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REEM-B, New Humanoid Robot Announced

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the reem-b-hoping-he-doesn't-get-reem-d dept.

Davide writes "There is a quite an interesting human size robot that comes from UAE, REEM-A. It has some interesting skills as dynamic walking (of course), object recognition, voice recognition, self localization and mapping, long battery life and face recognition. Recently, the development team announced that the second prototype, REEM-B, will be presented in February 2008. The second prototype has many improvements: a fingered hand with 12 motors, the ability to go up and down stairs, additional force sensors on the arms, ultrasonic range finders to avoid obstacles and a completely new look." Or, if you prefer something a bit cheaper, you could go with the $30 DIY Android.

3 of 72 comments (clear)

  1. "Skills" by Goaway · · Score: 4, Funny

    Funny how the word changes from "features" to "skills" when the machine becomes humanoid.

    1. Re:"Skills" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Funny how the word changes from "features" to "skills" when the machine becomes humanoid. Just like how the word changes from "bugs" to "features" when the machine is powered by Microsoft!
  2. Pick-up decoy? by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds like if they make the android female and pretty enough, they could seat "her" on a bench in a mall and see how long it takes for a guy to start hitting on her, and then how long until he realizes she's a robot.

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