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LivingCreatures- The Beginning Of 'I, Robot?'
An Anonymous Reader writes "LivingCreatures.com has released several new photos of the humanoid robot platform that it developed for the USC Interaction Lab. The yet to be named robot is about the same size as an 18-month-old child and will serve as a human-robot interaction (HRI) testbed for studies involving imitation, learning, and the effects that interaction with humanoid robots has on children."
.. umm, do they come with a routine to retrieve beer from the fridge?
God, i hope so.
** "It's not my job to stand between the people talking to me, and the ones listening to me." -- Pego the Jerk
If they can figure out how to build an affordable robot that's smart enough and capable of cleaning any house effectively, it'll send the robotics industry to new heights. Until then, all these research are a sleeper.
You realize it was a book, right?
It would seem more useful to build robots that are designed with the task they must perform in mind. Therefore, they could perform it far better than any human.
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Thank you.
I, for one, welcome our new 18-month-old child-sized robot overlords.
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I can just see it now, "It looks angry. Oh no! I wonder what I did to make it mad?"
Robot changes positions. "It's happy! Now if I can only keep it happy."
"Oh oh, it's looking mad again."
Ok, it's been a slow day.
Booook? What's a book? Are you implying there is some other form of entertainment than what we are allowed from the benevolant movie and tv people?
Ads are broken.
The yet to be named robot is about the same size as an 18-month-old child . . .
It *does* have a name:Twikki.
Duh.
Microsoft is to software what Budweiser is to beer.
Why are we trying to create robots that are smart, interactive and intellingent like human? We can't even create a human the way we wanted it, why do we think we can on a machine?
Shouldn't we concentrate on making robots doing the things right, i.e. doing the assigned tasks right, instead of trying to design robots that can decide what are the right things to do.
Um... You realize this is slashdot, right? Book? Ha! When people can't even be bothered to RTFA....
Talking armadillo...
What did you think I was gonna say?
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Well, I hope it's not getting us closer to 'I, Robot'. Remember, the Azimov robots used positronic brains. Even a simple headache could result in the destruction of a city block.
Jesus Christ that's creepy!
A good read for anyone making "robots" : the uncanny valley
This is just a little TOO "deformed child" for my taste.
"You realize it was a book, right?"
You realize it was a short story about a robot named Robbie, right?
"Derp de derp."
I'm not buying a robot until they produce one that runs on beer, insults my friends, and steals from people.
I saw the pictures ... it looks like a "Chucky" robot for kids.
I don't know what effect it will have on kids, but I know the thing scares me shitless.
Ya, way to go USC ... Great interface! Keep 'em coming.
Truly economy shaking. AI will have to advance significantly in order to handle our environment, I can't think of a reason it couldn't advance to the point where it can outperform most humans. This means that 90%, 95% unemployment (euphemistically called leisure time) will be the order of the day. The world economy will have to change.
Government of the people, by corporate executives, for corporate profits.
This automation trend will continue to accelerate, but what *could* be a paradise is increasingly looking like a corporate dystopia because the productivity gains, even today, are being hoarded by the wealthy few at the highest rate in history.
When welfare/livingwage is still a dirty word, stuff like this isn't funny: "Go away or I will replace you with a very small shell script."
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Power to the Peaceful
...I RTFA'ed (yes, I'm odd that way), and the thing has no red LEDs what-so-ever. Since red LED's are required to set the evil bit in humanoid robots, we are all safe.
Who is John Cabal?
Robots are single function machines like the ones ford uses. The multipurpous ones shaped like a humanoid are called androids
But is the voice Mel Blanc's?
There is no right to feel safe thru security vaudeville at the expense of everyone's freedom, privacy and tax money.
If you want to see fake talking heads, try Ananova video reports.
The Honda walking robot, though, is for real. They have a clue.
That's got to be one of the most wimpy robots ever. Why can't I get the T-800 from Terminator? I would happily have either the fleshed up Austrian look or the skinless metal skeleton with the glowing red eyes. Why do these robot researchers think that I want the pansy-bot?
It is interesting to note that the facial expressions are not changed from picture to picture, but the robot appears to be displaying quite different emotions.
Um, no. I didn't see any difference in the face at all in the pictures. The only slight difference I noticed was in the last one where the lighting was better and I could see the full eyes. I hope the science that comes out of this is objective and useful.
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Ok, that is going to rize up against us and establish and new perfect society of our mechanical superiors? I don't think so. It's one of the creepiest things I've ever seen, I'll grant you that, but if they want to fulfill that multitude of hysterical science fiction prediction they are going to have to try a little harder.
sic transit gloria mundi
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Final Fantasy was closer to realistic animation than Shrek was, but I was more comfortable watching Shrek. Every so often, the Final Fantasy animation would slap me around the face with something that jarred, whereas I had dropped that kind of expectation while watching Shrek.
Animation isn't the same as a realistic robot, but I think the principle may carry over into anything artifical posing as something real - the closer it gets, the more consistent it must be, or it just looks wrong.
"Do not drill any holes in your cat - it will not like it."
-- Nick Davies
I hope when these robots take over they don't leave as many plot holes as there were in the film. And that Will Smith isn' the savior of man.
in bed.
I did an AI Masters degree, part of the background reading was the history of AI. It seemed that every 20 years or so some AI researcher pops up and says "we will have it all cracked in the next 10-20 years", rinse, lather, repeat...
Still, this does sound quite intersting, the only worry is will it go through the "terrible two's"
You don't need a lab to make mud.
the University of Genova (Italy) has a project on a baby-robot, that is quite more advanced than that