Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Run, Boy, Run!

This one goes out to David and Curt, who believe I should be posting more =-)

Check out the new version of Honda's ASIMO (pronounced Awesome-O). He runs, with his feet actually leaving the ground for 0.08 seconds on each stride. A great technical achievement to be sure, but watching this little guy go I can't help but feel that the state of the art in modern robotics surely would be a disappointment to all the little kids in the '50s who envisioned aircars in every skygarage and robots in every home by now.


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At 3:43 PM, Blogger David said...

WOW! His feet do leave the ground!Thanks! You made my day!
LDN

 
At 11:01 AM, Blogger curiouser and kuriouser said...

Huevo,
Wow, that's really cool!
But while I fully approve of the robot's abilities, I think the robotics industry still has a way to go in the way of decor.
Could you tell them for me please to try to make their robots cuter? Even pinker would be acceptable.
Thank you.

 
At 9:13 AM, Blogger Carlos said...

That was cool - and very creepy. it looks like he's sneaking around. Maybe they are developing a spying robot!

 

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