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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[is it neccesary for it to have a face?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Big]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 11:16AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is it necessary for it to have boobs?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kaztm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 12:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[The funny thing is the boobs are probably more necessary than the face.  My guess is it needs to house some motors inside there.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamokazi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 2:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yes, for frustrated human co-workers to punch when stressed...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[peterson146]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 3:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[So... why does the portion of the robot where the arms mount A) simulate a humanoid form and B) have boobs?<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[aeo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 11:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[I for one, welcome our new package sorting, freaky armed, robot overlords...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gabe McGuinness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 11:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[just what I was about to say, you will know when the are getting smart, they will join a union!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 11:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[Which one is the robot in the picture?  I though it was the "thing" in the background.  I thought the machine in the foreground was a dentist machine of some sort with what looks like an emotionless stare and boobs (?!?!?)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[apeguero]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 11:24AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[robots are stealing out jobs!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian W.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 11:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[they took our jerbs!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 2:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[They took our jerbs!!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 2:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[Great story. One of the many great uses for Robots to replace cheap menial labor :-). There was an interesting and realated article about more progress in this direction and what Rod Brooks at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) wants to do with robots in the future.  No more jobs for you!  Even the programmers will be replaced ... probably with more programmers.<br><br>Take a look here: <a href="http://www.xconomy.com/2007/07/05/reconfiguring-labor-markets-pondering-the-meaning-of-life/" rel="nofollow">http://www.xconomy.com/2007/07/05/reconfiguring-labor-markets-pondering-the-meaning-of-life/</a><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[akoyfman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 12:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nice...Very Nice!!! How much?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[pete]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 2:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[Those boobs are about as real as most boobs on the tube or even on the beach these days, so I don't see what the issue is.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mile]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 12:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[DEM DERE ROBOTS! DEY TOOK UR JRR! DRR TRR KRR JRR!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brutalnet Nick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 12th 2007 2:02AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[hmm.. notice the human in the background is sporting the same coloured uniform as the robot?!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[psxp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 1:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[Those arms will come in handy when the robots are sorting human skulls and extracting the metal from the fillings to build more robots.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TyPe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 2:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[Domo Arigato, Booby Roboto....]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rainier]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 11th 2007 5:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[At FedEx (and UPS, I'm told our standards are the same) we expect human sorters to sort 1450 pkgs/hr w/multiple destinations, and 1600pph if only sorting with 2 options. I thought robots were supposed to be faster than hu-mons.<br><br>-bZj]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Z Jones]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 12th 2007 5:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah, but how many are missorts compared to what the robot would missort? The robot should have 100% accuracy and doesn't need to take breaks.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 13th 2007 11:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Yaskawa Electric puts robot on package-sorting duty]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/yaskawa-electric-puts-robot-on-package-sorting-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[The head is not required.  Its just for fun.  Front facia is to cover motors.  The form factor is to provide the most reach and flexibility in the smallest footprint.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 16th 2007 10:04AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
