“Self-preservation was a basic directive, but there wasn’t a robot functioning that prioritized it at the top of the list. Like biologicals… — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
So robots are good at very simple things like cleaning the floor, like doing a repetitive task. Our robots have a little… — Rodney Brooks Copy Share Image
In a dispassionate comparison of the relative values of human and robotic spaceflight, the only surviving motivation for continuing human spaceflight is… — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
Everyone’s gone mad, typing to themselves all day long like mindless robots. — Kathy Reichs Copy Share Image
If manufacturing jobs do come back to the U.S., they will be done by robots in hi-tech parts of the country rather… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
“Listen my darling, here’s the situation – Wait … Un gazz , I’m talkin to a robot here, right? Again. So! uh-huh!… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“I create not only robots that represent your departed loves ones by incorporating their DNA into robotic form. Morgue verified. I also… — Jill Thrussell Copy Share Image
Robotics has already made significant inroads in electronics assembly, with sewing trades - traditionally many countries' first entry point to the global… — Michael Spence Copy Share Image
In 'Nier Automata', the protagonists are androids, not humans, and that's very common in a Science Fiction story. — Yoko Taro Copy Share Image
Normally, in the presence of radiation, communication links fail. But with autonomous robots, you don't need communications. — Vijay Kumar Copy Share Image
Charles Babbage proposed to make an automaton chess-player which should register mechanically the number of games lost and gained in consequence of… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
One of the great things about the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, which my company iRobot designed, is that it's too cheap not… — Rodney Brooks Copy Share Image
As humans embrace new forms of social media to keep connected with friends and colleagues, our robots are becoming increasingly sociable. — Ken Goldberg Copy Share Image
“When are you going to give up and accept the inevitable? Automation and microchips are here to stay.” — J.A. Jance Copy Share Image
Even seemingly innocuous housecleaning robots create maps of your home. That is information you want to make sure you control. — Oren Etzioni Copy Share Image
Robots are very tricky to design and expensive, whereas humans are cheaply manufactured. Humans can handle things with greater manual dexterity than… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
A moderate tax on robots, even a temporary tax that merely slows the adoption of disruptive technology, seems a natural component of… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
Robots will harvest, cook, and serve our food. They will work in our factories, drive our cars, and walk our dogs. Like… — Gray Scott Copy Share Image
We humans have a love-hate relationship with our technology. We love each new advance and we hate how fast our world is… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Dr. Noah Smith, economics columnist for Bloomberg View, tells us, “The real danger of the ‘rise of the robots’ is not that… — Kelly Weinersmith Copy Share Image
Chances are, the aliens will not want to land on our backyard, or even the White House lawn, with their flying saucers.… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
I'm excited about bringing robots into the market, about having the most effect in the world. — Anthony Levandowski Copy Share Image
“Old robots are becoming more human and young humans are becoming more like robots.” — Lorin Morgan-Richards Copy Share Image
Of course, the idea that a robot can have a sexual identity is kind of an absurd one. — Randy Pitchford Copy Share Image
