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Robots and Slavery - what do humans want when we are “Masters”? - Transhumanity.net

Robots and Slavery - what do humans want when we are “Masters”? - Transhumanity.net | The Robot Times | Scoop.it
Robot obeys. Robot does what human Master wants.  Robot is Slave. Androids today are quite “primitive” - they don’t look convincingly “human” - not yet. But soon, they’ll be indistinguishable from us….
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I agree that we are interested in robots as slaves, but the majority of all robotic devices will actually be invisible - just tools.

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Science - Image - NYTimes.com

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MECHANICAL REACH Engineers at the University of Washington are working on a human-scale robot hand.

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Robot Finger Does What Your Finger Can't - IEEE Spectrum

Robot Finger Does What Your Finger Can't - IEEE Spectrum | The Robot Times | Scoop.it
These robot fingers add entirely new axes of motion to the traditional robotic gripper...
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Jamming Grippers Combine to Form Robotic Elephant Trunk - IEEE Spectrum

Jamming Grippers Combine to Form Robotic Elephant Trunk - IEEE Spectrum | The Robot Times | Scoop.it
This manipulator is made out of not much more than coffee and plastic, but it’s robust, flexible, and very low cost (http://t.co/9piUOd37 robotic elephant trunk...)...
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Robotic grippers based on granular jamming

This video is a high level introduction to our jamming-based robot grippers for a general audience. Cornell Creative Machines Lab: http://creativemachines.co...
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Sticky Feet Help Robots Land on Asteroids : Discovery News

Sticky Feet Help Robots Land on Asteroids : Discovery News | The Robot Times | Scoop.it
Tiny steel hooks attached to a flexible suspension system could give probes better clinging power.
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Advancing tomorrow’s leaders in Robotics and Manufacturing

American Grippers Inc is proud to participate in collaborative opportunities when they have the potential to lead to innovation and the advancement of robotics technologies and is committed to advancing tomorrow’s leaders in robotics and...
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