Have we not learned from our ventures in weather forecasting, that complex systems, love and relationships, in this case, cannot be predicted through the force of equations.
I prefer more traditional methods, the tea leaves say that I will have a good day tomorrow!
Honda will pursue development of an ASIMO that will be useful to people.
After reading the article I have a question probably best suited to someone in the robotics industry. Other than the obvious marketing advantages, and perhaps the psychological benefits of using a human form, are there ny good reasons to pursue this train of thought , if "Useful" is the goal?
My first impression is that the human form is not necessarily the most efficient or stable, but does this outweigh our need to see another human form?
I just want a very small phone, that gets good battery life, is durable, have a vibrate mode (most every phone has this now), a well thought out phone book, an alarm clock, no protruding antenna.
I agree with your assessment completely but with a couple additions to the list of desired features such as bluetooth (for connecting to the PDA ) and a fast way to switch from normal operation to silent/vibrate only.
It has been 6 years since my Motorola StarTAC died and I still miss that phone. It did not have some of the nice features that are offered today, what it did have, worked extremely well. It is ashame that they have never put a better charging circuit in that design.
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Have we not learned from our ventures in weather forecasting, that complex systems, love and relationships, in this case, cannot be predicted through the force of equations.
I prefer more traditional methods, the tea leaves say that I will have a good day tomorrow!
After reading the article I have a question probably best suited to someone in the robotics industry. Other than the obvious marketing advantages, and perhaps the psychological benefits of using a human form, are there ny good reasons to pursue this train of thought , if "Useful" is the goal?
My first impression is that the human form is not necessarily the most efficient or stable, but does this outweigh our need to see another human form?
I agree with your assessment completely but with a couple additions to the list of desired features such as bluetooth (for connecting to the PDA ) and a fast way to switch from normal operation to silent/vibrate only.
It has been 6 years since my Motorola StarTAC died and I still miss that phone. It did not have some of the nice features that are offered today, what it did have, worked extremely well. It is ashame that they have never put a better charging circuit in that design.