ASIMO has competition

[mustang84]

OK, many of us saw ASIMO fall on his head today, but for a $170K robot it's pretty amazing to see how fluid his motion is.

HOWEVER, check out this little guy... the Sony QRIO...he can throw balls, rollerskate, pick himself up after being pushed over, and probably even walk correctly up stairs. This robot makes ASIMO look mentally handicapped.

(wait for the very end)

japanese fan dance

[Nick]

That last one brings on a whole new meaning to doing the robot.

[scharmer05]

wow that last one is amazing

[NOS2006]

Wow. What an amazing little machine.

[ocnblu]

mustang, I love that car in your sig. Timelessly clean.

[aaaantoine]

Pretty nice.

The dance has to be motion-captured sequences preprogrammed into the robot.

Other skeptical questions arise, such as: how would the robot treat a different sized rollerskating platform? Can the robot pick things up in addition to throwing them? And how would the robot react to a genuine fall, rather than a preprogrammed best-case-scenario collapse?

[Flybrian]

[Bizz]

until it can cook and has a... um... "service port", i aint interested.

[american_revolution_2005]

Sadly that robot can skate better than me lol.

[Satty]

I wonder how much the optional pocket vagina costs.

[Satty]

Does anybody else get creeped out by these videos? I dont know why, they're just creepy.

[FAPTurbo]

Does anybody else get creeped out by these videos?  I dont know why, they're just creepy.

227328[/snapback]

Same. I get creeped out as well. Maybe it's because I own all three Terminator DVD's.

There's another reason, but I can't quite put my finger on it, or at least describe it by typing.

But I think I am thinking similar things as you are.

[aaaantoine]

Does anybody else get creeped out by these videos?  I dont know why, they're just creepy.

227328[/snapback]

I believe the reason you're creeped out has to do with what's called the Uncanny Valley.

[mustang84]

mustang, I love that car in your sig.  Timelessly clean.

227089[/snapback]

Thank you. I love those Malibus.