Robot Runs For Real

[achilleas.k]

How is it any different or an upgrade from Asimo?

 

[SamuelT]

Holy Frick, how did they do that!?

That's awesome.

Now, for the lame robot-uprising-joke:

"This is just the Robot Lords teasing us. When that robot wants to he'll run at 45 KMPH and push that girl right through the floor. He just doesn't want to."

 

[Jursa]

Damn if Japan decides to go suicide bomber terrorism with these babies then we're screwed.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Can we ever have a thread about robots without everyone making jokes about them becoming self-aware?

Anyways, that's pretty cool that they've managed to make a bi-pedal robot capable of running and maintaining balance. I wonder what they will do with this.

Heh, I was actually going to say 'let's see how long it takes for the skynet jokes to get here'. But I was late by about three hours.

But lighten up Kraken, everyone knows memes are only cool when you make them up.

And OT, that's kind of freaky. I mean really freaky. I smell uncanny valley controversy in 40 years.

 

[SinisterDeath]

Japans planning something.
They already built a Gundam! They got this! The end is Nigh!

 

[dalek sec]

Lady stop pushing that thing! One of these days it's gonna get mad and get a new body like this:

And let me tell you something lady, he's going to remember who pushed him...

Edit: Jokes aside, that's pretty impressive that it can actually run and balance it's self when it got pushed.

 

[cainx10a]

Hmm, watching robot cops run after crooks would be quite entertaining. =D

 

[nova18]

I can still run faster than that robot.
So for now I'm not scared.

But my Anti-Dalek shoving technique will be useless now.
Alas, the first casualty of the mecha-human wars.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Erm, ok, but hasn't ASIMO been able to both run (in the proper sense like this one does) and regain his balance for a good 4 years now?

Heck, ASIMO can do stairs and hand shakes too. Nice effort Toyota, but you're still miles behind Honda.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

I thought ASIMO already did that...

 

[UberMore]

HAS NO ONE WATCHED THE TERMINATOR IN THE ROBOT-BUILDING WORLD FFS?!
IF IT BECOMES SELF AWARE, NO AMMOUNT OF PRoGRAmMING AND COUNTER-PROGRAMMING WILL STOP IT!!!!!

WHAT THE FUCK?!?!!?!?!

*coughs*

Seriously, does noone think that robbots are a bad idea?

 

[Bassman_2]

I want this to bring me my mail

 

[A random person]

oh, you are all just BEGGING for the plot of i, Robot to be real.

Don't worry, Will Smith will save us. And then tell us about how he became the prince of Bel Air.

But on topic, this is yet another step towards our dream of robots doing the jobs we don't want to do, and then politicians not being able to throw jobs around to get votes.

 

[Gerazzi]

is that ASIMO??? or some other robot

ASIMO Is Honda.
I know this because I'm a nerd.

I mean... wait what?


Eh, I see no point in making a humanoid robot, I'd be more impressed with R2D2.

 

[mikecoulter]

Robot Runs For Real

Engineers in Japan have developed a robot that can actually run.


Despite what Transformers would have you believe, getting a robot to move is a complicated process, and getting it talk walk bipedally is even more complicated.

Toyota's new robot isn't going to break any records in terms of speed, but what's significant about it is that this robot can actually run, or in other words, both its feet leave the ground at the same time.

It can also regain its balance if shoved, which is pretty cool too.

Source: Gizmodo [http://gizmodo.com/5328227/toyota-humanoid-robot-gives-asimo-a-run-for-its-money]

That's old news, watch this.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

Am I the only one who doesn't find this the least bit cool, but rather disturbing?

 

[Disembodied_Dave]

While a great break through. It still looks like it running with poo in it's pants.

I like the little jog in place it has to do before running. That's pretty cute.