Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!shelby!portia.stanford.edu!azure From: azure@portia.Stanford.EDU (Lai Heng Chua) Newsgroups: comp.robotics Subject: Re: Robots in our Future? Message-ID: <1990Aug28.234809.15660@portia.Stanford.EDU> Date: 28 Aug 90 23:48:09 GMT References: Organization: AIR, Stanford University Lines: 11 Robots that are better than people are still a long ways off. I think wek one area important to the future of robots would be research on creation of robust adaptive robots. Don't need need them in all situations but there are many situations where such robots would be needed. How about using some othe robots for environmental work? Too expensive?