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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 RingDev · · Score: 4, Insightful

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

    -Rick

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  3. 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.

  4. 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.

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

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

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