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Stuart
11-02-2004, 15:41
Just found a demo video of the Sony QRIO humanoid robot. It is four of them dancing. It looks pretty amazing..

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1218/sony_06.wmv
bopdude
11-02-2004, 15:48
Just found a demo video of the Sony QRIO humanoid robot. It is four of them dancing. It looks pretty amazing..

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1218/sony_06.wmv
How long before they \ we actually interact :shrug:

one thing to say T3 :D :D :D they're coming .... lol
Stuart
11-02-2004, 15:56
I dunno about the QRIO, but the Aibo allows very limited interaction (you can throw it's ball, sing to it, give it voice commands etc) so I would have thought the QRIO would as well.

I think we are a long way off robots like those shown in SciFi though (a couple of hundred years at least).
Shaun
11-02-2004, 16:02
How cool is that??
Paulie
11-02-2004, 16:02
Wow, that is pretty cool stuff. The shape of things to come eh.
philip.j.fry
11-02-2004, 16:13
Wow, thank's for pointing that out scastle. I wanna work with robots when I grow up :)

If you thought that was interesting, take a look here (http://cyberboticspc1.epfl.ch/contest/index.php) , the robots are modelled on those sony ones. Only simulated I'm afraid, those sony ones are pretty expensive.
Jarandco
11-02-2004, 18:20
I want one!!!
I also wanted a Sony robotic dog, but they cost loads, hopefully ill win the lottery! :D
philip.j.fry
11-02-2004, 19:48
I want one!!!



More of a corporate showpiece than an actual product (on the market it would fetch about as much as a BMW)


Forget the car, I'll be asking the bank for a robot loan :)
Xaccers
11-02-2004, 20:00
How long before they \ we actually interact :shrug:

one thing to say T3 :D :D :D they're coming .... lol

Time to lock up your microwave and vacuum cleaner!
Stuart
16-02-2004, 17:03
I just found the Honda "Asimo" website. For those that don't know, "Asimo" is Honda's walking robot. It is larger than the Sony one.

Anyway, for the Asimo site, go to http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/. You'll get details of the history of the project, technology involved, and quite a few demo movies.


The Sony QRIO site is at http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/QRIO/top.html and has some info on QRIO, and, if you can find them, more movies.
bopdude
03-03-2004, 08:05
Sorry to "bump" an old thread but found this link (http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1218/sony_05.wmv) on another forum, very koooool :) same robot