qengho writes "Vstone's programmable and automonous humanoid robot Robovie-M can play soccer, throw a ball both over- and underhand, and even demonstrate shame (over a missed shot, presumably). Lots of QuickTime movies of the bot in action."
But how autonomous?
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pholower
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· Score: 3, Interesting
This little guy is impressive. I couldn't get a lot of information from the website, but it looks to be controlled by computer. But, how autonomous is it? Im sure it won't look as good as the programmable, but I would like to see if it can do all of these things as an autonomous robot. As long as the slashdot effect isn't immediate, you should view the videos of the robot picking up the ball and throwing it overhanded, also, the one of him doing a handstand is incredible. Why can't asimo do all of this yet?
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What about this?
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thedillybar
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· Score: 3, Interesting
That looks pretty cool. But does it even compare to this robot?
Re:What about this?
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Malk-a-mite
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· Score: 2, Interesting
"Now, the Transformers are set to undergo yet another metamorphosis, this one bringing them to the silver screen. Sure, they've been there before (back in 1986), but this new movie will be special; it will be live action!"
Now go back and look at the page the parent post links to...
Re:I'm impressed by this
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Rolo+Tomasi
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The problem is that, from what I can tell, all this robot does is play back previously recorded motions. The way these motions were derived was through a (probably rather long-winded and painstaking) process of trial and error. It probably went like: move foot forward 1mm - robot topples - repeat, now move foot 1mm to the right first... you can see this has nothing to do with intelligence. This is how asimo works as well, btw.
This robot can't react to it's environment. It has no sensors. If the environment changes only a tiny bit, it fails. E.g. if you put it on a slope, or just next to a wall. I guess you could call it a fake. The Japanese seem to have a weak spot for stuff like this - stuff that really looks cool, but when you look closer there's not much behind it.
Remember the "Super Mario Bros 3 in 2 minutes" video? The Japanese guy made it in an emulator, basically frame by frame. Every time something he did was not perfect, he reloaded the game and tried again. I took him months. In the end, it looks like some guy plays a fantastically good game, but, it's really a fake, and if you think about it, a pointless exercise.
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This little guy is impressive. I couldn't get a lot of information from the website, but it looks to be controlled by computer. But, how autonomous is it? Im sure it won't look as good as the programmable, but I would like to see if it can do all of these things as an autonomous robot. As long as the slashdot effect isn't immediate, you should view the videos of the robot picking up the ball and throwing it overhanded, also, the one of him doing a handstand is incredible. Why can't asimo do all of this yet?
-- johntracy.com, because everybody else is wrong.
That looks pretty cool. But does it even compare to this robot?
This robot can't react to it's environment. It has no sensors. If the environment changes only a tiny bit, it fails. E.g. if you put it on a slope, or just next to a wall. I guess you could call it a fake. The Japanese seem to have a weak spot for stuff like this - stuff that really looks cool, but when you look closer there's not much behind it.
Remember the "Super Mario Bros 3 in 2 minutes" video? The Japanese guy made it in an emulator, basically frame by frame. Every time something he did was not perfect, he reloaded the game and tried again. I took him months. In the end, it looks like some guy plays a fantastically good game, but, it's really a fake, and if you think about it, a pointless exercise.
Did you know you can fertilize your lawn with used motor oil?