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Humanoid Robot HR-2

Posted by timothy on from the bip-bip-bip-bork-bork-bip dept.

Denix writes "The HR-2 humanoid robot was constructed during a period of three months at Chalmers University in Sweden. It has 22 degrees of freedom which enables it to easily move around imitating human motions. The robot is also equipped with stereovision giving it possibilities to perform hand-eye coordination. For that task an artificial neural network is evolved. Furthermore, the artificial brain is capable of tracking faces as well as recognising them. The HR-2 is also able to speak. The website also contains a movie (35.5 MB) of the HR-2 in action."

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  1. torrent test by Spy+Hunter · · Score: 5, Informative
    Here's a test of the new BitTorrent trackerless torrents, let's see how they hold up. You'll need the latest beta 4.1.3 from BitTorrent.com

    alternate link if the first doesn't work

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    1. Re:torrent test by paul248 · · Score: 2, Informative

      Does mine work?

    2. Re:torrent test by linhux · · Score: 2, Informative

      Actually, the original server is stilll loading blazingly fast, so there's no reason just yet.

  2. Forget the robot.... by d474 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I was more impressed with that hot European chick "playing" with the robot. He's all "show me your move", she moves the object up and down, and then little robot starts a movement closly resembleing masturbation. OMG LOL!!! It was even funnier because that girl is so cute....

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  3. Looks a lot like the Kondo KHR-1 by thzinc · · Score: 5, Informative

    This looks a lot like the Kondo KHR-1 mentioned a while ago here, but a bit more advanced. Looks like some pretty nice enhancements, though, I do agree with a lot of other /.'ers in that I would like more information.

  4. Re:How nice of you.... by d2ksla · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, it'll be interesting to see how the server holds up. The Chalmers U. network (http://www.cdg.chalmers.se/Natverk/chalmers_bbng. gif) isn't too shabby with Gigabit Ethernet internally, and a 15 GBit/s Internet link (http://www.nordu.net/maps/map_nordunet.png).

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  5. Mirror Available by a3217055 · · Score: 1, Informative

    There is a mirror at mirrordot.org
    or at
    http://mirrordot.org/stories/c1fca9cdd935e00a395d4 8cef0c85b22/index.html

  6. The DSP factor by EMIce · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is the parent poster. I'll post this anonymous to avoid karma whoring, but I wanted to expand on what I said, because most readers probably won't undestand the significance of DSPs.

    DSPs are good at tasks like pattern matching, filtering out noise, finding statistical correlations, inferring probabilities, and simulating neural networks - among other things. These sorts of tasks are can be done by traditional processors, but such processors aren't designed for this. Something a cheap DSP might handle can hog inordinate amounts of CPU time on a pricey general purpose processor, because architectures like x86 and ppc weren't designed for heavy vector processing. It takes lots of clock cycles on these processors to simulate with software what a DSP does in hardware.

    This page lists many DSP capabilities to give you a better idea.

  7. Holy crap! by 5plicer · · Score: 2, Informative

    That thing is wicked! It's like Kismet with appendages!

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