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    Robot kills worker at Volkswagen Plant in Germany

     

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/02/robot-kills-worker-at-volkswagen-plant-in-germany?CMP=fb_gu

     

    "The 22-year-old was part of a team that was setting up the stationary robot when it grabbed and crushed him against a metal plate, Hillwig said.

     
    He said initial conclusions indicate that human error was to blame, rather than a problem with the robot, which can be programmed to perform various tasks in the assembly process. He said it normally operates within a confined area at the plant, grabbing auto parts and manipulating them."
     
    I wonder if those conclusions had been come to via the help of a computer. 

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    Right! Itinerary set! Flying in on 17th April, staying a week with 2 nights in St Helena (21 & 22nd) to see a little wine country. Now just coming up with ideas to do each day and, more importantly, where to eat - SF seems like a food mecca. Can't wait!

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    I'm thinking of whisking the wife away to SF for a week next April (the benefits of working for an airline!) - we've been before a fee years ago but only for a couple of nights so feel we barely scratched the surface of the place. As well as wanting to see more of the city, I'm thinking of renting a car and seeing some of the country nearby. However, no idea where to go or what to see! Is Napa valley worth a trip? Sacramento? Decisions decisions...

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    The problem with that is if you forget to leave 1 guy alive the AI takes over and it repairs the missile launcher that they otherwise couldn't repair. God I hate that so much.

    Avoid taking out the beam - with only that, they are ineffective

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    Fab episode gents; as NotDormer says - you MUST make that DayZ stream a reality, esp. with the audio stream for you guys.

     

    I was slightly surprised though, at your enthusiasm for getting a telepresence robot. After all, what's to stop the robot community from just rendering a human face on the screen and so surreptitiously gaining a foothold in the human world. It wouldn't then be long before offices ONLY had telepresence robots - none of which would be controlled by humans, obviously.