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Sony Claims First Running Humanoid Robot
News for nerds writes "Sony Corporation announced the new development of Sony's humanoid robot, enabling integrated motion control for walking, jumping and running on feet. By applying this technology Sony has created the world's first running humanoid robot 'QRIO'. Japanese PC watch has an article with pictures and movies of QRIO running at 14 meters per minute, sometimes with both feet leaving the floor (= running)."
wake me up when they create a robot that can breakdance! now that would be cool...
Wake me up when their humanoid robot looks like a little blond boy. I mean, who'd adopt a white boxy monster named QRIO (Queerio?)
In other news, Pau Finashiwu was picked up by the local PD after an incident where he started a fight with top Sony CEO after learning he didn't get the part of wearing the new SONY QRIO body suit.
All those years of listening to Mr. Robato meant nothing now.
It doesn't run for Governor of Kalifornia!
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does it run Linux?
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They certainly were in the Battlestar Galactica Sci-Fi premiere. Though I wouldn't worry about the invasion until you see robots with cleavage you could lose a Cylon mothership down.
...the ultimate IT consultant. Teach it a few stock phrases such as 'Leverage your IT investment with VPN and thin client technologies', send it out on the road and wait for those orders to flood in.
--This isn't a man who is leaving with his head between his legs.
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He walks! He talks! And he gets along swell with all your other bots! He's QUEERIO!
Get one before he gets some!
Not personally - are they friends of the Mole People and the Mud People?
But does it have real People Personality?
If so it will give weight to my theory that Sony consists of a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.
"Did I hear correctly? Are your newest robots running?"
"Yes sir they are."
"Then you better go catch them!"
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Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.
If you look really close you can see Kenny Baker's face behind the translucent visor.
Wrong, humans are about survival.
correct we must survive the onslaught of japanese robots attacking the US.
can't we just invade them saying these robots are WMD? (danger will robinson sarcasm detected)
"At the meeting place demonstration of various travelling and jump was done"
And later, all the base was belong to them.
The blogologue
Sorry Sony, but the USA beat you to it again!
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From thereon Sony will be known as
Moms Friendly Robot Company.
Lets see if the next version of this robot drinks booze to power himself.
If this robot wears rubber trousers like the Lost in Space robot, incontinence is less of a worry.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
I for one will welcome our new humanoid overlords
It obviously needs to be ran through Babelfish a couple more times...
Wow, Sony has created the first lap dancing vibrating robot with a raincoat and straw fetish.
Are the enemies impregnators? We'll end up sending terminators against impregnators... sounds like a good film title "Terminator vs Impregnator"
Or else you could see this as some kind of enemy whorehouse tracking? Gotta keep dem arabs out of dem harams, dammit!
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I think a much more interesting and important question is, if a non-Japanese company ever builds a humanoid robot, will it still look like Ultraman?
I'm not even sure the devil exists, but I am pretty sure human stupidity does: the article mentions 14 meters per minute.
Sigged!
Congrats, you made a race turtle. Hmm, I guess if put a "Turbo-powered" sticker on its bottoms, it will be much faster...
14m/min is really the walking speed (for the SI-impaired, imagine spending one minute to cross the front of a house -- it is slow).
Self aware machines with the right to vote? Sweet, so all I'll have to do is to build myself an army of voters and I can become the next US president... Vote for me: Free midsection sensory upgrades for all. And I can just see the spam: Instantly add on inches - heavy duty bolt on vibrating upgrades that will please any woman. Gozo self sealing hydraulic oil - maximum pressure all night guaranteed! 3 out of 4 females prefer their dates to use Energizer batteries.
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http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1218/sony
I can just see it now, Japanese porn involving QUEERIO robots and japanese school girls.
So, the first thing Sony does when it creates walking robots is put them in a chorus line. If that's not a reason for the robots to take over earth and destroy everyone, I dont know what is.
American ones will INEVITABLY be ED-209 style and bristling with guns, Italian ones exceptionally stylish but rather impractical, French ones intriguingly novel but ultimately unreliable, British ones able to hover and accomplish many extraordinary feats but commercially unsuccessful.
Chinese robots will be crappy, cheap and will dominate the market.
That was classic intercourse!
Possibly soon, but the cost would be prohibitive for most people - probably around $6 million.
M.
C3PO was the first running robot!
You don't belive me? Realy, I saw it in a documentation called something with the name "Star" in it.
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To hell with scaling THIS robot up... I want to use this tech scaled up to build a mech. Really, how cool would it be to drive a freakin' MECH to work?
Boy, it'd be cool to let loose with an autocannon and a brace of SRMs when some idiot cuts you off...
OK, I'm done with my geeky fantasy for the moment. Thanks for reading. :)
Has anyone read between the lines of the QRIO's feature list? This reads like a good er... bad Tom Clancy or Michael Crichton story...
These robots are designed to interact with you and ask you questions, learning and remembering the things you say and they observe. They are also wirelessly linked to the Internet.
Doesn't take much of a leap fo faith to see them all reporting into the SONY master mainframe. Watching, learning, snooping. Gathering data, intel...
Oh sure, this could be the minor conspiracy: They are doing this to market to us better. "Hmm, boy I'd like a new laptop but I only have $1000 to spend." Robot overhears, reports in... suddenly you get an offer in email (or by the robot itself) for, guess what, a laptop that only cost's $1,200 (hell anyone can come up with antoher two K eh?).
Or maybe, it's going to be the lead element of an invasion force. Japan might still be sore at us for the whole losing WWII and us nuking them (twice) and all.
Someone in the land of the rising sun, somewhere, thought, "We'll lie low, developing our technology and build robots. Oh not to kill... not at first. Just to be their friends. Yes, FRIENDLY robots. Robotos that will be a 'partner', that talks to them, plays with them, encourages them.... yes. And it'll watch and learn and remember. And report. And as they get comfortable, they'll upgrade thir robots to our next version. Soon they won't think about it; no more than buying a better DVD player (which we'll invent too). And then, one night, in their sleep... they'll never know what hit them."
FEAR QRIO!
David Whatley
In the article, "QRIO??????20007323???????" translates "Shake that thang" and "??????40ms20ms???" is Japanese for "Watch yourself."
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I, for one, welcome our new aloholic humaniod robot overlords.
My only question is, how can the robots protect us from the terrible secret of space without a katana and kendo skills?