Cicerobot, Your Next Museum Guide 22
Roland Piquepaille writes "In a brief article, ANSA reports about a robot which will guide visitors in the Agrigento museum in Sicily. Cicerobot is 1.5-meter high and is equipped with wheels, a keyboard, a monitor, video camera and sensors. As many objects in this archaeological museum are very old and precious, a special emphasis was given to navigation. So far, Cicerobot only talks Italian, but it should be soon fluent in other languages. And as it is able to collect data from different sensor locations, it also plays the role of a security guard. Finally, it will also offer virtual tours of the museum via Internet."
Please follow me... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Please follow me... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Please follow me... (Score:2)
Re:Get Your Tin-Foil Hats... (Score:2)
DOOM I tell you!
Re:Get Your Tin-Foil Hats... (Score:1)
Pronunciation (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Pronunciation (Score:2)
Nihil tam absurde dici potest, quod non dicatur ab aliquo marketroidum.
There is nothing so absurd but some dude in marketing has said it.
- Cicero.
Re:Pronunciation (Score:1)
What?? A robot in heels? (Score:2)
Sounds like Maria from Metropolis or maybe Dot Matrix from Spaceballs.
You know it's been a long day when..
Robot - priceless artifacts - crackers - bad.... (Score:1)
I think robots and priceless artifacts don't mix...
Well... (Score:2)
Anyways, it's a cool idea, but how long until someone finds a security flaw in it? I mean, TFA states that users can access him from the internet!
R.I.P., priceless artifacts.
Mixed feelings (Score:1)
But on the other hand, I think a lot of the draw of a museum guide is that they can instill interest and excitement, and can read the crowd to adapt easily. I don't think the robotic guide would be as good at that as a human would. Hopefully, they're giving patrons a choice when getting a guide.
The burning question (Score:2)
l Segreto Terribile di Spazio (Score:2)
Spingere è la risposta
Spingerò il grandma all'esterno nella neve
Pak chooie unf
EXTERMINATE! (Score:3, Funny)
Futureshop (Score:2)
This is just one such idea (Score:3, Informative)
CMU? (Score:2)
Re:CMU? (Score:2)
Hasn't Carnegie Mellon produced at least a couple of similar robots that give tours?
Yes. There is SAGE [cmu.edu] at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History [clpgh.org] which I've seen in person and there may be more of which I am not aware.
O Tempore, O Mores (Score:2)