https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/categories/15/tags/2246.rssNew Posts Tagged 'robots' - Scientific SpeculationScientific Speculation - Codidact2021-05-13T15:36:09Zhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/281706How to protect intelligent fluids from heat damage?Mr. Mistoffeleeshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/539692021-05-12T10:28:11Z2021-05-13T15:36:09Z<p>So, Second Earth had/has a firearm problem. Since my magic is really just advanced science, I can't create firearm-disabling fields, so instead, I created a spell that should be able to ruin fir...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/281726How would utility fluids move and stay together?Mr. Mistoffeleeshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/539692021-05-13T12:54:29Z2021-05-13T15:36:08Z<p>The concept of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_fog">utility fogs</a> is actually pretty old. The idea is a swarm of fairly small micromachines (about 100 micrometers in length) th...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/214773How to Convince Humans to Allow a Machine Take-OverVarrickhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/377572015-10-14T10:07:05Z2020-11-17T18:16:01Z<p>In a lot of stories there are fights between man and machine; rogue AI that has decided humans are inferior in some respect and chooses to wipe them out.</p>
<p>What if the only chance for any ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/263542How could the display technology of self-rewriting books work?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842020-05-31T00:55:06Z2020-05-31T01:35:24Z<p>Oh yes, it's <em>Artifact Time!</em> with Best Dad and Ozen the Immovable!</p>
<p>If you watched <em>Hairy Plotter and the Gas Chamber of Secrets</em>, you probably remember the scene where the...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/262336How to keep internal organs functioning within an exoskeleton suit in different gravity levels?RandySavagehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/443002020-04-15T17:20:39Z2020-04-18T13:08:32Z<p>This question answers the issue I was wondering about of how well an exoskeleton suit could help my characters move as normal in higher and lower gravity <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexch...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/262389Finding ways to robots feel pleasureGuilherme Vogthttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/447962020-04-18T02:36:41Z2020-04-18T03:09:29Z<p>Given a world where a human-like brain is synthetizable, I wonder:</p>
<p>A human-like artificial brain would most likely crave sensorial overwhelm. Pleasure to humans is something deeply assoc...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261847How to prevent people from ever using the Founder Titan again without rendering it inoperable?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842020-03-26T19:25:01Z2020-03-26T22:40:20Z<p>So, If you're familiar with the anime GATE (not to be confused with Stein's Gate) or <em>A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court</em>, you probably know what's going on and why I have a boil...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261733Mechanics and structure for an artificial giant creature?RandySavagehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/443002020-03-21T14:27:53Z2020-03-21T15:38:43Z<p>I originally wanted to create giant land biological life-forms but the square cube law is limiting me to sauropod body sized creatures so another element of my story is artificially enhanced bio...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261433The curious case of tengu, the "geometric anomaly" of their human disguises and how they can overcome itMephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842020-03-11T21:02:10Z2020-03-12T19:49:43Z<p>Tengu are humanoid creatures with many avian features, including <strong>wings and beaks</strong>. Now, this is a problem when it comes to disguises.</p>
<p>Disguises in this setting work by co...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261322How can my Mage Light spell work?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842020-03-08T18:19:06Z2020-03-09T04:23:22Z<p>While I'm working on the <em>Magical Artillery</em>, let's look at another common spell.</p>
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<p><strong><em>Mage Light</em></strong> is a very handy invention. When cast, the spell create...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261032What problems would arise for the human species making itself into robotsRotNDecayhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/443872020-03-01T23:54:19Z2020-03-08T15:37:24Z<p>In modern day society, few or many people have been fascinated with integrating robotic parts to their bodies. But sometimes that idea is taken to the next step, in which people want to have the...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261277Interchangeable roomsCatSharkSnakehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/446882020-03-06T13:12:44Z2020-03-08T13:09:15Z<p>So, in the <em>S.S Portland</em> (The main setting of my story) there is a variety of rooms. A lounge, a lab, etc. so, i was thinking that at some point, the lounge would be changed out for a 0-...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/242337Why would anyone build robots when they have human rights?Philipphttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/26002018-05-31T13:13:21Z2020-02-25T12:43:47Z<p>I have read (and answered) the question: "<a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/85805/if-true-artificially-intelligent-robots-could-be-built-would-they-be-allowed-hu">If tru...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/250718Can a high power EMP generator keeps killer robots at bay?user6760https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/373502019-02-28T02:37:31Z2020-02-25T08:52:16Z<p>Set in the near future, thousands of killer robots resemble those featured in the terminator film, I'm referring to the 800 series model are now marching in as we speaks. I am a sole survivor on...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260821Growing organic tissue over a machineRotNDecayhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/443872020-02-25T00:40:20Z2020-02-25T00:45:25Z<p>In a short story I created, humanity encounters a sentient and consciousness messenger that is alien in nature and origin. Upon further examination, it turns out that there is organic tissue gro...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260748What material could be used to replicate body fat in an advanced android/ humanoid robot?Sabrine Crystal Santoshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/439112020-02-23T01:46:47Z2020-02-23T01:59:22Z<p>I think that robots in the future will have to have a system similar to adipose tissue that would have similar functions of those of people and animals. I believe that if an android is supposed ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260629Sensors for a clockwork/fluidic robot?Logan R. Kearsleyhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/367162020-02-19T19:46:29Z2020-02-20T00:18:59Z<p>So, mechanical computers are a thing, as are pneumatic and hydraulic actuators.</p>
<p>Combining those ideas, it's not that hard to design simple purely-pneumatic/hydraulic robots--provide them...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260490What adaptations should a utility fog, that's meant to be an air-fuel explosive, have?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842020-02-14T16:08:22Z2020-02-16T21:15:14Z<p>I found a way to ensure that even if either the Japanese Self-Defense Force or the U.S Army invades my fantasy world, its inhabitants would still have a fighting chance.</p>
<h2>Utiltiy Fog</h2...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259938How can I create strong structures with a drone swarm?RandySavagehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/443002020-01-29T19:46:12Z2020-01-31T04:53:52Z<p>Continuing from my previous questions about a swarm of millimetre-sized drones, I want them to be able to interlock or by some method form into strong functioning structures, like a gun or a bas...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259380Why would an AI overlord want to give their robot citizens emotion?Cobbingtonhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/438192020-01-14T16:36:44Z2020-01-17T12:11:20Z<p>In my world, a hyper-intelligent AI has struck out on their own to form a perfect, mechanized empire, populated by loyal robot citizens, devoted to the overlord as a child would be devoted to th...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/232257What control method would make controlling a giant humanoid robot ridiculously easy for a complete novice?McOwenhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/409012017-06-22T10:28:41Z2020-01-15T19:32:17Z<p>So I have in mind a plot point in mind where my protagonist is elected to pilot a giant humanoid robot with flight capabilities - Kinda like a mobile suit from the <em>Mobile Suit Gundam</em> fr...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/256918How plausible does the power source for this fictional giant robot sound?Jacob Blausteinhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/429582019-10-19T14:46:24Z2019-12-22T06:02:15Z<p>Here is a big one for you engineering fans to chew on.</p>
<p>First off, a little context:</p>
<p>The giant robot in question is called Mazinger Z, considered to be fiction's first pilotable m...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/258676Nanomachines and deception are the essence of magic, how can I explain meteor showers and similar large-scale weather spells?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842019-12-19T18:55:29Z2019-12-19T19:08:54Z<p>So, dragons have access to this thing, called word magic. Word-magic spells are typically need way more energy and processing power than regular magic, they also have nasty cool-down times. A dr...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/258515could a robot fly with powerful enough electromagnets?Cobbingtonhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/438192019-12-11T17:54:56Z2019-12-11T21:16:57Z<p>The robot in question is a large, worm-like mining robot built for digging tunnels. It has electromagnets positioned throughout the segments of its body, for the purpose of pulling metals out of...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/254131Is it plausible to to cover a desert in self-replicating solar panels, using only the materials found in the desert?IndigoFenixhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/282412019-07-07T10:40:24Z2019-11-28T04:59:19Z<p>Silicon is the main material used in both computers and solar panels.</p>
<p>Sand is silicon.</p>
<p>Deserts have a lot of sand and sun.</p>
<p>This may be an oversimplified way of looking at...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/273908How much energy does a bee/micro robot need per second of flight?TheDyingOfLighthttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/432232019-11-10T13:58:19Z2019-11-10T15:43:11Z<p>In my scifi setting small utility robot swarms are used for many purposes. I'm currently trying to estimate how much energy such a swarm would need to operate. Since biology, robotics and nanote...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/253854Deadly virus going extinct - "grey goo" a solution?Systemhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/-12019-06-22T18:51:31Z2019-06-23T12:44:11Z<p>With the evolving global warming and thawing of permafrost, an ancient deadly virus begins to spread from Siberia across Eurasia, affecting domestic animals first and mutating quickly onto the r...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/253352How to encrypt the activation signal for my kill-switches to make them impossible to hijackMephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842019-05-30T20:08:52Z2019-06-03T13:55:51Z<p>Dragons are awesome, but they're still vulnerable thanks to their low-numbers and a certain type of people...</p>
<p>So, to prevent those from killing even a single dragon I came up with the we...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/251091Is there any advantage to have A.I. being able to experience loneliness?user6760https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/373502019-03-14T06:53:32Z2019-03-15T05:40:49Z<p>Let get this straight being lonely is different from solitude, human is arguably one of the most successful animals ever to walk on two. The secret lies in social interaction, the early humans h...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/251101The Elementary Evil vs You /Animatronics 2: Judgement Day/ We need a weakness!Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842019-03-14T20:29:44Z2019-03-15T00:43:47Z<p>So, Anon has had enough of the DM abusing his poor creations (the chromatic dragons). Wanting a better fate for them, he wraps the DM in unbreakable chains, forged in the heart of a neutron star...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/236028How do I explain that an interstellar spaceship still requires risky spacewalks?user6760https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/373502017-10-17T13:46:51Z2019-03-13T10:05:56Z<p>It is the mid 22nd century A.D. Twenty men and women signed on a ten year space exploration trip to the nearest star system. There are robots to do ship maintenance and a powerful A.I. to monito...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/250851Can a space-faring robot still function over a billion years?Nathan Hopphttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/435582019-03-05T17:42:43Z2019-03-07T19:37:36Z<p>This short story, which I've already written, is set in the FAR, FAR FUTURE, where a robotic space probe is exploring as much of the known universe as it can, despite its AI not knowing if its c...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/250699How can my powered armor quickly replace its ceramic plates?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842019-02-27T17:39:37Z2019-03-01T20:34:13Z<p>Though ceramic plates are harder than a math exam, and can practically obliterate projectiles, they are one-hit wonders. <a href="https://www.nims.go.jp/eng/news/press/2017/12/201712210.html" re...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/250307Why bother programming facial expressions for artificial intelligence if humans are bad at recognising them?user6760https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/373502019-02-13T02:59:08Z2019-02-14T17:08:14Z<p>Set in the near future, robots and mankind coexist amicably due to the great technological advancement in robotics and artificial intelligence. They are everywhere and some took a human form. Al...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/249306Viability of a robot/mecha body with jumping-stilt/Cheetah-blade-like legs?BonnetBeehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/433132019-01-09T22:42:47Z2019-01-14T05:38:42Z<p>Saw <em>Pacific Rim</em> for the first time with a friend recently; I'd never really thought too hard about giant robots/been as into Mecha and Gundam stuff as some of my friends before, but the...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/249058Is broadcast power suitable for recharging robots?Pelinorehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/422132019-01-04T18:52:12Z2019-01-13T18:15:00Z<p>The last time I checked <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SARB9Ol_Wz4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ASIMO</a>'s battery pack only had enough juice for something like 30 minutes of continuous...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/246902Can my synthetic human grow?Liquidhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/80572018-10-18T20:17:23Z2018-10-29T16:33:54Z<p>I'm an advanced AI in far futuristic sci-fi setting.
To give you the size of how advanced we are, I'll just drop here a short list of our accomplishments:</p>
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<li>We have discovered cold ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/246176Why might Androids be designed to rewrite their programming?Uncle Treshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/37152018-09-23T03:11:53Z2018-09-24T13:26:35Z<p>Let's say that in the future, artificial humanoid computers [Androids] are built to serve as a workforce. Why might a company designed these androids to rewrite their own programming? In such th...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/245533What would limit the magnitude of force a utility fog (aerosol swarm of tiny bots) can generate?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842018-09-01T20:06:27Z2018-09-03T19:01:57Z<p>So, utility fogs have been around for quite a while in my world, mainly to patch up whatever holes I had in my magic system:</p>
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<li>If the <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/fireba...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/227553How does a self-cleaning kitchen put away the dishes?Jasperhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/27612017-01-16T05:30:39Z2018-07-09T23:58:19Z<p><strong>The year:</strong> Sometime between 2025 and 2045.</p>
<p><strong>The place:</strong> A new high-end subdivision (or custom home showroom) near you.</p>
<p><strong>The sales pitch:</s...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/222185Can we expect machines as extraterrestrial forms of life?user3147268https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/230552016-08-18T21:59:29Z2018-06-18T14:59:58Z<p>Usually, forms of life are associated with <em>organisms</em> like humans, plants and animals. The probability that such can evolve in an environment is very low due to the many constraints that...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/217443Why would robots use verbal communication?QuiquÈ…https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/381662016-02-21T03:21:24Z2018-06-05T16:05:07Z<p>Robots (intelligent machines using some form of artificial intelligence), are central to the plot in a snippet I'm working on. These robots do not have to interact with humans on a regular basis...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/228763Quantum Based AI getting around Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics"Jethrohttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/59472017-02-21T20:40:22Z2018-05-20T07:21:17Z<p>I am building a story where there is a rogue AI. However, that AI was under the governance of <strong>Isaac Asimov's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics" rel="noreferre...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/240464How can androids suffer from a virus that spreads by contactJSwisshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/421732018-03-25T11:45:24Z2018-04-12T11:08:47Z<p>I'm toying with an idea to have a plague sweep across the galaxy in my story. At first I was thinking to have a plague, something similar to the Black Death, devastate populations across the gal...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/214946Can human body systems be implemented into a robot [Muscular + Skeletal systems]Matt Woodspirithttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/380752015-10-20T05:05:04Z2017-11-07T06:04:10Z<p>This is the first question in a series that I have (that follows the human organ systems). This question deals specifically with the use of the muscular and skeletal systems in a robot. Since th...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/233503How can I explain why in a future of robots, ai, and automation, people still bother to do anything themselves?Johnhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/412052017-08-05T20:45:35Z2017-08-06T15:04:09Z<p>Many people think that in the future, all jobs will be taken by machines and AI. Why then, would anyone bother doing anything at all, such as invent things, fight in combat, etc - in other words...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/232226How long could the organic components of part-mechanical, part-biological beings last if said beings didn't naturally eat food?McOwenhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/409012017-06-20T14:12:40Z2017-06-20T15:29:06Z<p>I have characters in mind for a science-fantasy setting which are mostly what you'd call mechanical/robotic, but that also have muscles in their major limb joints, as well as a cardiovascular sy...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/230720Could a robotic exoskeleton give humans Earth like movements on a high gravity planet?Nuclearwalrusnetworkhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/407172017-04-26T17:32:13Z2017-04-27T06:08:58Z<p>Logically a born and raised on a planet with Earth-like gravity would move slower on a high gravity planet, and would be both faster, and possibly clumsier in low gravity. In my world humanity h...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/229338Robots with (specifically red) bloodMephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842017-03-11T16:28:17Z2017-04-18T04:03:58Z<p>So I want robot enemies in my series, but I also want gore without killing living creatures (related to <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/73375/defeating-this-fleet">thi...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/215164Human-like robots's technological advancementLkjhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/381322015-10-29T04:23:43Z2017-03-24T09:08:08Z<p>In the future, humans decide to conduct a long term experiment in which they make robots that move and think exactly like humans. They also need to eat, drink and breathe the same as humans. The...