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Hitachi Unveils Humanoid Robot
HunahpuMonkey writes "BBC reports that Hitachi has unveiled a humanoid robot, named Emiew, to compete with Honda's Asimo and Sony's Qrio robots. The robot has a vocabulary of about 100 words and could be trained for practical office and factory use. In addition, it is the fastest robot to date, moving 3.7 miles per hour on wheel feet which resemble the bottom half of a Segway scooter."
OK, here is the challenge:
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Hitachi's new wheeled robot versus Honda's Asimo and Sony's Qrio in BATTLE STAIRS! First one down a flight of 100 steps intact wins.
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"The robot has a vocabulary of about 100 words and could be trained for practical office and factory use"
I don't know about you, but a 100 word vocabulary is already vastly superior to some of the factory workers I've worked with.
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Does anyone else get the mental image of a large feathered robot with a tendency to hump sunbathing women? Or is it just me?
Ah, and rape a fine writers' memory in the process!
It bears a likeness to R2-D2...
Now all they need to do is affix a gin & tonic brewer...
Obviously much effort has been put into making this as closely resemble us wheeled humanoids as possible. Hitachi, I applaud you!
Since when did humanoids have wheels?
Damn I'm behind, I gotta get rid of these stupid legs.
UPGRADE
I, for one, welcome our new office work performing over-
Awe, crap, who am I kidding? I'm going to be freakin' outsourced to one of these little @#$@#$ers...
DIE, YOU LITTLE ROTTER! R2D2 WAS TWICE THE BOT YOU WILL EVER BE!
HA! I just wasted some of your bandwidth with a frivolous sig!
This will end the hiring of new employees at Microsoft. Just the fact that it moves AT ALL, much less 3.6 MPH will render the entire program management, middle management and test groups obsolete.
A most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a bit.
"although the sushi-dispensing robots did have a few stock phrases and voice recognition"
I bet that the 'used womens panties' vending machine would be the one with the most interesting conversation...
In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
...welcome our segway-like overlords.
...the robot used its limited vocabulary to ask who came up with the name "Emiew," followed by the words, "prepare to die."
Yep, those crazy Japanese CAR companies.
If you'll excuse me, I have to return my Sony rental car and pick up my Hitachi at the body shop.
"I want to be able to walk about in places like Shinjuku and Shibuya [shopping districts] in the future without bumping into people and cars," Pal told reporters.
Is it referring to motor control systems? Or something more sinister?