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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Toy robots' effect on technology
Like mobile phones caused a rapid enhancement and miniaturization of e.g. camera and battery technology, toy robots provide a similar effect on gyros, motors and sensors. Unfortunately yet much less so in terms of AI, as most of today's toy robots are either remote controlled or play through pre-set scripts.
I'm still waiting for the small humanoid thinking robots in Arthur C. Clarke's Rama, but meanwhile it makes much more sense to copy much simpler animal, like the fly mentioned below.
One example of a robot that has some learning capability is the Ugobe Pleo.
Technology Review - Robotic Insect Takes Off - Researchers have created a robotic fly for covert surveillance
i-Sobot - supposedly the world's smallest humanoid robot
Ugobe Pleo - (somewhat) self-learning dinosaur-like robot
Interestingly, when looking for the i-Sobot at Amazon, the "also bought" list covers a lot more robots: Amazon - i-Sobot
For instance the Roboreptile can be found in most toy shops nowadays.
Here's a site about toy/home robots: RobotAdvice
I want an i-Sobot for Christmas.
I'm still waiting for the small humanoid thinking robots in Arthur C. Clarke's Rama, but meanwhile it makes much more sense to copy much simpler animal, like the fly mentioned below.
One example of a robot that has some learning capability is the Ugobe Pleo.
Technology Review - Robotic Insect Takes Off - Researchers have created a robotic fly for covert surveillance
i-Sobot - supposedly the world's smallest humanoid robot
Ugobe Pleo - (somewhat) self-learning dinosaur-like robot
Interestingly, when looking for the i-Sobot at Amazon, the "also bought" list covers a lot more robots: Amazon - i-Sobot
For instance the Roboreptile can be found in most toy shops nowadays.
Here's a site about toy/home robots: RobotAdvice
I want an i-Sobot for Christmas.
