they are coming whether we like it or not

advancing so rapidly

http://techdigestuk.typepad.com/tech_diges...his_talkin.html
this one is expected to be in companies soon delivering mail

http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/0311/Byko-0311.html
this one can walk stairs



there you have one to guard an air force base
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinno...guardbots_x.htm
if they can cost only $200,000 how long can it be before they are guarding the homes of rich people ?


http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/QRIO/videoclip/index_nf.html
this thing can run
and stand back up when knocked down
truly incredible videos
hell the thing looks like it could surf

Thanks for those links et's daddy. That Sony one looks incredible. Robots have certainly come along way from the shuffling monstrosities that were unveiled in the 1950's.

Do you know if they require alcohol to fuel their power cells?

Robots are about to get a significant power boost too!

2 breakthroughs in feb-march were:

-New batteries from nanotech that weighs around 8 ounces but has the same amount of power as a 20 lb battery!

-New battery from nanotech that charges up in 6minutes to full!

That's is amazing. Great Links Et. I haven't seen Sony's Robot. Never knew they had one. It's pretty amazing for it's size. And looks like it has the physical abilities of a 2-year old child. Maybe it could be Asimo's kids eh?

A robot family made to help you around the house. How's that? Child-size robots to play with other kids and teach them how to learn.

And larger robots like Asimo to do menial chores. Maybe directing the robot, Roomba to vacuum certain areas that have been assigned to Asimo. Just an idea.

i think i want one of those air base guard-bots to deal with the trick-or-treaters

I want one. I have limited mobility and it would be so great if the robots could assist me and the other disabled people.
How much? $200,000.

I remembered what I told my daughter when we first found out about this; I told her I'm going to call my Bot - Franco

Well in a few years they will only cost a few hundred dollars, possibly upto a grand at first

i see the price going along the lines of computers
$2,500 a few years ago would get you a basic model which is nothing compared to what $500 will buy today

That sounds great and by the time I could afford it; it could be like "Data"... still callin' him "Franco" haha

Day the Earth Stood Still, eat your heart out!!

- Dark

Truly remarkable!!

yes but he throws like a girl lol

Meet papero!

56k go here : http://cdecas.free.fr/robots/images/papero_E_50K.asx

I havnt found higher res video yet, but

After that guy finishes talking you will see the robot in action around 1:45 into the VIDEO... that robot is cute haha

Kids are definitly gonna want Papero

There is also a new version that been announced just a few days ago

Heres the broadband one http://www.incx.nec.co.jp/robot/english/Pa...pero_E_500K.asf

heres some other stuff
http://www.incx.nec.co.jp/robot/english/Pa...glish/p_06.html


NEC Realizes Enhanced Version of its PaPeRo Robots
18th march 05
http://www.physorg.com/news3443.html

Soon they'll take over the world!!!! Muahahahaha!!!!

It'd be cool if soon everyone owns a robot in their homes, doing things such as opening doors and training dogs. My family is handicap in those two areas as it is.

And eventually we will become entirely reliant upon robots for basically everything in our day to day lives with the rest also being done by other forms of technology. We are going to end up so lazy!

I want one of them SONY robots, But i hope they can make comunication between humans and robots easier then a few sentinces and easily created sentinces.

~Thanato

It wont be long before you can have conversations with robots, although it will be severly constrained at first, A.I will eventually come into it and thats where everything seems to go wrong in all the movies!

Maybe we will not end up so lazy, but we will have more time to enjoy life, rather than getting home from work and being too tired to do anything except watch tv lol

well if i had a robot it will be my friend, i would treat it good and it will be cool, i would never replace it i would upgrade it from time to time

Damn, i want a robot

~Thanato

sounds like we need to build Thanato a friend

You might like Papero..

Have you seen the video yet?

Screw that i want QRIO. THat thing just looks to cool. And its small enough to travel in a Carrie on.

~Thanato

Just think: we've become lazier due to technology. New inventions make labor of all kinds easier and quicker to finish. I predict that in less than fifty years, maybe twenty five, robots and even newer inventions will become so widespread that soon there'll be no purpose for human life; everything else will do our work for us.... There's already no purpose for human life...

Not saying there's anything wrong with new technology and making things easier, but I think some people take things for granted too much.

well i want a Robot to talk to etc be my friend. It wont be kreepy it would talk to me give my ideas and fix my god damn computer when its borken. Also it might help me make 3D models Scan them in and the reproduce them.

~Thanato

As long as we can find a balance with technology we should be ok, we cant rely upon it to do everything for us, otherwise there is no point in us existing if we just sit around while everything is done for us. Robots will indeed be awesome, but people must remember that when not if they became as self-aware as us we need to treat them accordingly.

sounds like someday the amish will rule the world

My head is shiney! it's embarrassing!

lol...

that video made me laugh.

I want a robot like bender. Muhahaha

And remember, if you ever have a problem with a robot, you can always make it think about an endless loop.

Suddenly paradoxes will become an important thing to teach your child.

"mommy, robotron broke the lamp!"

"ROBOTRON!!"

"yes?"

"THIS SENTANCE IS FALSE!!"

"nnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooo!!!" *boom*

"thanks mommy!!"

"Now just remember, if a robot is ever mean to you, just think back to your paradox class!"

LoL...

What if robots did actually become self-aware at some point. What if they said that they were alive and consciouss..

I wonder if robots would ever have ' Rights ' as humans do, hmmm

so in 2050 QRIO could be president ?

i think maybe some "busy" people will get QRIO instead of having kids

QRIO costs around 50,000 Dollars to buy at the moment.

Although the deflation on computer hardware cost is about 50% a year or 18 months... Shouldnt be too long before affordable hi-tech robots are common.

First we'll have to go through mainstream bots like Robosapien 2 . Things will quickly pick as there is more demand for robots.

l luv the idea of robots helping human kind
i, robot jus sucks tho.

I don't think there will be a robot for president as soon as 2050, I mean there still hasn't been a black president, or a woman president, or even a spanish president or chinese president or japanese, or... well my point is they've all been white males.

Oh god, then robots will be like...

DONT CALL US ROBOTS THATS OUR WORD, CALL US ELECTRONIC AMERICANS!! 01 robot, what's calculatin'?

when robots fully gain AI will they also qualify for disability ?

if a bot losses an arm do we have to pay him ?

will disabled robots become panhandlers ?

"ill wash your windshield for a pint of 10w40"

robots are gonna take over the world and itll be the end of mankind!!! lol j/k..

ok this is getting a little out of hand maybe

http://www.rdecom.army.mil/rdemagazine/200309/


little armed robots

here is Toyota's part in robots



http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/special/robot/

they have a walking person carrier like a wheel chair with legs seems cool


and there it is

QRIO


Papero


ASIMO


Actroid Robot

Although science fiction writers have been saying we'll have robots by now in all homes and it hasnt happend... its now very close to becoming a reality.


ROBOSAPIEN v 2 on sale this year!


Robosapien™ V2 – Bigger, Smarter and more fun

Robosapien V2 will interact with his surroundings, and even responds with a ‘real voice’…Robosapien V2 can talk! Fully equipped with infra-red radar vision, Robosapien’s V2 moving eyes with blue LED lights can detect obstacles, track movements and take objects handed to him.

Sensory features include a vision color system that enables Robosapien V2 to recognize objects and skin tones; he can wave when he sees you and reach out to shake your hand. A stereo sound detection system allows him to respond and react to noises in the environment.

If you want to to see 2 LARGE pictures of Robosapien 2 go here

http://www.robotforums.com/images/robov2.JPG

http://www.robotforums.com/images/v2inbox.JPG

nice pics Whoa 182!

IBM computing algorithm thinks like an animal

A mathematical model that mimics the behavior of the brain's neocortal minicolumns could one day lead to robots that can "see" like humans and/or make appropriate decisions when bombarded with sensory information.

The mathematical model created at IBM simulates the behavior of 500,000 minicolumns connected by 400 million connections. With it, "we were able to demonstrate self-organization" and behavior similar to that seen in the real world, according to Charles Peck of IBM's Biometaphorical Computing team.

http://news.com.com/IBM+computing+algorith..._3-5630880.html

jus watched Bicentiennal man 2day and i jus thought what people think if a unique robot may actually wan2 b human one day.... jus a thought guys.

I just watched it too.. Although thats the same thing I thought. I dont think that will happen.

Robots can have all these senses that humans have eventually, nature has already created it ! . We can create it for robots. Robots could someday become very much more powerful than than humans in all aspects. They will have no desire to be human, they will probably have superior senses and feeldings than we do.

Although It was a good movie...

The 'beast'?

anyone have a workshop and make mini robots?

http://world.honda.com/run/

Check out this new video haha

go old man go *\0/*

you can do it

hahaha!! that's awesome.

It would be even more awesome if the robot was singing like that.

Seems as though it would make a good shell for Kor'drein. I'd really prefer an android for her but this world is in rather short order.