Japanese robots to colonize the moon

Japan eyes moon colonized by robots
PhysOrg.com—The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has formed a team of researchers to promote the exploration of the moon and planets in the solar system using robots. The agency also established a team specializing in the development of technology for the lunar-based robots…more...
3YEN.COM WELCOMES OUR ROBOT OVERLORDS!
More entertaining than Japanese robots colonizing the moon is the “debate” in the month’s issue of Fast Company magazine entited Resolved: In the next century, robots will take over the planet. In one corner supporting the proposition is Henrik Hautop Lund, a professor at the University of Southern Denmark’s Adaptronics Group, and former head of the LEGO Lab. And, arguing against him is Rodney Brooks director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and co-founder and chief technical officer of iRobot. Read more here.


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