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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. (> <)
Is making a robot 'Roar' realy a technical achievement? Next step: flashing LED eyes
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When does something stop being a toy and become a robot?
Tomorrow's Spam? Get Tyrann0saurus Sex
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Will it run linux? ^_^
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?
P.S.
I am scientifically inaccurate.
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.
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?