Time to empty out my robot news story inbox again. Do you program in Python?
Colin McMillen offers some advice on creating
robot behaviors with Python generators. Venezuelan artist Javie
Téllez has a different idea of what constitutes interesting robot
behavior. He’s planning to lead a march of 500 battery operated robots
through lower Manhattan in an event he calls This
is Tomorrow. The foot high robots will be carrying placards created
by mental health patients in collaboration with the artist. Perhaps the
robots will march on over to Wall Street after the event, where over 30%
of stock trades in 2006 were made by machine. 50%
of stock trades in 2007 will be made by machines. At present human
traders provide ground rules to trading AIs but the next generation of
trading software is expected to be fully autonomous. Optimus
Prime would be proud. With all the money you make from robot stock
trading, you can invest in some electronic
robot sculpture.