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Bipedal Dinosaur Robot
News for nerds writes "AIST and NEDO announced they have developed 2 bipedal dinosaur robots for the EXPO 2005 Aichi, Japan(Mar.25-Sep.25). PC Watch has an article with pics/movies and TBS News has a movie. Tyrannosaurus Rex and Parasaurolophus are modeled as 3.5m/80kg robots, and cost $1.8 million to build. They can roar and walk with an artificial pounding sound, but not as fearsome as Mechagodzilla. The external skin is designed by Kokoro Co., Ltd. and the endoskelton is developed by Kawada Industries, Inc. which is the manufacturer of the HRP-2 Humanoid Robot."
Leave it to japan to help make power rangers into a reality.
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have developed 2 bipedal dinosaur robots
I guess the ones on wheels just didn't cut it
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(O.o) This is Bunny. (> <)
I for one welcome our new dino droid masters.
Is making a robot 'Roar' realy a technical achievement? Next step: flashing LED eyes
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At 3.5m I think it's still quite intimidating even with artificial pounding sound.
If they adjust weight to few hundred kgs, you'll start feeling it before seeing it.
Rock that crushes, Paper & Scissors that don't matter.
When does something stop being a toy and become a robot?
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Will it run linux? ^_^
It's only a matter of time until someone in Japan decide to stick Asimo, several Aibos and a bunch of angry Dinobots (and also one of these on an island, and shoot a totally robotic remake of Jurassic Park...
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Start by building dinosaurs, and then gradually work your way up to a human like robot. Why didn't I think of that? It's evolution all over.
Not quite. Disney's robot was not independently bipedal - it was balanced by a huge counterweight in the cart it pulled.
... Hey Japan, wtf? What's with the robots? Soccer players, rollerskaters, dancers, sumos, dinosaurs... where's my robot butler, eh??
So... how long until we have a bunch of these go haywire and eat people in a theme park somewhere?
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I am scientifically inaccurate.
Except that this one is actually bipedal. The Disneysaur needs to hang onto that cart or he'll topple over. Plus all the computer brains for him are hidden under the flowers in the cart. As a standalone dinosaur, he'd never work.
You'd think the Japanese would have learned their lesson. Well, when it starts stomping Tokyo, I can say I told you so.
maybe we can get some nicer readers too.
Frink: "You've got to listen to me. Elementary chaos theory tells us that all robots will eventually turn against their masters and run amok, in an orgy of blood and the kicking and the biting with the metal teeth and the hurting and shoving." ...Oh. I forgot to carry the one.
Scientist: "How much time do we have professor?"
Frink: Well, according to my calculations, the robots won't go berserk for at least 24 hours (all robots turn against the humans)
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"So... how long until we have a bunch of these go haywire and eat people in a theme park somewhere?"
Elementary chaos theory tells us that all robots will eventually turn against their masters and run amok, in an orgy of blood and the kicking and the biting with the metal teeth and the hurting and shoving. According to my calculations, the robots won't go berserk for at least 24 hours.
(robots go berserk)
Oh. I forgot to carry the one.
$1.8 million, so how much does this Rent-a-Zilla cost per day ? Do I need a license from the Tokyo Police Cataclysm Division ?
The video looked really cool--except for the wobbling heads. If these robots were given active head stabilization (easy to do with a camera or two in the eyes controlling neck motors) they'd look very intimidating.
Also, the herbivore needs to have a bone in its crest. It looks a bit Yoda-ear-ish.
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Why would they spend so much money on building a robot that had no real use. Sure, it's a nice gimmick to make the news today, but 5-10 years from now they will be sitting in a warehouse or museum collecting dust. For millions of dollars. Why not build a robot that has a real, industrial or military use?
youve gotta see the video. its very funny yet amazing. the dinos would make great exhibition pieces. the fake tinny thudding sound made when the make a step is soo tacky :)
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/. effect in their NOC, the same sort that can burn major US university and news outlet servers into cinders.
The technological tenacity of the Japanese is almost frightening. They're probably laughing at the tiny spike of the
Given that this story submission is several hours old, my post is probably going to be neglected in mod point purgatory. Nevertheless, an arguably more interesting dinosaur robot was created by Peter Dilworth at the MIT leg laboratory. See pics and vids of Troody the dinosaur robot here: http://alpha-bits.ai.mit.edu/people/chunks/chunks. html