Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Robot Help Desk

"Move forward
Contact wall
Move backward
Move forward
Contact wall
Move backward
Event timeout: Call robot help desk"
"Hello, this is the robot help desk, how may I help you?"
"Move forward, contact wall"
"OK, first I need to have your model number"
"R3D4C2D9"
"I see, so I'm just going to do a bit of a firmware upgrade, that should get you on your way.
ACTIVATE FIRMWARE UPGRADE 01100100111101010010000100101110..."
"Turn right
Move forward"
Message Robot Help Desk "Thanks, it worked"

The idea for this series is an artificial intelligent help desk that helps robots with difficult tasks.  Whenever a robot gets stuck trying to do a complex task, it can call the robot help desk for help, sending its configuration information and then receiving the instructions it needs to do that task.  That way most robots could be quite stupid, but since they are in contact with a very advanced artificial intelligence they can be upgraded with only the capabilities they need to complete a particular task and seem to have a vast intelligence.