Japanese Robot Technology

[gtlm2000]

Some Japanese company develop human type Robot.

Here is Ashimo which was made by Honda.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEHkOrgUx5o

[P_chan]

LOL Asimo fail!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASoCJTYgYB0

[Tanimaga]

LOL Asimo fail!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASoCJTYgYB0

Kinda breaks the illusion, doesn't it..?

I've been working with industrial robotics programming for awhile now, and I can say that even under completely controlled circumstances, there is a margin for error. No matter how precise or human-like robots are today, they are only capable of doing what they are programmed to do.

Apparently Asimo doesn't have a "get up" subroutine..

I did a little programming of my own.. Honda may copy the routine if it helps..

10 Get up
20 If Get up= Fail then goto 10
30 End

Just type "run"..

[gtlm2000]

Ashimo need to sand up skill :D

[Ayzil]

After seeing that, I'm not so worried about Judgement Day anymore.

[Tanimaga]

Ashimo need to sand up skill :D

I love GT's posts.

[Blues]

Japan's low birth rate will be replaced by robots soon. :D

Computopia: A Future Where Computers Teach, Then Beat, Then Heal Japanese Kids (http://gizmodo.com/5387926/computopia-a-future-where-computers-teach-then-beat-then-heal-japanese-kids)



http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/10/500x_computopia_1.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/10/computopia_1.jpg)

[Blues]

Sweet. Remote-Control Women! :D



RC Girls Would Be a Nerd's Dream Come True (http://gizmodo.com/5388643/rc-girls-would-be-a-nerds-dream-come-true)



http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/10/500x_japan_rc_girl.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/10/japan_rc_girl.jpg)

At the Kajimoto Laboratory, engineers have developed a helmet that can be used to guide the visually impaired by tugging their ears. It seems that this guy dreams of a day when it could be used to tug something else.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/10/500x_rc_helmet_2.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/10/rc_helmet_2.jpg)

Unfortunately for nerds, the woman isn't a robot—she still has free will. On the other hand, technology like this does have potential in navigational devices that don't require visual cues. [Kajimoto (http://kaji-lab.jp/ja/index.php?research#miminavi) via Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/in-japan-nerds-control-girls-with-joysticks/)]

[gtlm2000]

Japan's low birth rate will be replaced by robots soon. :D

Computopia: A Future Where Computers Teach, Then Beat, Then Heal Japanese Kids (http://gizmodo.com/5387926/computopia-a-future-where-computers-teach-then-beat-then-heal-japanese-kids)



http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/10/500x_computopia_1.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/10/computopia_1.jpg)

lol, that's funny. but Japanese school has not changed anything.

[jckkeith]

I don't know much about Asimo - but after seeing this it seems more like a remote-controlled toy than anything else. It's able to walk around on a level surface, and balance itself going up stairs