Still Waters Posted April 11, 2016 #1 Share Posted April 11, 2016 The robot was created by Alphabet-owned Schaft, a Japanese company with a German-sounding name, and is quite different to efforts from Google's Boston Dynamics division which the firm is looking to sell off. The unnamed robot (we'd call it Claude) was shown off at the New Economic Summit in Tokyo and demonstrated how it can traverse uneven ground and balance on surfaces with unsure footing. This is achieved with disproportionately large legs and compact central body that can move up and down. http://www.theinquir...e-bipedal-robot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidagakash Posted April 11, 2016 #2 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I was thinking they also resemble the drones from the 1970's film "Silent Running" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted April 11, 2016 #3 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Amazing! I'm jealous. It walks better than I do. Of course I just had my knee reconstructed. Another item to dust and take into "the shop" for its warranty check-ups. I can see these robots going shopping with the 1%-ers carrying all of their items because it's just too strenuous to do it themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastieRunner Posted April 11, 2016 #4 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Can we put that reanimated brain from the other article in the robot yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted April 12, 2016 #5 Share Posted April 12, 2016 We would all have personal robots by now, if we didn't waste so much time, effort, and money, making them look humanoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted April 12, 2016 #6 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Can we put that reanimated brain from the other article in the robot yet? Then the robot would just want to hop and ravage your garden. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidagakash Posted April 12, 2016 #7 Share Posted April 12, 2016 We would all have personal robots by now, if we didn't waste so much time, effort, and money, making them look humanoid. There was a personal robot fad in the 1980's. I still have one I bought called Hero JR. He rolls around in a shell like a trashcan, talks, and navigates with sonar. Doesn't do anything practical though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastieRunner Posted April 12, 2016 #8 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Then the robot would just want to hop and ravage your garden. As long as it's not this guy, we're good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingitsune Posted April 14, 2016 #9 Share Posted April 14, 2016 I have a rumba robot vacuum. it did a good job, until its sensors stopped to work properly. -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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