Anybots-- Building your robot army

[jnilsson]

You've probably seen or heard of the industrial robots that build cars, and the various humanoid robots like Honda's Asimo. Most of these are made in Japan. But let's face it, there's only so much these can do. An industrial robot is bolted down, and only knows one or two simple tasks. Asimo is small and weak, and famously collapsed once while trying to climb stairs.

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-978...g=2547-1_3-0-5

[MalcolmSmith]

Keith and Chemda already had one of those, but it wasn't called an Anybot, it was called an international (largely harmless, although there has been some talk of them invading and taking over as well). I don't know if Keith and Chemda's international ever fell down on the stairs, but I'm certain it was once connected to an umbilical. Only prolem, it kept putting tings in the wrong drawers.