Robots meet SHT (no, it's not the misspelled word you think it is)
I find it amusing when companies refer to their shipping activities with SHT. Juvenile, yes, but that does not stop me from chuckling.
Speaking of funny things, here's an excerpt I read in a paper from Dr. Mark Humphrys of the University of Edinburgh:
"I think that people who are worried about robots taking over the world should go to a robotics conference and watch these things try to walk. They fall over, bump into walls and end up with their legs thrashing or wheels spinning in the air. I'm told that in this summer's Robotic Football competition, the losing player scored all five goals - two against the opposing robot, and three against himself. The winner presumably just fell over."
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Rumination of the day:
"Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance will neither last nor please thee one year; and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all; for the desire dieth when it is attained, and the affection perisheth when it is satisfied."
- Sir Walter Raleigh
Speaking of funny things, here's an excerpt I read in a paper from Dr. Mark Humphrys of the University of Edinburgh:
"I think that people who are worried about robots taking over the world should go to a robotics conference and watch these things try to walk. They fall over, bump into walls and end up with their legs thrashing or wheels spinning in the air. I'm told that in this summer's Robotic Football competition, the losing player scored all five goals - two against the opposing robot, and three against himself. The winner presumably just fell over."
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Rumination of the day:
"Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance will neither last nor please thee one year; and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all; for the desire dieth when it is attained, and the affection perisheth when it is satisfied."
- Sir Walter Raleigh