive exhibition involving robots that will educate and entertain a wide variety of audiences.
A panel of experts, each serving for a two-year term, will choose robots in each category to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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The next selection of robots for induction into the Robot Hall of Fame is scheduled to take place in conjunction with the 25th anniversary celebration of Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute, Oct. 13-16, 2004.
Contact: Anne Watzman
412-268-3830

Carnegie Mellon Will Induct Four Robots into Newly Established Robot Hall of Fame
Monday October 27, 4:46 pm ET

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Mellon University will induct four robots into its newly established Robot Hall of Fame(TM) in a ceremony at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center at 8 p.m. Monday, November 10.
The robots to be honored fall into two categories--robots from science and robots from science fiction. Their creators or others with a close relationship to the robots will attend the ceremony to accept a certificate in their honor.
The Robot Hall of Fame was established earlier this year to honor noteworthy robots, both real and fictional, along with their creators in recognition of the increasing benefits robots are bringing to society.
A Robot Hall of Fame Web site will be unveiled at the induction ceremony. The goal is to create a permanent, interactive exhibition involving robots that will educate and entertain a wide variety of audiences.
A panel of experts, each serving for a two-year term, will choose robots in each category to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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The next selection of robots for induction into the Robot Hall of Fame is scheduled to take place in conjunction with the 25th anniversary celebration of Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute, Oct. 13-16, 2004.
Contact: Anne Watzman
412-268-3830