I, for one…

…welcome our new library robot overlords.

A Japanese team of researchers has developed a robot that could help browse for books in a library by receiving instructions via the Internet…Using a laser to navigate between shelves and other barriers, it can select a book, open it and flip through pages with its own hand, while taking and sending pictures of contents.

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Published:: 12.09.03 / 2am

Category:: Digital Culture

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hizzle December 9, 2003

all hail the hyperintelligent robot elite!
jane December 9, 2003

you’re fired.
yeri December 9, 2003

0wned!
travis December 9, 2003

okay, any guesses on how long it will take this idea to be co-opt’ed for pr0n-related purposes? “I want to look at the March 1977 issue of Playboy, but I don’t own a copy. Whatever can I do?”

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