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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.

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  1. Re:"Skills" by totally+bogus+dude · · Score: 3, Informative

    But if you put Sony batteries in your suicide robot, you get twice the explosive damage*!

    * when compared to leading brands of conventional suicidal followers.