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Hitachi Unveils Humanoid Robot

Posted by samzenpus on from the almost-human dept.

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."

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  1. Terrible secrets of space by DigiShaman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "I will protect you from the terrible secrets of space. ...do you have stairs in your house?!"

    *Pusher and Shover robot*

    --
    Life is not for the lazy.
  2. Down? Now what? by Tackhead · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    > > "First one down a flight of 100 steps *intact* wins."
    >
    > So what do the rules of this competition say about winning? Would that be "to move down the steps fastest", or would they allow "to fall down in the shortest possible time, and built strong enough to survive the impact?"

    One hundred stairs de-scended!

    We are the su-perior being!

    We have e-merged victorious!

    EX-TERM-I-aaw, FUCK..

    (Not my photoshop. Original at bottom of http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=1419. And as my desktop wallpaper.)