Quantum logic could make better robot bartenders

September 7, 2011 | Source: New Scientist

Jimmy (credit: WinkStink)

Creating robots with multiple personalities may be one way to make them act more like us. Quantum logic, with its limitless and apparently random outcomes, could do the trick.

To help in designing and testing quantum-driven programs with multiple personalities, roboticists used a science fiction story about a robot bartender.