Female Robots Are Coming
A robot that thinks like your mum may be running your kitchen and home sooner than you think, thanks to a bit of female intuition from scientists in Sydney.
Peter Hill, founder of the robotic software firm Kadence, claims to have stumbled on a new method of programming robots based on co-operation rather than exploitation.
"Previously we have exploited machines, driving them to do things faster and better," he said. He now believes the results may be better if machines can be taught to share objectives and goals and be programmed to work with their "users" to achieve those goals.
Dr Hill spent two years developing his "co-operating system" that drives three robots - Michelle, Romy and Goldie - which use their fine motor skills to build optical fibre components.
Unlike traditional manufacturing robots, which carry out single tasks sequentially, the three female robots are able to switch between a number of jobs according to priority and circumstance.
