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Postby Power Metal Dom on Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:44 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0aa8__GZNQ

Wow. I thought it was two men in some sort of costume o.o

Just how realistic is it's movement?
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Re: Incredible robot

Postby Ruru Hedgehog on Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:45 am

I don't like it.
It scares me. =(
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Re: Incredible robot

Postby sushiguru on Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:04 pm

It's cool though. Seeing ASIMO also never ceases to amaze me too: http://world.honda.com/HDTV/ASIMO/20071 ... operation/ (search around - there are a few videos in there).

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Re: Incredible robot

Postby Hennessy on Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:45 pm

Yep it's amazing, they've finally created a robot which does the same job as a pack mule, only more slowly, louder and probably less intelligently.
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Re: Incredible robot

Postby sushiguru on Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:48 pm

Hennessy wrote:Yep it's amazing, they've finally created a robot which does the same job as a pack mule, only more slowly, louder and probably less intelligently.


But I'll bet it smells less, and won't poo on your living room carpet whilst simultaneously eating your sofa.
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Re: Incredible robot

Postby Hennessy on Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:16 pm

Why have Asimo when you can have a trained dwarf-servant? Robots need to be able to do helpful things before they become commercially viable.
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Re: Incredible robot

Postby sushiguru on Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:54 pm

Hennessy wrote:Why have Asimo when you can have a trained dwarf-servant? Robots need to be able to do helpful things before they become commercially viable.


Dwarf servants need to be fed. Admittedly not much, but still; overheads, overheads.
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