Korea Vows Online Robots In Every Home

A heaping dose of Battle Bots and movies like Terminator and I, Robot have instilled a (healthy?) paranoia of centrally controlled robot futures - at least in the States. In South Korea, not so much, as the country announced its plan to have a robot in every home - very, very soon. If Herbert Hoover's prophecy of a "chicken in every pot and a car in every garage" hadn't fulfilled itself so effectively (even if late), then the announcement of the South Korean government may just be another example of empty yeah-yeah rhetoric. But South Korea is hungry and aggressive, capable and willing to achieve it. "My personal goal is to put a robot in every home by 2010," said. ``The two sophisticated robots will be empowered by the country's state-of-the-art mobile network, thus enabling mass production at an affordable price.'' The MIC has already conducted a tested the bots in 64 households and 2 post offices, according to The Korea Times. Within the next decade, South Korean officials are expecting the police, security, and military robots to become the fearless sidekicks of their human counterparts. Their plans to produce multilegged or multiwheeled combat bots were announced in 2005. These robots work from a similar system, here.") Drag this to your Bookmarks. Add to document.write("Del.icio.us") Yahoo My Web