Robot Navigates Obstacle Course and….Gives Free Hugs?

November 3rd, 2009 :: 0 Comments

Below is a video of a robot demonstration to what looks like an elementary school class.  When I was in elementary school we never got cool robot shows, just Number Munchers.

In the video, a robot navigates an obstacle course until it comes upon a wooden statue of a human.  The robot then proceeds to give it a big robo-hug and carries it a short distance.  I can’t imagine a robo-hug would be very comfortable, and personally I would be terrified as to where it was taking me.

::from Engadget::

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Robots one step closer to being able to chase people

September 13th, 2009 :: 2 Comments

Robots are slowly beginning to pick up more and more skills to make them human-like or better.  Toyota has built and demonstrated a robot that is able to run.  Although the speeds are not very fast, this is just a small step towards giving robots too many abilities.

::from Artificial Intelligence and Robotics::

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