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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. I'm going to buy one, and then... by billmaly · · Score: 5, Funny

    Name it Hal. Then I'll start referring to my house as my pod. Then I'll come home everynight, and say "Open the pod bay door Hal!". Then I'll giggle insanely! It'll never ever stop being funny! :)

  2. Singing and Dancing? by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    These are not the droids I'm looking for.

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  3. Here's the new Honda w/ Link by SerialHistorian · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ok, Here's the link to the new Honda Asimo -- THe page is in Japanese, but the photos are good.

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  4. Technical info by LinuxTek · · Score: 5, Informative

    In this article there's some extra technical information, like the fact that it has 2 64-bit RISC processors and runs the Apertos Operating System (now called Aperios).

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  5. Cool by crumbz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now it can walk my AIBO at 6:00 in the morning.

  6. Heh, just imagine at next years' Cebit... by Salsaman · · Score: 5, Funny
    MS employee: excuse me Mr Sony exhibitor, you aren't allowed to let customers play on your Playstations, you will have to pack 'em all up and take them away !

    Sony employee: ah Mr Microsoft exhibitor, allow me to introduce our latest model bipedal *hunter-killer* robot, fresh from our development labs...

    Robot: is there a problem here ?

    MS employee: erm, on second thoughts, just carry on as you were...

  7. Vocabulary by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    It may have a 60000 word vocabulary, but 30000 of the words are "beedy-beedy-beedy"

    And the optional computer to translate for you is another $60k.

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  8. What's it good for? by SpinyNorman · · Score: 5, Funny

    For the price of a luixury car IMO it better have "3 functioning inputs".

    Sony meets RealDoll?

  9. Re:60k words? by cgenman · · Score: 5, Funny

    60k words aren't that many for a robot living in Japan. 60k words are about as much vocabulary as you would need to say "I want to get some ice cream" in japanese, though saying "very much hello person who is above me in the social stature and introduced by a lower co-worker" takes about two.

    When these things can read Kanji, then I'll be impressed.

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