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Good-Bye Jobs
- The new Google robot can walk, climb, use tools and even drive a car. You can say good-bye to tens of thousands of truck driving and taxi jobs to the non-union droid workforce.
- You can bet your sweet ass that the new droid can also fire a gun and will soon "assist" humans in law enforcement.
Google is to start selling a humanoid robot which can walk, climb, use tools and even drive a car.
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Called Schaft, the robot was developed by a Japanese firm bought by Google.
It recently won a military ‘robo-olympics’ – but Google has revealed the machine is being pulled from future rounds of the contest so it can be developed into the firm’s first commercial robot.
Schaft’s 1.48m (4ft 11in) tall, two-legged robot entered the contest the favourite and lived up to its reputation.
Its engineers say this lets its arms move and pivot at higher speeds than would otherwise be possible, in effect giving it stronger 'muscles'.
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The announcement came as the next round of the robo-contest was revealed.
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'The first-place finisher, SCHAFT, has elected to withdraw from the Finals to focus on the development of its first commercial product,' organisers said.
Read more: Daily Mail.
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'Anything you can do, humans!': Japanese robot Schaft completes one of the eight DARPA challenges - climbing a steep ladder. |
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