Slashdot Mirror
First Peek at Robosapien V2
balancedi writes "According to OnRobo, the New Robosapien looks to be a lot more fun but it had better be at a $200 price tag. While still controllable via remote he now is more autonomous. He also has more range of motion, better hands, a vision color system, and a laser tracking system."
Without them no one would know it was cool.
The message on the other side of this sig is false.
"and a laser tracking system."
Well this'll get it in trouble under the U SAP AT RIOT act! Better watch out for airliners when playing with this.
In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
I, for one, welcome our new Version 2 Laser-Tracking (Now with Colorvision!) overlords!
DAMN YOU OCTODOG! DAMN YOU TO HELL!
... Is robots with frickin' laser beams. Is that too much to ask?
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine." -- RFC 1925
Mumbling something about finding Sara Connor.
moo.
Besides being a toy, is this thing actually useful at all? Can it go get your newspaper or anything like that?
Le français vous intéresse?
Mirrordot of the FA
Sensory features include a vision color system that enables Robosapien V2 to recognize objects and skin tones; he can wave when he sees you and reach out to shake your hand.
I think that's pretty f'ing amazing.
500GB of disk, 5TB of transfer, $5.95/mo
I give it five years before this 'toy' evolves through annual improvements into something that can fetch a cold beer from the fridge for you. A robot priced in the high end toy range that could actually do household chores, is that still a toy?
My girlfriend is terrified of robots, a true phobia. She better get over it soon.
Peter
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1748603,00.as p
Some nice popups of the new trio of bots coming out this year. Tilden isn't at the CES show, and says that these models are early prototypes, but promises that the New York Toy Fair show will show off much better developed versions.
Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high...
Err... sorry... "Kent's tracking system". Grr.
I'm actually much more impressed with robo-pet. The proposed price of $70 for something that can manage commands, has touch sensors, can be walked on a "laser leash" (assuming that means it'll follow a laser pointer around) and can learn like AIBO at almost 1/10th of the cost....WOW
I sincerely doubt the new robosapien will be a success though. For $200 it's no longer in the upper range of toys - it's entering the price range of video game systems, televisions... the feature set is impressibe but most will likely never really use them.
Unless there are practical applications - RoboSapien - get me a beer!
Can it throw a bone in the air when it spots a black obilisk?
Feed the need: Digitaladdiction.net
because its slow, takes _hours_ to recharge for 30 mins of use and cost friggin millions.
But yes its exciting to see that honda are leading the world in this tech
"Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far
Robosapien(TM) V2 - Bigger, Smarter and more fun Print E-mail
Written by OnRobo News Desk
Tuesday, 04 January 2005
More about Robosapien V2What a guy! Today Wowwee Robotics division gave us a first peek at Robosapien 2. As promised by Mark Tilden, Robosapien's creator, the new version has some great new features including much more agility, improved ability to talk and interact with others, and a fun new laser tracking feature. Like it's the original Robosapien the Robosapien V2 is destined to be a hit toy for 2005.
Robosapein V2 is fully controllable and programmable by remote control and fully autonomous in free-roam mode. He brings the fluid movement and biomechanical agility of Robosapien to a whole new level. Robosapien V2Gaining a whopping 10" in height, Robosapien V2 now has full range of motion and the ability to pick up, drop and throw objects with his finely tuned precision hands. Advanced agility allows him to bend over and twist from side to side, so he can now sit, bend, lie down and stand up.
Robosapien V2 will interact with his surroundings, and even responds with a 'real voice'...Robosapien V2 can talk! Fully equipped with infra-red radar vision, Robosapien's V2 moving eyes with blue LED lights can detect obstacles, track movements and take objects handed to him.
Sensory features include a vision color system that enables Robosapien V2 to recognize objects and skin tones; he can wave when he sees you and reach out to shake your hand. A stereo sound detection system allows him to respond and react to noises in the environment. Robosapien V2 comes equipped with "laser" tracking; trace a laser path on the ground and he'll follow it. And, Robosapien V2 couldn't carry the Robosapien name if he didn't possess a one-of-a-kind attitude-filled personality! Robosapien V2 is so advanced he can even control his new friends - Roboraptor(TM) and Robopet(TM). Suggested retail price $200.
Hum. A robot could destroy a plane in either of the following cases:
1) if it's a drone
2) if destroying said plane would cause less human suffering/deaths then not destroying it (0th law comes to mind)
Darn, somebody beat me to the submission. Anyways, here's my version, which has some more information:
Robotics physicist Mark Tilden has unveiled his follow-ups to the Robosapien, which was mentioned on slashdot last year and sold rather well during the holidays. The foremost is the $200 Robosapien V2, which will be able to lie down, stand up, speak, use its built-in camera to recognize objects and people, and follow a laser-traced path. The $70 Robopet will be able to perform simple tricks and learn through positive and negative reinforcement. The $100 Roboraptor is covered with sensors and will have three different moods: hunter, cautious, and playful. The Robopet is scheduled to launch in July, with the Robosapien V2 and Roboraptor scheduled for September. I can't wait to see what hacks people come up with for this.
Site says "owee!"
Slashvertisement for,
Robosapien 2!
Mark the Tilden,
BEAM he's buildin',
10" filled in,
Robosapien 2!
And I just hope and pray that my two hundred bucks is at hand,
You and I, me and you, Franklin Benjamins two - understand?
And this filk is so wrong and their webserver's not strong enough
(And you really don't want to see JPGs and GIFs of our love)
I don't wanna classify you like an animal in the zoo,
But it seems good to me to know you want a Robosapien too!
Connection failed,
Server got nailed,
Sysadmin bailed,
Robosapien too.
Robosuperior,
In my interior,
Controlled from shell scripts,
It's Robosapien 2,
And you're Robosapien too,
It's my Robosapien V2!
And we're Robosapien toooooo...
I heard they are also releasing the RoBoSexual V1.0 which comes with several trojans and backdoor exploits. Enjoy :)
The government which is strong enough to protect you from everything is strong enough to take everything from you.
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000490026252/0 1/meet_robosapien.html
http://techdigestuk.typepad.com/tech_digest/2005/
convictushome.blogspot.com
New ultra realistic 2.0 Robosapiens can get "depressed" (RealEmotion engine 2.3) in which case they just won't "want" to do anything cool. (It's pretty incredible functionality). So if your RoboSapien isn't doing anything particularly exciting -- its not broken, its just not in the mood. Oh, and apparently they also come with "RealDeath(tm)" -- so don't *ever* turn them off.
------ The best brain training is now totally free : )
They can be pretty customisable, as shown by NimbRo.
I have the original, and it is a blast to bring to parties and such. What I thought would be a really easy addition would be a flash card reader that simply read a bunch of simple commands. Just put the commands in a standard file. You could then execute with a single button on the remote.
Better yet, have the ability to have multiple sets.
Seems like a great way to overcome the fact that the V1 robosapien can't remember anything you program into it.
and a laser tracking system
Cool, now maybe I'll stop losing the things all over the place.
I got the original model for a present for christmas . Yeah it's a toy but it is pretty darn amazing just how many things it can do. The sensors can be programmed to have (i think up to 20?) reflex commands programmed. So you can set it up to wander around and if it hits a wall it turns the other direction and keeps going. Plus anything that scares the cat away never hurts having around.
PC Magazine has more details.
J Wolfgang Goerlich
...via the Steel Battalion game controller?
A sig is just a sig, unless you can shoot it. Sig Steyr, for the distinguishing CT.
Wanna see a Robosapian program then ride a Big Trak into a big line of plastic, green army men?
It's such a nostaligic cornucopia!!
Just me, huh?
If Nalgene water bottles are outlawed, only outlaws will have Nalgene water bottles.
Something like that already exists and it's very useful
Actually, If they're anything like the original Robosapien, these are immensely hackable -- Mark Tilden (the creator) actually designed them with this in mind. Check out here and here to see what sorts of things people have done.
I got a RoboSapien for Christmas but I was a little disappointed in it. Although it can go through a sort of throwing motion, it doesn't move its arms fast enough to actually throw anything. And likewise its ability to "pick up" lacks feedback and requires the object to be in exactly the right place as it goes through the motions.
It can be programmed to execute a sequence in response to a loud noise, but it's a maximum of about 8 moves. And then it's done, there's no way to have it go back into "listen" mode automatically.
Using the remote control, it doesn't walk all that straight. To adjust its course, you have to make it turn, and it can't turn and walk at the same time (at least, not intentionally). The way it turns is to rock from foot to foot, turning a tiny little bit each time, so it's really slow to correct its course.
For a toy that cost almost $100 I was expecting more.
does this line:
"Sensory features include a vision color system that enables Robosapien V2 to recognize objects and skin tones"
coupled with this one:
"fully autonomous in free-roam mode"
mean that robosapien 2 is now freely capable of joining the KKK of it's own free will?!??
When robot wives are cheap and effective
I swear there was already a robot that could fetch you a beer 20 years ago... What amazing progress we make. Now it can dance too!
Wow, I'm impressed. It isn't like Asimov or any of the other writers working in his universe ever thought of first law conflicts and people lying to and manipulating robots, or robots faced with a conflict making bad choices based on faulty information. It isn't like whole stories are based on it.
The point of the law in the setting is to try to get the robot to make the 'right' choice. Humans, and later robots themselves, spend a lot of time thinking about how they should make that choice when faced with a conflict.
What would the robot do? Well the early, more privative ones would probably seize up on the spot as it couldn't find a way out and the same features that stop it breaking a law would basically turns it's brain into scrap (doesn't sound like a great design to me, but these are stories and it's dramatic.
More sophisticated robots would do what humans do, they would weight up the evidence (they don't believe something just because a human says it is true) and try whatever action they thought would minimise harm done, however they were programmed to rate 'harm'. They might or might not seize up or have problems afterwards depending on how much conflict they experienced.
Off topic and over-long, but I wanted to point out the first law is neither screwed up or pointless.