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Virginia Tech Students Build CHARLI, a Human-Sized Robot

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the in-college-i-just-made-crappy-websites dept.

smackay writes "As CHARLI takes his first steps, anxious onlookers stand ready to catch him if he falls. His stride is short, but upright, as one foot is placed in front of the other in the basement of Virginia Tech's Randolph Hall. But CHARLI is no toddler. He is a 5-foot-tall humanoid robot. Video of this ground-breaking robot included."

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  1. Not female? by Vinegar+Joe · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then who cares?

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  2. Re:Ground-breaking robot? by Orga · · Score: 2, Informative

    Groundbreaking in the sense that..... CHARLI is the first untethered, autonomous, full-sized, walking, humanoid robot with four moving limbs and a head, built in the United States.

  3. Re:Ground-breaking robot? by RingDev · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Asimo wasn't built on a $20,000 budget.

    -Rick

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  4. historic my ass by mestar · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "CHARLI is historic. CHARLI is the first untethered, autonomous, full-sized, walking, humanoid robot with four moving limbs and a head, built in the United States."

    Come on, this is a ridiculous statement. Given enough qualifications, anything can be said to be historic.

    This is just another Asimo, just more ugly. Also, it is not humanoid at all, his head is a fcking lawn lamp.

    1. Re:historic my ass by e4g4 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      For sure; reminds me of those filler baseball stats announcers use: "Wright bats 1.000 against left handed pitchers on the day after a rainstorm when the Mets are on the road and Venus is in retrograde."

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  5. ground-breaking robot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    He is a 5-foot tall humanoid robot. Video of this ground-breaking robot included.

    What is the robot made of, if each step breaks the ground? I can only imagine the seismic effect an army of these ground-breaking robots would have.

  6. All those brains and yet... by Orga · · Score: 5, Funny

    They still manage to stick the video in an area normally reserved for lame advertising that everyone has learned to tune out.

  7. Re:video? by nateand · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's a link on the right side of the page containing the article.

  8. Re:Ground-breaking robot? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Asimo wasn't built by team students working for free, which allowed for a $20,000 budget.

    There, fixed that for you.

    --Anon

  9. Re:Ground-breaking robot? by ryantmer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where Asimo was made, four feet three inches is human-sized ;)

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  10. Re:Congratulations by xerxesVII · · Score: 3, Funny

    Congratulations
    Very insightful! I am fascinated by your post. Congratulations to you.

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