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Sunday, June 04, 2006
More on robots: Human-like after all?
Honda has spent 20 years developing a robot that can walk, and even run. Looking at the history of this effort, and the fact that the later models are getting smaller and smaller, it's clear they are in the technology optimisation phase now, at least regarding the movement.
The latest model is called ASIMO (sounds like Asimov, which is appropriate as Isaac Asimov wrote a lot of sci-fi stories about robots).
Of course just walking/running isn't what human beings are about, and at a recent demonstration it was clear that ASIMO was remotely controlled, but they are also working on face recognition etc, so I guess we are all soon superfluous, not.
Considering e.g. telemarketers (that nobody wants to be, and everybody hates) haven't yet been replaced by robots, even though we are "just" talking talking (no pun intended), hearing and some more or less hardwired IQ in between, we are still a long way from creating a really human-like robot.
Honda Worldwide | ASIMO
The latest model is called ASIMO (sounds like Asimov, which is appropriate as Isaac Asimov wrote a lot of sci-fi stories about robots).
Of course just walking/running isn't what human beings are about, and at a recent demonstration it was clear that ASIMO was remotely controlled, but they are also working on face recognition etc, so I guess we are all soon superfluous, not.
Considering e.g. telemarketers (that nobody wants to be, and everybody hates) haven't yet been replaced by robots, even though we are "just" talking talking (no pun intended), hearing and some more or less hardwired IQ in between, we are still a long way from creating a really human-like robot.
Honda Worldwide | ASIMO
