Here’s an idea for an entirely new market: robot hunting. Take a large space, populate it with one or several SpotMini robots from Boston Dynamics. Charging stations are scattered around the territory, hidden in bushes. The robot is trained to charge itself from these stations and is also programmed to fear humans. It cannot cause harm, although if such a fool hits someone at speed by accident – it won’t be pretty. One team programs the robot: its goal is to survive and not get caught. The other team arms themselves with laser guns and goes hunting. There are options from here: a “shot” from the gun freezes the robot for a second, the number of shots is limited, the number of players is limited – these factors determine the difficulty. Overall, it would take about 2-3 years to wait for the technologies to fully mature.
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