Parrot Drives Robotic Buggy

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 7, 2012 @09:36AM from the polly-wanna-cylon dept.

grrlscientist writes "Proving that robots aren't just for people any longer, an African grey parrot, Pepper, has learned to drive a robot that was specially designed for him. Pepper, whose wings are clipped to preventing him from flying around his humans' house and destroying their things, now manipulates the joystick on his riding robot to guide it to where ever he wishes to go. This robotic 'bird buggy' was the brainchild of his human companion, Andrew Gray, a 29-year-old electrical and computer engineering graduate student at the University of Florida."

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no such luck by the_other_one · 2012-12-07 10:15 · Score: 4, Funny

I tried t get my Norwegian Blue to drive a buggy but it just sits there and does nothing.

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1. Re:no such luck by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-07 10:19 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  It's merely pinin' for a Ford!
Re:Awesome by Sponge+Bath · 2012-12-07 10:58 · Score: 4, Funny

When the parrot cuts you off in traffic, does he give you... the bird?