Do they go on strike?

[STEED]

I suspect not.

Robot nurses ready for hospitals 'in three years' (http://www.britainnews.net/story/226220)

[Letum]

Why are people constantly underestimating how soon semi-sentient robots will be working for us?

Back in the 80s everyone was sure they would be cooking dinner for us in a years time. Then in the 90s we *knew* that robots would tidy the house in a year or two.

What is it about robots that makes people think they are very useful and just around the corner?

*edit* I want a robot.

[XabbaRus]

It's like computers, they were supposed to do the work for us, free us up for free time. Hmm they actually created more work as we could do more in less time. Remember the paperless office? Then how come my factory guys need paper copies?

Then someone invented the internet and we went back to getting less work done in the same time, so back to square one. Then someone put porn on the internet and we started doing no work in the same time and got sacked.

Then we ended up on benefit with a free PC and internet connection, council house crap food, did no work in no time, got fat and stared at porn, got so fat that we couldn't stare at porn so we just stared.

[STEED]

Remember what they said back in the 50's and 60's, they said by the year 2000 we all be relaxing and bags of time on our hands as the robots will be doing everything for us.

And pigs might fly!!

http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/2825/pig1rn.png

[jumpy]

hehe, robot nurses indeed.

so the hospital is full of interaction and intelligence hahahaha

'Operating as a completely decentralized network means that the robots can co-ordinate things between themselves, such as deciding which one would be best equipped to deal with a spillage or to transport medicine.' we have this already with the soulless automatons who budget for the nhs :D

[RedMenace]

Remember what they said back in the 50's and 60's, they said by the year 2000 we all be relaxing and bags of time on our hands as the robots will be doing everything for us.

And pigs might fly!!



Flying pigs you say?:hmm:

http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Bluffs/7571/animals.jpg

[tycho102]

Actually, I'd like to see them using robotics to start IV's. So many times a nurse will have to go hunting for a vein, and some other horror stories, that a robotic system using IR mapping could do a better job. Ultrasound and low-power xray for intubating. The AMA hates all this stuff because it screws up the system, much like Halliburton hates fuel-cells and nuclear power plants.

[Letum]

Remember what they said back in the 50's and 60's, they said by the year 2000 we all be relaxing and bags of time on our hands as the robots will be doing everything for us.

And pigs might fly!!


Flying pigs you say?:hmm:

http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Bluffs/7571/animals.jpg

Have you seen "City of men"? There is a nice refrance to that album cover.