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The future of robotics

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Two athletes play a game of Rock, Scissors, Paper in Brisbane, Australia. Thanks to a new robot, the game could soon get a whole lot less fair.

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by Jeremy Hobson
Marketplace Morning Report for Thursday, June 28, 2012

Researchers in Japan have developed a robot that's function is to beat humans at Rock Paper Scissors. It does so every single time. 100 percent.

How, you might ask?

Well, the robot has sensors that monitor your hand's movement so quickly that it can react within a millisecond and beat you.

In other words, the future of robotics is... cheating.

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Jeremy Hobson is host of Marketplace Morning Report, where he looks at business news from a global perspective to prepare listeners for the day ahead.
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dmulliga - Jun 28, 2012

Now wait a minute ... this is not cheating. The whole point of the game is to anticipate your opponent, in part by reading his body language.

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