Robotic Nation Evidence: Robots on parade

6.12.2005

Robots on parade

Japan drums up robot support

From the article:

Robots of all shapes and sizes were batting fastballs, drawing portraits, teaching the waltz and doing standup comedy at the World Expo -- but several years of testing are still needed before most of them can be used in public, developers say.Also:

"Cooper, a mechanical portrait artist developed by a candy maker, was drawing the faces of visitors on large cookies with a laser-pen."
"Many of the robots were designed to help communication."
"One model called Batting Robot has a vision system that handles 1,000 images a second, more than 30 times the human eye, allowing it to accurately hit pitches of up to 160 kph (100 mph)." See also Robot pitchers taking to the field.
"Humanoids Robovie and Wakamaru have been programmed by a famous comedy agency to put on a slapstick routine."
"A model called InterAnimal is a teddy bear about 120 cm (four feet) tall that moves its arms and nods in synch to the sound the human voice. Developers claim it helps children who have problems talking with adults."
"The robot that looks most like a human being is the Repliee Q1expo, which is covered with a skin-like substance". See also Robots that look human.
"More whimsical is the golden Kinshachi Robot that swims like a fish."

Robotic Nation Evidence

6.12.2005

Robots on parade

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