I found this over at Mega Robot News:
RoboEarth, launched last week, has been created by the European RoboEarth Project, which describes it as “a giant network and database repository where robots can share information and learn from each other about their behavior and their environment.”
… Another big aspect is the sharing of real time data, especially from sensors that will be embedded in everything. A police robot can check with local sensors to see where a criminal on the run has fled to… It’s too early to tell if they will use RoboEarth for this.
This is from the official RoboEarth web site:
But what if robots could learn from their past experiences? And what if they could share their new-found knowledge instantaneously with their peers?
These are not hypothetical questions. Rapid development of sensor and networking technology is now enabling researchers to collect vast amounts of sensor data, and new data-mining tools are being developed to extract meaningful patterns.
Sounds like spying and reporting to me. I can imagine a world where surveillance cameras have intelligence – and as soon as they spot something that seems unlawful or unwanted, they can communicate with other robotic entities to fix the problem. Robocop anyone?
