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There are significant safety issues involved in strapping a robot to your body and letting it move you around, no? That's why the FDA is involved.
by newsbeagle 11y ago
There are significant safety issues involved in strapping a robot to your body and letting it move you around, no? That's why the FDA is involved.
- rebootthesystem 11y agoWhat? There are significant safety issues getting into a car, operating a milling machine, buying a gun, flying a quadcopter over a crowd, etc. Sorry, I can't agree. I am afraid this is a government land-grab that will impact robotics development. Again, if there was a brain interface with electrodes going into your head I'd agree (only as far as the interface, not the robot). Look at it this was: The device Stephen Hawking uses would not exist if it required FDA approval. The conversation starts at about $250K and rapidly goes up into the millions from there and takes years. What do we end-up with? A bunch of really smart scientists and investors saying "fuck it" and going off to invent new ways for people to click on links. There's a direct relationship between govenrnment intervention and the rate of progress in a field and it does not favor government involvement.