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in sci fi when robots turn against people,what is the point of that? machines are things made by people to do things for them ,generally.
but maybe make a robot to hate people as a misanthropy labour saving device;ie to hate -for- you and leave you to do something else
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Uh, explain if possible the force that bumps TV primetime wrestling to be replaced by robots that pursue, pound, push, and incinerate other robots.
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Because robots actually destroying each other is cool. Wrestlers 'fighting' to a coreographed and predetermined script is not. |
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Technobadger, the generally given reason is that the machines had been programmed for efficiency, and felt humans were inefficient. |
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When these robots rise up and rebel, will they start giving flowers and chocs to all your enemies? You can just imagine Terminator 3: Arnie storming through a post-apocalyptic wasteland to deliver Milk Tray. |
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My elf hates robots, but my Mountain Yeti loves them. |
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I was thinking of Battlebots, myself. Is Craig Charles the black guy who used to host Robot Wars? <May still host the UK version...it's some white guy with an annoying voice on the US version...> |
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Rules are necessary, or everyone would do pretty much the same thing as your tank, and it'd turn into either a demolition derby, or a war. Battlebots will allow you to enter a robot of any size, as long as it fits through the 8'x8' door, and is equal to or under the weight max. |
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StarChaser: //Is Craig Charles the black guy who used to host Robot Wars?// |
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Yes. He's always done the UK version. Starred as Lister in 'Red Dwarf' tv series (original UK version). Gotta say, despite their being 'dustbin/garden tool/canopener hybrids' <grin> as RT says, the Robot Wars machines could kick the Battlebots' arses any day. Gobsmackingly pansy-ass, they are. |
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//and it'd turn into either a demolition derby, or a war// And your point is? |
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Somebody needs to build/enter a robot with an EMP. |
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My point is that demolition derbies already exist. The robots are better. |
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At least one of the Robot Wars UK robots has come to the Battlebots US. Killerhurtz. Some unlucky draws in opponents, but he went down fighting... |
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Robot Wars and Battlebots really aren't comparable...In Robot Wars, they have to do things like run races and play soccer...in Battlebots, it's just destroy things. |
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Deity: EMP is specifically not allowed. <I'm half designing a robot, and read the rules...> I really wish they'd outlaw wedges. They're -boring-! |
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//I really wish they'd outlaw wedges// |
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Damn straight. It's one of my pet hates too. Damned wedgy-flipper things, no axes, no chainsaws, no pointy sticks, no nothing except their little flipper for turning another robot upside-down. BFD. |
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Robots should settle their debates like adults, via chess or scissors-paper-stone. |
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I want to build a robot based on a military piece of equipment...One of our customers here is Grainger, and I hope to get them to sponsor me... |
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Human-hating robot? Surely that's Marvin the Paranoid Android from the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series? |
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"Brain the size of a planet and they want me to rise up and fight humanity..." |
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do robots have feelings and do people have no feelings? Which is more sensitive, people or robots? A robot cannot fight back after it has been ripped apart by people! What might a robot feel about that? |
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