Real Japanese Robots....So cool!

[masmdu]

http://world.honda.com/HDTV/ASIMO/200412-announce/index.html

[Hand]

1. "Greetings. I come in peace. All your base are belong to us."

Sorry--couldn't resist.

:eyes:

[southpaw]

8. For Great Justice!

[GregW]

11. Someone set us up the bomb

:evilgrin:

[Cooley Hurd]

2. That's it! I'm getting a policy from "Old Glory Insurance..."

For when the metal ones come for you...

[BigMcLargehuge]

4. and remember

people who deny the existence of robots may be robots themselves.

[Cooley Hurd]

9. And when they grab you with those metal claws...

...you can't break free, because they're made of metal, and robots are strong. :D

[BigMcLargehuge]

3. ## Donate to Democratic Underground ##

Nice that Skinner sent Grovelbot to find funding streams in Japan.

[MisterP]

5. auuuggghh! there's more of them!

[Stop_the_War]

6. Yes, I have heard of this.They can even play soccer...

[TlalocW]

7. I like it's strut.

It's got moxie. They should put a module in it that plays, "Staying Alive" when it walks.

TlalocW

[Salviati]

10. Here's another cool story:

http://www.livescience.com/technology/050217_robot_walking.html

These robots walk like humans do, by controlled falling. They let gravity do most of the effort, unlike the honda robots that power each movement. They're still in the early stages, but they use like 10% of the power that the honda one does...