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Sony's New Bi-Pedal Robot

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the give-me-robbie-the-robot dept.

TestBoy writes "Sony is releasing a new bipedal robot for home use. It has a 60,000 word vocabulary and can even sing songs." I am especially amused by the photograph of synchronized dancing robots, and the fact that the new bot will cost as much as a luxury car! But it has some impressive stuff like facial recognition

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

    fucked logged-in assholes. fuck off. fuck you.

    1. Re:fp by nazkilla · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      It must be rather embarrasing to have people like be the first to post a comment to a story

    2. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      It must be rather embarrassing to be unable to construct an English sentence.

  2. How in the hell?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This post is awesome!!

    www.realultimatepower.net

  3. yay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YAY

  4. Word vocabulary... by 3nd3r · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    n'est pas?

  5. It's only a moped if you pedal by ethereal · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...and I never pedaled!

    --

    Your right to not believe: Americans United for Separation of Church and

  6. Re:"a bed-shaped robot"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I need to have sex with a bed-shaped robot. Definitely.

  7. Work Vocabulary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hope its "work vocabulary" is better than the spelling on this site.

  8. Re:HJO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If it does look like like Haley Joel Osment, JonKatz will probably buy eight!!!

  9. Re:"a bed-shaped robot"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I need to have robot with a bed shaped sex. Definitely.

  10. Imagine by jvollmer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    a beowulf cluster of these!

  11. Does it have a vagina? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    -If this thing has a fuck hole, I will buy it.

    -If it can give me a handjob, I might buy it.

  12. Imagine... by Dr.+Spork · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A Beowulf cluster of these doing the Macarena!

  13. Jesus Christ, Taco, LEARN TO SPELL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    When I saw "BI-PEDAL" in that headline, I thought it meant TWO PEDALS, like as in a bicycle. A bicycle-riding robot or something.

    Bipedal doesn't have a dash in it, alright?

  14. so, um... by anal-johnson · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...is it anatomically correct?

  15. Re:Can it sing "Daisy?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    AHAHAHAHA! JUST LIKE THE SCENE FROM THAT MOVIE 2001!!! AHAHAHA! I BET THE ORIGINAL POSTER NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT!!1!!1 AHAHAHA!!! LOLOLOL!11!