Asimo

[mrobertshaw]

Anyone else watching this asimo robot on bbc 2, very very clever.

[fido]

Thanks for the heads up.

[gazza_3]

mrobertshaw said:

Anyone else watching this asimo robot on bbc 2, very very clever.

Great isn't it. Is it walking by its self or is someone telling him to?

[anonymous-user]

Nah, bin watching jack osbourne adrenaline junkie!!

[mrobertshaw]

gazza_3 said:

mrobertshaw said:

Anyone else watching this asimo robot on bbc 2, very very clever.

Great isn't it. Is it walking by its self or is someone telling him to?

It has just been naming objects and making judgements avout the category an unknown item falls into.

[mikechandler]

Asimo is one of the coolest things I have seen.

I want one!

[mrobertshaw]

I think it might be a bit out of my pricerange. If it starts cleaning i'll buy one though.

[FourWheelDrift]

gazza_3 said:

mrobertshaw said:

Anyone else watching this asimo robot on bbc 2, very very clever.

Great isn't it. Is it walking by its self or is someone telling him to?

James May is usually controlled via an ear piece, powered by meat pies and brown beer. He's very realistic isn't he.

[trooperiziz]

FourWheelDrift said:

gazza_3 said:

mrobertshaw said:

Anyone else watching this asimo robot on bbc 2, very very clever.

Great isn't it. Is it walking by its self or is someone telling him to?

James May is usually controlled via an ear piece, powered by meat pies and brown beer. He's very realistic isn't he.

That Lifeblog camera thing he was wearing, I'm pretty sure one of the images that flicked up was of me

I sat across the aisle from him on an early morning flight to dublin a few months back, and when we got off the plane I noticed a weird contraption around his neck.

Anyone know how long it takes to get put on iPlayer? I want to see if it was me

[Chilli]

It was very impressive, especially the running with both feet off the floor..albeit for 0.08secs. What wasn't very impressive was when he walked straight into a closed door and fell over.

[cymtriks]

A bit creepy.

Terminator.

Westworld.

HAL9000.

I Robot.



Seriously, I'd need a good reason to want one anywhere near me.

[Steamer]

Chilli said:

.... What wasn't very impressive was when he walked straight into a closed door and fell over.

I once clocked my boss do the same thing it was funnier when he did it!

[speedychrissie]

mrobertshaw said:

It has just been naming objects and making judgements avout the category an unknown item falls into.

I was very very impressed with that! I knew that he (I mean it) was good at walking and could do stairs but to me that little robot was very close to making actual proper judgements! learning the shape of something and tagging it with a name is one thing, but to look at something and judge whether it is close enough in physical properties to be used the same as something else is impressive.

[FunkyNige]

speedychrissie said:

I was very very impressed with that! I knew that he (I mean it) was good at walking and could do stairs but to me that little robot was very close to making actual proper judgements! learning the shape of something and tagging it with a name is one thing, but to look at something and judge whether it is close enough in physical properties to be used the same as something else is impressive.

Glad it wasn't just me impressed by that. Him running was a bit of a revelation too, the next thing I'm waiting for is for him (it, I guess) to walk/run over uneven ground. That would be very impressive, I guess it wouldn't be too difficult if he can judge if something is a chair or a table.

Can any robots catch yet?

[speedychrissie]

FunkyNige said:

the next thing I'm waiting for is for him (it, I guess) to walk/run over uneven ground. That would be very impressive,

apparently he can:
http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/20...

[mrobertshaw]

speedychrissie said:

FunkyNige said:

the next thing I'm waiting for is for him (it, I guess) to walk/run over uneven ground. That would be very impressive,

apparently he can:
http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/20...

When he showed him the mini the first time asimo said is it a toy car or something along those lines i was amazed

[trooperiziz]

trooperiziz said:

FourWheelDrift said:

gazza_3 said:

mrobertshaw said:

Anyone else watching this asimo robot on bbc 2, very very clever.

Great isn't it. Is it walking by its self or is someone telling him to?

James May is usually controlled via an ear piece, powered by meat pies and brown beer. He's very realistic isn't he.

That Lifeblog camera thing he was wearing, I'm pretty sure one of the images that flicked up was of me

I sat across the aisle from him on an early morning flight to dublin a few months back, and when we got off the plane I noticed a weird contraption around his neck.

Anyone know how long it takes to get put on iPlayer? I want to see if it was me

yay! it is me, all of 3 frames worth

[cymtriks]

mrobertshaw said:

speedychrissie said:

FunkyNige said:

the next thing I'm waiting for is for him (it, I guess) to walk/run over uneven ground. That would be very impressive,

apparently he can:
http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/20...

When he showed him the mini the first time asimo said is it a toy car or something along those lines i was amazed

You might be even more amazed one day when ASIMO Mk2 looks at you and says "obsolete".

See my post above.

[mp3manager]

cymtriks said:

A bit creepy.

Terminator.

Westworld.

HAL9000.

I Robot.



Seriously, I'd need a good reason to want one anywhere near me.

[FourWheelDrift]

trooperiziz said:

trooperiziz said:

FourWheelDrift said:

gazza_3 said:

mrobertshaw said:

Anyone else watching this asimo robot on bbc 2, very very clever.

Great isn't it. Is it walking by its self or is someone telling him to?

James May is usually controlled via an ear piece, powered by meat pies and brown beer. He's very realistic isn't he.

That Lifeblog camera thing he was wearing, I'm pretty sure one of the images that flicked up was of me

I sat across the aisle from him on an early morning flight to dublin a few months back, and when we got off the plane I noticed a weird contraption around his neck.

Anyone know how long it takes to get put on iPlayer? I want to see if it was me

yay! it is me, all of 3 frames worth

Fame at last.

Did he get frisked for explosives on arrival? I mean a suspicious looking man in a spaniel wig wearing an electronic device on his body.