Check out this robot... unbelievable

[Santaduck]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0610_050610_robot.html

Check this out... unbelievable. If we could find closeups and/or video, it would be interesting. Apparently the unit experienced some 'spasms', but from the still photos, it looks just right.

[cslewis]

That's amazing! At first I couldn't tell which figure was the robot!

[Eevee]

Whoa...that thing almost looked human!! Very scary.

And the link stated that she looked like she was breathing. :eek:

in the future, will we be able to tell who's human and who's not? :confused:

[iSaint]

Spasms, sure, I bet she was faking it!

sorry, couldn't resist :D *knows he opened door for more such jokes*

[mactastic]

Now if they could only make one with a Keira face on it we'd never see certain prolific members around here again... ;)

[wordmunger]

Found some movies here (http://ed-02.ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/lab/development/Humanoid/ReplieeQ1/ReplieeQ1_eng.htm). They're HUGE downloads, though (the second one is this smallest -- 17 MB). Having watched about 10 seconds so far, it looks like it still needs quite a bit of work.

[wdlove]

That is really a giant leap in robot technology. Scary in a way. Reminds me of the androids in the Sci Fi movies. The breathing is a neat addition, hope I get to see one up close and personal some day.

[Lacero]

Spasms, sure, I bet she was faking it!Could do for the robotic industry like what it did for the VHS format.

[Santaduck]

To the Japanese, this is big stuff. The marketing-halo flagship products of a lot of the big electronics giants (e.g. Sony) are robots. One company recnetly made one that could walk bipedally down a staircase.

I also once met Dr. Cynthia Breazeal of M.I.T., who helped design a robot called "Kismet", which could spontaneously generate appropriate emotional facial expressions. I'm too lazy to google a link atm.

ps Thank you for the video URLs!

[Don't panic]

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."

[Eevee]

Kind of think about it now, it reminds me of the movie 2046 where Faye Wong was the robot waitress on the train. One of the passengers fell in love with her, but she could love him back.

Anyone seen this? Or am i just dreaming?

[srobert]

Nah! I'll stick to my Cherry 2000 until they can fix the kinks in that one. ;)

[mcarnes]

I want one that looks like Natalie Portman. Then she can bring me coffee in the morning. :p

[rt_brained]

Anyone know if you can buy one of these asian lady robots yet?


And also, if you can order one with a low power vacuum attachment—preferably around the mouth area?

[Sun Baked]

I want one that looks like Natalie Portman. Then she can bring me coffee in the morning. :pIf you guys keep this up, this thread will hit the pre-Wasteland forum quite quick (aka, Political Forum).

[CanadaRAM]

Whoa...that thing almost looked human!! Very scary.
And the link stated that she looked like she was breathing. :eek:


How about the one behind her in the photos. Did you see how realistically it moved its had to its chin? Very lifelike as well.

[leekohler]

Now if they could only make one with a Keira face on it we'd never see certain prolific members around here again... ;)

THAT was good! :)

[Santaduck]

Kind of think about it now, it reminds me of the movie 2046 where Faye Wong was the robot waitress on the train. One of the passengers fell in love with her, but she could love him back.

Anyone seen this? Or am i just dreaming?

Reminds me of the old MW Kaluta graphics novel (and originally an off-broadway play) "Starstruck" (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0871350017/qid=/sr=/ref=cm_lm_asin/104-6904994-5557568?v=glance). Really trippy stuff, and very unique in the comic world to have the theatre-head sensibility applied to the comic form... costumes & set design & outrageous dialog are central... and of course there's the pleasure droid lost in the middle of all the political shenanigans.

[Xtremehkr]

Robots are the way of the future, the Japanese seem determined to corner the market on this coming innovation and seem to be making all the advances lately.

It should make for some more good Sci Fi movies though, as they get closer to becoming a reality.

And perhaps some questions concerning whether or not we can trust having a foreign robot in every home. What if they are all secretly programmed to take over once their numbers reach a certain level?

Meh, it's just too easy to play on peoples fears.

[eva01]

I want to become a cyborg damnit!!! When can i become a robot?

Ghost in the Shell anyone?

[mcarnes]

I want to become a cyborg damnit!!! When can i become a robot?

Ghost in the Shell anyone?

Like general grievous. Then I can slap everyone around.

[katie ta achoo]

Creepy.. looks EXACTLY like someone I used to go to school with.

*thoroughly heebie jeebie'ed*

[mvc]

That is really a giant leap in robot technology. Scary in a way. Reminds me of the androids in the Sci Fi movies. The breathing is a neat addition, hope I get to see one up close and personal some day.


Just not TOO close and personal... ;)

[ham_man]

:eek:

Now that is just scary. But think of the possibilities... :rolleyes: ;)

[barneygumble]

forget the robot look at the guy in the background, now that is creepy especially the picture on the left i can almost hear him thinking "only two years more till we can legally marry :eek:

[bartelby]

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."

It made me think of Bladerunner too!

[mcarnes]

forget the robot look at the guy in the background, now that is creepy especially the picture on the left i can almost hear him thinking "only two years more till we can legally marry :eek:

Agree. He's bent that thing over a few times. Nasty.

[Santaduck]

The other area that I believe the Japanese will initially trump the US is the area of military battle suits. We're already doing research in them, but it's much more central in the Japanese psyche. Skunkworks could prove me wrong, but I'm betting on the Japanese for now.

[GanChan]

Well, they've been working on this since Astroboy.... :)

[Lacero]

The Japanese seem more comfortable around machines than around other humans. That may explain their unnatural obsession with creating human-like robotic creatures.

[iindigo]

One step closer to creating Data ;) :p I wonder where people will take this technology...

http://www.mindspring.com/~stevejordan/images/data.jpg

[Eevee]

Creepy.. looks EXACTLY like someone I used to go to school with.

*thoroughly heebie jeebie'ed*

Yikes!!! :eek: :eek:

[Eevee]

[QUOTE=iindigo]One step closer to creating Data ;) :p I wonder where people will take this technology...



Yeah!!!! We need Data. He's such a cool robot in Star Trek! :cool:

[mcarnes]

That's Lieutenant Commander Data to you, humanoid. :p

[dylomel]

not until i see her hands that i can sorta know that the robot is "SHE", 'coz that "he" somehow looks like a robot too...lol! :D

[BornAgainMac]

Your robot will come complete with Firewire 400/800, USB 2.0, and other ports. :rolleyes:

[MongoTheGeek]

Your robot will come complete with Firewire 400/800, USB 2.0, and other ports. :rolleyes:
other ports?

Woohoo!

[dsharits]

I remember a Twilight Zone episode about this once.

[Lacero]

Well, they've been working on this since Astroboy.... :)Michael Jackson would be pleased.

"If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes."

[biohazard6969]

ahha thats awsome, at first i thought they were BOTH robots lol

[dsharits]

Michael Jackson would be pleased
Allegedly... :rolleyes:

Yeah, okay, you're right. :D

[Counterfit]

Like general grievous. Then I can slap everyone around.
Pff. Major Kusanagi would hack him before he even got close enough to blink at her :rolleyes:

[Yvan256]

other ports?

Woohoo!

Other ports?

Woohoo!

[iBlue]

Your robot will come complete with Firewire 400/800, USB 2.0, and other ports. :rolleyes:

ok this whole thread has been absolutely hilarious, but the above brought tears to my eyes! the priceless entertainment one can find at MR :D

wow, that robot is something else, but my oh my the inspiration for jokes on THIS front ;)

[egamble]

Except for reacting when someone pretends to slap it, I don't see that this robot can do much more than the "animatronic" robots at Disneyland and Disney World can do. And the Disney robots did that 50 years ago.

This doesn't seem like an advance in robotics so much as an advance in realistic animated sculpture. And even that is probably not much of an advance. Special effects in films used to rely on realistic-looking animated sculpture for many years before CG effects made that obsolete.

[MongoTheGeek]

Except for reacting when someone pretends to slap it, I don't see that this robot can do much more than the "animatronic" robots at Disneyland and Disney World can do. And the Disney robots did that 50 years ago.

This doesn't seem like an advance in robotics so much as an advance in realistic animated sculpture. And even that is probably not much of an advance. Special effects in films used to rely on realistic-looking animated sculpture for many years before CG effects made that obsolete.

More likely puppets which got you a realistic movement as well. They were doing a bunch of really cool stuff for special effects in movies before a lot of the modern technology came along. There was a silent movie which had things flying around where it was all done with people dressed in black against a black back drop. They had the art of it down to the point where not only did the film of the time not pick them up but the black of the background wasn't noticeable.

I would have to see the robot up close to really say if there was a substantial improvement in appearance. Once you get latex, and flexible pvc the real improvements come in the small details of the skin. Pores, hair, the translucency of the skin and the variations in skin tone.

[Koodauw]

Not bad, but id rather have this robot (http://cgi.ebay.com/Neogentronyx-Mech-NMX04-1A-made-by-Carlos-Owens-Alaska_W0QQitemZ5596708699QQcategoryZ1468QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) anyday of the week.

You could Burninate some peasants or something..

[dsharits]

Not bad, but id rather have this robot (http://cgi.ebay.com/Neogentronyx-Mech-NMX04-1A-made-by-Carlos-Owens-Alaska_W0QQitemZ5596708699QQcategoryZ1468QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) anyday of the week.

You could Burninate some peasants or something..
$6000 for shipping!! :eek:

That is really cool, though. :)

[Eevee]

Not bad, but id rather have this robot (http://cgi.ebay.com/Neogentronyx-Mech-NMX04-1A-made-by-Carlos-Owens-Alaska_W0QQitemZ5596708699QQcategoryZ1468QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) anyday of the week.

You could Burninate some peasants or something..

Now that's a robot!!! Though I don't know if I want that thing in my house.
:D

[Lacero]

Looks like a death trap should that thing fall over while being inside of it.