Harry The Bowling Robot
Reading this excellent article on bowling technology in Wired led me to this article on Harry the bowling robot, and then this video.
Chores
People want robots to do things for them. Depending on what you consider a chore, this robot covers a lot of things.
The so-called “Home Assistant Robot” stands 155cm and weighs 130kg. Moving on two wheels, the prototype is equipped with two arms (the hands have 3 fingers each), five mini cameras and six laser sensors. Its neck and head can be moved in 3 differenct directions, the lower body in two, the arms in seven each and the fingers in two.
via (crunchgear)
Robots Will Creep You Out
Folks at the University of Osaka are doing shit that will freak you out. Here’s proof.
Tags: Repliee R-1, university of osaka
Heart Robot
How will people change when the machines around them seem to have emotions? Soon there will be robots around us that use the language of emotion – smiling, looking sad or worried – in order to communicate with us more easily. Even though these robots won’t have real emotions, we might easily imagine they do!
Tags: emotions, heart robot






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