Humanoid bot goes for a walk in the woods, terrifies nature on the way.
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Oh no: MIT’s Cheetah robot can jump over hurdles while running.
On nous prépare là de bien jolies armes pour dans quelques années…
Watch this little robot learn to walk after taking damage.
Quand, de sa propre initiative, un robot défectueux devient plus performant que le comportement initialement prévu par l’homme !
Softbank and Aldebaran have a personal robot capable of interpreting emotions
It 1m20 measure, speaks with the voice of a little boy and can interpret the emotions: Pepper is the new creation of the French company Aldebaran, specializing in robotics. For use in a home, this humanoid robot is able to understand the emotions of users and react accordingly. It can make daily tasks and even learn to improve its performance.
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The girlie-faced humanoid boasts 42 motion motors programmed to mimic the movements of flesh-and-blood fashion models.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
A child-sized android stands up with assistance.
A child-sized android with flexible joints and soft skin developed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency was unveiled Friday at Osaka University, where the agency’s research and development team is based.
The 1.3-meter-tall, 33 kilogram humanoid robot has optical, auditory and tactile sensors. Fifty-one actuators inside its body run on compressed air and enable the robot to make complex movements smoothly.
About 200 tactile sensors are embedded in the robot’s gray skin, which is made of silicon and other materials. The robot can react to its surroundings by blinking and altering its facial expressions.
The robot, which has the physical ability of a 1- or 2-year-old toddler, can turn over and stand up with assistance.
At the news conference Friday, the humanoid moved its hands and feet and turned its eyes.
Its name is CB2, an abbreviation of Child-Robot with Biomimetic Body.
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