[A press release received
today says:] “A team of researchers from the Intelligent Robotics
Laboratory at the University Jaume I (UJI) in Castellón, Spain, has
created the first automat capable of performing the tasks usually
carried out by a library clerk. The robot uses speech-recognition to
identify the book that is being requested, then determines its
location, goes to the shelf, picks it up and takes it to wherever it is
instructed to do so.”
That's pretty cool.
Ah, but can she knock you back three steps by fixing you with her cold steely gaze as you return the slightly shopworn stack of Sports Illustrated swimsuit editions three days late?
Cheers, Ted