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Sony Releases Walking Humanoid Robot

Posted by Hemos on from the it's-a-pising-match dept.

Steve Wight writes "Looks like Sony had a bit of robot envy the other day when Honda officially released their 120cm humanoid robot. Well, here is MSNBC's story about Sony's new walking humanoid robot which looks pretty cool, even if it is on 1/2 a meter tall. Fifteen meters per minute walking speed and can get up if it falls down. Although, the Honda robot could squish it under its foot. *grin*"

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  1. EXT. BATTLEFIELD - NIGHT by daeley · · Score: 4

    EXT. BATTLEFIELD - NIGHT

    Human troops is desperate combat with the machines for possession of the dead Earth. The humans are a ragtag guerrilla army. Skynet's weapons consist of Sony SDR-3X and P3 Hondas (human-like robots), four-legged gun-dogs called Aibos, and airborne PlayStation 2's.

    SEQUENCE OF RAPID CUTS:

    Explosions! Beam-weapons firing like searing strobe-light.

    A gunner is an armored personnel carrier fires a LAW rocket at a pursuing Aibo, bringing the dog to its knees in a fiery explosion.

    A TEAM OF GUERRILLAS in a intense fire-fight with Sony and Honda endoskeletons in the ruins of a building. Three Sonys advance, firing rapidly. A Honda P3, with flesh ripped open and back broken, gropes for a rifle on the ground.

    A PlayStation 2 overruns a human firing position. Soldiers are cut down as they run. Fiery explosions light the ranks of advancing machines.

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    I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
  2. Screw battlebots! by don_carnage · · Score: 4

    I want to see a couple of these things locked in Gundam-style combat.
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    Wooden armaments to battle your imaginary foes!