Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Internet for Robots: It's Not Skynet, It's RoboEarth

Internet for Robots: It's Not Skynet, It's RoboEarth:
"'If you're going to have networked robots at home, it can do physical damage to your person, analogous to the way in which malware might damage your data,' says Teller, though he also considers RoboEarth a positive step. 'Your PC has a webcam, but it can't hit you on the head. Once these things gain the ability to move on their own, even without the virus or the bad guy dialing in from the Internet, if there is a bug in it, it can hurt you.'"