TED Tuesday: Dennis Hong:'s seven species of robot

Ladies and gentlemen, the singularity is near. Much nearer than you probably realize. As evidence, I present to you this talk by Dennis Hong. In it, Hong describes seven different "species" of robot. These species include a War of the Worlds-inspired tripod robot that "doesn't" have a death ray, a robot that can climb, and a robot that can (awww) play soccer. Apparently by 2050 he intends to create a team of fully autonomous robots that can play against and defeat the world cup champion soccer team. Is this all just a ploy to get Americans to watch "the most popular sport in the world" or a clever ruse to divert the public's attention away from what is really going on behind the scenes?

Ed

Ed enjoys all forms of entertainment and has an unnatural love for quantitative methodology. He operates out of a basement in Northern Virginia (@edomaniac).

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