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More Wishful Thinking

ercoerco Posts: 20,255
edited 2012-11-21 04:55 in Robotics
According to this article & slideshow, there is NOTHING that these proposed robots will not be able to do. How wonderful and bright our future surely is!

Maybe the author and her rosy optimism should try doing the figure 8 challenge first. :)

http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&dfpLayout=blog&cid=Newsletter+%2D+Special+Technology+Reports&dfpPParams=ht%5F13%2Cindustry%5Fconsumer%2Caid%5F254000&doc_id=254000

Comments

  • Martin_HMartin_H Posts: 4,051
    edited 2012-11-20 06:03
    Argh, it's from design news.

    Designers and engineers are like coyotes and road runners, unfortunately for us engineers we're coyotes. Like the road runner designers are able to transcend physical laws and run into their Photoshop creations, while engineers must come to a stop or hit the screen at full speed. Yes it is a good idea to have a product look good, but I need to get a sign that reads "Free birdseed" and some Acme corp gizmo to keep them away.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,255
    edited 2012-11-20 10:10
    As engineers move into management, they are mostly required to put on their "happy hats" and adopt a blind "yes we can" attitude to everyone up the food chain, no matter how risky or unlikely an idea/proposal/initiative is. The TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) concept encourages "Top Producers" to surround themselves with positive reinforcement, which conveniently provides lots of people to blame if & when the initiative de jour doesn't work out quite as expected.

    Beep Beep!
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2012-11-21 04:55
    Unless you work for ACME (Another Corporate Mythology Expanded)!
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