Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 13:40:40 +0530 From: HENAG Dear All, Similar to this there is an article in a magazine called "Technology Tomorrow" published by ICFAI University, Hyderabad, the article is about a 'snakebot' - a robot like a snake will enter in your room when your door is closed and will work on your computer. It does not require the door to be open, it can move through the space available between the door and the floor. How strange ? Now even the computer engineers will be jobless if this is the way technology going to improve ( a joke apart). Probably I may give you the exact issue date & No of the publication if anyone wants it. Hena S Gupta Infosys Technologies Ltd, Hosur Road, Electronics City. ---------- Original message ---------- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:36:38 +0530 (IST) From: Poornima Narayan To: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Robot Librarians Dear Professionals Came across an interesting article which has appeared in today's (30th July 2004) Indian Express (Youth Express). If Robots are going to manage the future libraries, what is the future of L & IS Professionals? Robot Librarians ******* A group of robotics researchers at University Jaume I in Spain is working on a robot librarian. The prototype has cameras, sensors and grippers so it can locate and collect a book. The hope is that one day, teams of service robots could work in libraries.....