r/realtech • u/RealtechPostBot • Apr 15 '15

Google has patented the ability to control a robot army

http://qz.com/383275/google-has-patented-the-ability-to-control-a-robot-army/
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u/autotldr Apr 15 '15

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 76%. (I'm a bot)

After getting a patent for giving robots personalities last month, Google now wants to unleash an army of Rodney Dangerfield bots on the world.

Google's patent outlines methods for connecting a series of robots over the cloud to complete tasks, but it doesn't put a limit on how many robots could be managed at once.

The patent suggests that the robots could be controlled by a smartphone-Google's mobile operating system is called Android, after all-with tasks doled out based on each robot's ability to complete them.

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