Members of Microsoft's Robotics Group are confident robotics is going to be the big story of the next five years. Visit PC Advisor's Microsoft spotlight for the latest Microsoft news and opinion.
May the force be with you
What roboticist doesn't love R2-D2? Trower says robotics is evolving to the point that a machine will engage with you and someday serve you, leaving today's toys far behind.
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- Inside Microsoft's Robotics Group
- Robots as toys
- May the force be with you
- Understanding the fundamentals
- A PC on wheels
- Pink cheeks and a bright yellow smile
- First simulate, then build
- Back of the net
- Two wheels good, two arms better
- Caring for the elderly
- Here to help
- Life as a learning experience
Comments
Keith Holdsworth said: Microsoft look like theyve seriously lost their way The robots are like ms platforms so complicated that they miss the point In this day and age any more aides will only make people more lethargic Help the less able bodied to walk or have motabilityor a verbal translator etcbut not more overblown toys please