This is pretty amazing
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joe_90 said:
The biggest problem is that you don't need it to look human, there are more efficient designs for what they are trying to achieve, however I guess that will not get the funding/attention.
Also, as a programmer, I can see it constantly calibrating, which is interesting, as its effectively restarting each time he moves the box rather than doing it as one event.
To do do a variety of tasks a human can do you need a roughly human shaped machine. Its fine to not be human shaped when you have a specialist task (see big dog).Also, as a programmer, I can see it constantly calibrating, which is interesting, as its effectively restarting each time he moves the box rather than doing it as one event.
Petman moves in a more human way, however thats what it was designed for. This looks more industrial, which is probably the environment they are looking at given its shown picking stuff up and putting it on shelves.
Tycho said:
Neil H said:
that is awesome!
wibble cb said:
Tycho said:
Neil H said:
that is awesome!Neil H said:
wibble cb said:
Tycho said:
Neil H said:
that is awesome!Simblade said:
Wonder how long before these replace people in Amazon fulfilment centres.
It'll be a while before they get cheap enough to do that I would have thought. At least 10 years? Interesting thought though - thin end of the wedge. The human population is growing yet there's less jobs for us all to do 
motco said:
Neil H said:
wibble cb said:
Tycho said:
Neil H said:
that is awesome!gr1340 said:
I watched a video of the little Alpha 2 humanoid robot. A bit scary tbh, a bit like i-robot coming true. I suppose it is inevitable that we will be enslaved by our electronic creations eventually.
It's already happened. Look at the majority of the population's dependency and inability to function without a mobile phone, iPad, Facebook or twitter. Primary robot dependency is only one generation away...Sharp's little RoBoHon is a cool piece of tech' but I fear for mankind's ultra dependency on these types of devices. People are forgetting how to be human, preferring robotic relationships over human to human interaction. Long term, it's all going to go tits up.Neil H said:
motco said:
Neil H said:
wibble cb said:
Tycho said:
Neil H said:
that is awesome!98elise said:
joe_90 said:
The biggest problem is that you don't need it to look human, there are more efficient designs for what they are trying to achieve, however I guess that will not get the funding/attention.
Also, as a programmer, I can see it constantly calibrating, which is interesting, as its effectively restarting each time he moves the box rather than doing it as one event.
To do do a variety of tasks a human can do you need a roughly human shaped machine. Its fine to not be human shaped when you have a specialist task (see big dog).Also, as a programmer, I can see it constantly calibrating, which is interesting, as its effectively restarting each time he moves the box rather than doing it as one event.
It'd be great to see these deployed as pickers in warehouses etc.
Why do robot makers insist on "walking" for a method of locomotion? Surely that has to take an enormous amount of processing power and is unnecessarily complicated when compared to wheels or tracks? FFS, you could even make the thing hover on a cushion of air so it could cover land and water. (admittedly, steps could be a problem, just ask the Daleks)
gr1340 said:
Wait until one robot watches his mate being pushed over in a test and sticks up for him.
I watched a video of the little Alpha 2 humanoid robot. A bit scary tbh, a bit like i-robot coming true.
I suppose it is inevitable that we will be enslaved by our electronic creations eventually.
All hail the robots!!
p.s. please don't turn me into a power source. I'll oil up the robots on the production lines for you.
You've seen how most people treat their mobile phones haven't you? Attending to it's every sound, giving it attention every few minutes, feeding it every night and often during the day too, ignoring other people to concentrate on the little device... many are already enslaved...I watched a video of the little Alpha 2 humanoid robot. A bit scary tbh, a bit like i-robot coming true.
I suppose it is inevitable that we will be enslaved by our electronic creations eventually.
All hail the robots!!
p.s. please don't turn me into a power source. I'll oil up the robots on the production lines for you.
ewenm said:
You've seen how most people treat their mobile phones haven't you? Attending to it's every sound, giving it attention every few minutes, feeding it every night and often during the day too, ignoring other people to concentrate on the little device... many are already enslaved...
Indeed, the word 'tamagotchi' just came to mind... It's amazing how, after 1,000,000 years of evolution, we have ended up in that dead end.
MKnight702 said:
Why do robot makers insist on "walking" for a method of locomotion? Surely that has to take an enormous amount of processing power and is unnecessarily complicated when compared to wheels or tracks? FFS, you could even make the thing hover on a cushion of air so it could cover land and water. (admittedly, steps could be a problem, just ask the Daleks)
For the purposes of marketing / publicity and generating interest / funding, a bipedal robot attracts the most attention. 
It also depends on what job(s) the robot's intended to do. If it's to operate in rough terrain, for example, wheels may not be ideal...whereas in the Amazon warehouse scenario, they might be the best solution. I foresee robots being built in a modular fashion so that you can order the same "torso" or equivalent on either a wheeled, tracked or legged platform.
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Look at some of the Petman videos, especial where it climbs stairs, and then down a passage full of obsticals. Wheels or tracks would be useless.
MKnight702 said:
Why do robot makers insist on "walking" for a method of locomotion? Surely that has to take an enormous amount of processing power and is unnecessarily complicated when compared to wheels or tracks? FFS, you could even make the thing hover on a cushion of air so it could cover land and water. (admittedly, steps could be a problem, just ask the Daleks)
As i said above, if it needs to to human tasks then it needs work like a human as thats how our world is designed. Its fine if you have a single task or a controlled environment to have a special purpose.Look at some of the Petman videos, especial where it climbs stairs, and then down a passage full of obsticals. Wheels or tracks would be useless.
motco said:
Simply that Sharp have been racking up big debts have now fallen into the control of another company and that the new owners may see the way forward differently. The little robot 'phone may be sacrificed on the altar of cost saving.
Possible I suppose but would be odd given how far along they are with developing it.Point is, it’s definitely a real product.
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