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Fujitsu To Ship Linux Powered Robot in July

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bop-whirr-zoop dept.

Radical Rad writes "The Register is reporting that Fujitsu will be shipping a consumer robot in July called HOAP for Humanoid Open Architecture Platform and it will be running a real-time version of Linux. They plan to release info on the controls system to make it possible to program using C/C++. The 7 kg robot is wired with USB and can have an optional 802.11b transceiver." This thing could be a lot of fun to program and send around the house.

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  1. Tethered? by Hayzeus · · Score: 4, Informative
    My understanding was that this robot (actually the HOAP-2, a sucessor to the HOAP-1) was to be tethered for both power and datacomm to a remote computer running linux. If this is the case, don't expect it to be wandering too far.

    Note that the HOAP-1 ran about $48,000.00USD; unless the price drops significanty, it'll probably not be your next tech toy.

    More info and video (in Japanese) from Fujitsu here.

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    Roving Web-Teleoperated Robot
  2. The programming better include... by Toasty16 · · Score: 3, Informative
    ...the Three Laws of Robotics:

    A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

    A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

    A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

  3. FYI... by Squidgee · · Score: 2, Informative
    Sony has released a humanoid robot as well:

    The SDR-4X II. While it's not as customizable (And therefore I'd rather have the other one), it looks like it could be fun as well.