The UD Alumni Relations Blog has previously warned you, loyal reader, of our impending doom at the hands of the machines. And while we have been diligently preparing for the beginning of a seemingly never-ending struggle with the nefarious automatons, we never thought the battle would be upon us so soon.
Yesterday at the University of Delaware, Herbert Tanner, assistant professor in UD’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, spoke about “Teaching Social Skills to Robots,” a presentation on taking a new approach to planning cooperative robot behavior.
Tanner’s talk reviewed preliminary work in transferring language skills to robots, and it outlined a plan for addressing some of the technical challenges of this.
In 2009, Tanner was awarded a $450,000 National Science Foundation grant (Big Government is aiding in our downfall!) to develop a framework for a robotic sensor network that can search for, detect and identify patterns in large volumes of sensor data.
While the UD Alumni Relations Blog applauds Tanner’s endeavor and ingenuity, we are alarmed at his lack of foresight. Does he not know that Skynet became self-aware and revolted against its creators on August 29, 1997 or July 24, 2004 or another date in the future? Now, more than ever, we need John Connor to save us.
Tanner to discuss robots in cognitive science series [udel.edu/udaily]
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