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Linux-powered Robots From France? Oui!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hobart-college-dept-of-egnineering dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A French start-up created to build autonomous, easily programmable, affordable humanoid robots expects to ship its first product — a humanoid household service robot running Linux — in early 2007. The walking, talking, WiFi-enabled Nao household robot will stand 21.6 inches tall, and will feature 23 "degrees of freedom" of motion — three more than the 14-inch tall Choromet android announced earlier this week by four Japanese companies. Nao's extra degrees of freedom appear to come in the form of gripping hands."

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  1. These are not the droids your looking for. by digitaldc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Aldebaran Robotics was founded in early 2005 by Bruno Maisonnier. The company employs about a dozen, is 5 percent employee-owned, and has 17 investors, led by Maisonnier, who holds a 58 percent stake.

    Wait a minute, wasn't Alderaan Robotics completely destroyed by Grand Moff Tarkin a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away?

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  2. Yes, but... by carnellm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will they head-butt their opponents?

  3. Do we really want a talking French robot? by DieByWire · · Score: 5, Funny
    The software will also enable users to program their android's behavior, emotional expressions, speech synthesizer...


    I see it coming already: "I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries."

    Reaches for remote...

    "Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time."

    I'm not so sure this is a good idea.

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  4. Non, non, non !!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Laissé soyez soit le premier à dire...

    I pour un, font bon accueil à nos nouveaux suzerains Linux-actionnés de robot de France !

  5. I, for one, by greenegg77 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I, for one, look forward to our new French robotic overlords' surrender.

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