Are you ready for Humanoids invading?
By polachicago
@polachicago (18716)
United States
March 17, 2007 3:29pm CST
HRP-2's height is 154 cm and mass is 58 kg including batteries. It has 30 degrees of freedom (DOF) including two DOF for its hip. The cantilevered crotch joint allows for walking in a confined area. Its highly compact electrical system packaging allows it to forgo the commonly used "backpack" used on other humanoid robots.
Kawada Industries Inc. introduced the robot that continuously 'keeps an eye' on the human, to catch the special movements of the body, which are subsequently transformed into commands and operations.
Would you like to have your own robot?
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11 responses
@maribea (2366)
• Italy
17 Mar 07
wow,,,,it is just having a dog without the need to bringing the dog out for his or her needs!!!! is the robot able to act like a butler??? if yes, I want one please....having a butler..oh this is one of my dreams...coming back home and have him waiting for me...madame your bath is ready waiting for you...the water is setted on the temperature you prefer and I addes some relaxing salts to the water..I thought you might prefer the lily of the valley candle...am I right? then the dinner is waiting for her...any special request, madame??? give me a robot-butler at least!!!!
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
17 Mar 07
ha, ha...nothing compare to dogs...
personal robot? why not?
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
17 Mar 07
ha, ha...there we go, I am sending you one...
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@RAMPersona (2033)
• Philippines
20 Mar 07
as a kid, i fondly watched japanese animations especially astroboy, voltes v, voltron, daimos, etc.. for that, i wished i could build even just like C3PO. but that was back then, now, because of movies like terminator, cyborg,.. my fascination turned into dread. a lot of "what if" went into my mind..and absolutely i don't want these 'dream machines' take control over us which i'm afraid could possibly happen in the future.
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@RAMPersona (2033)
• Philippines
21 Mar 07
..brains of Albert Einstein, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Vladimir Lenin,.. were preserved.
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
21 Mar 07
I would live the last alone...I am not shure about Lenin
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
18 Mar 07
....and bring money home?....:)))) good idea...
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@patootie (3592)
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18 Mar 07
They are really fascinating aren't they .. I would love a robot .. just imagine all the things it could do .. from housework and shopping to taking the dog for a walk .. playing chess and games in the evenings .. and the conversations you could have would be limitless ..
Scary really ... it would be so much better than a real person hehehe !!!
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
18 Mar 07
hmmm... it really reminds me movie that I was watching long time ago about artificail wife....
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
18 Mar 07
...maybe will work and serve for your grand daughter?
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@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
18 Mar 07
It's all a little bit scary for me. I think I'd rather have a dog, even though it will only bring me the paper.
@adidas7878 (1891)
• United States
17 Mar 07
i will take one as long it doesnt become a trmiator lol if you does than we will have a big problem if not, it would help out alot of people sounds could be fun
@bryan21764 (277)
• United States
18 Mar 07
Well this might be changeing the dicussion a little but I beleive that before we have to deal with robots taking over think about the following computer problems that we might have to deal with.Well in the future I would not call them computers but more or less processors that could be installed in basically every electronic device that we will use and yes they will be small. They will allow the Government "or higher level Co./Organizations" to track what we use, do, say, buy, etc. And as for them finding us if they need to, well the tracking chip that will be defaultly inserted under your skin when you are born will help them. "You think that is crazy don't you." Well think of this, they already use your cell phone signal to determine what area you are in if they are looking for you. And they already are starting to track what we do, buy, etc. Think about it, you look something up or buy something online and then within a month you start getting emails and stuff in the mail about that subject. Also as for the tracking chips put under your skin...they already have the option for parents to have them on there kids. Go ahead say I'm crazy, but them look up what I have said and you will see that it is true. Want to talk more about it start a discussion about it and send me a message.
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
18 Mar 07
yes, I mentioned about microchip in my discussion when I was talking about real ID card.