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A New Face For Robotics
tanmay writes "Android technology has moved a step forward with the creation of a high-tech polymer called 'f'rubber,' which resembles human skin. Its creator, David Hanson has implemented it in a robot called Hertz, as this report from CNN gives us the details. Another question that the report brings up is the need to make robots resemble humans. Ray Kurzweil thinks Hanson's work is significant because realistic facial movement will play an important role in the way future androids respond to humans, and has the following to say, 'Intelligence significantly below that of normal humans stands out more with a robot that looks strikingly human. This creates the impression of a human with impaired intelligence, which may strike some as disturbing.'"
Does it make you fly? Or bounce like a super-hero?
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
That "f'rubber" looks pretty good in the initial testing phases. Not 100% human-like but close.
Trolling is a art,
"Intelligence significantly below that of normal humans stands out more with a robot that looks strikingly human. This creates the impression of a human with impaired intelligence, which may strike some as disturbing." Put a blond wig an silicone breasts on it, and it not quite so disturbing...
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Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
No, you say this angrily when a condom breaks. Like "Damn it broke! f'rubber!"
If you're lucky enough to meet her, try to ignore the tangle of wires slinking from behind her face. Ignore?!? hell it turns me on!! Grrrrr.
But can it run a self-diagnostic?
Does it have an emotion chip?
Does it have an evil twin?
Now THAT'S an android.
Corporations: your universal scapegoat for all society's ills.
"Its creator, David Hanson has implemented it in a robot called Hertz"
Hmm Hertz makes for a good last name, but what about a first name? It should be something celestial.. timeless... Oh, I know, how about Uranus?
"Derp de derp."
We all know the motivation behind robotss that bave skin/body parts that feel more realistic. OTOH, most geeks probably don't have a realistic benchmark to compare to.
Engineering is the art of compromise.
I'll let you join the dots...
$100.. says that the first practical use of f'rubber will be in the sex aid industry
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realistic facial movement will play an important role in the way future androids respond to humans
Umm.. SCO Management anyone?
-- Jim.
-- If at first you don't succeed, lie!
Like his previous project, K-bot, Hanson sculpted Hertz to resemble his girlfriend.
What they don't mention is that his girlfriend is also a robot.
The enemies of Democracy are
Like his previous project, K-bot, Hanson sculpted Hertz to resemble his girlfriend.
This is either the sincerest form of flattery, or he's obsessively building a replacement for his girlfriend whose behaviour is controllable, and governed by logic.
It sort of makes you think...
Oh man! I didin't even KNOW there was an "original" Flubber movie. God you ARE old ;)
Umm.. this is slashdot, no one here knows what's actually inside the boxes marked "Condoms" at the pharmacy. I resent that remark! I have actually opened them up, and let me tell you, the gum inside those packages tastes terrible!
With this upgrade, fewer people will suspect that he is a Disney Animatronic robot. He still needs an upgrade on his Natural Language Processing and Rhythm chips, though. I still voted for him. A robot controlled by Disney is better than one controlled by the Military Industrial complex.
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Heh, I'm just begging for a smackdown from the mods with THAT comment! (of course, I'm protected from all but the smartest of them by that last sentence.)
Wait. Did I type that last parenthetical aside or just think it? (and that should cover the rest
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A friend of mine was a mechanic for a Datsun dealership at the time. As this was long before affordable digital samplers (confined to machines like the Fairlight CMI at the time), the voice was supplied by (believe it or not) a very rugged form of record player. It was made out of a hard plastic and had (I believe) a sapphire needle.
My friend tired of the English voice, and managed to get replacement "records" for his car. His favorite was the Japanese woman, but he also had a male German voice telling him "Achtung! Die Tur ist angelehnt!"
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