Quote Originally Posted by Gregoshi
I wonder if Assimov's laws of robotics are given any serious consideration in today's robotics field. Or are they considered hokey scifi stuff? Those laws would have some play in this issue I'd think.
The gap between what happens in academia and industrial applications might be a few years, the gap between what people think robotics can do (soon) and what academia can actually produce is likely decades.

Most intelligence in robotics is just smoke and mirrors. They can't even make a car that can go from point A to B in a freakin' desert (a competition held by the Pentagon, big rewards for however figures that one out).