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| - august 2003 - entertainment robots SDR-4X II one need never feel lonely again - this baby can sing, dance and, with 60,000 words stored in his memory, should always be able to offer you some witty after-dinner repartee. the human shaped robot, is no gimmick... inside its 23 inch frame are some very advanced electronics, enabling the robot to recognise faces, voices and names, as well as holding conversations with its human counterparts and picking itself up when it's pushed over. the model also comes equipped with two cameras in its eye sockets, allowing it to dodge obstacles and recognise colours. its hearing is equally as impressive - microphones in the robot's head allow it to pinpoint the location of different sounds and turn its head accordingly, and it can also recognise different people by the tone of their voices. the SDR-4XII has been exhibited at robodex 2003. aibo's 58-cm brother was the most technically impressive of the bipedal robots at the show, it was displaying fluid walking motion and lifelike gestures. check out the quicktime clip http://www.tokyodv.com/news/Robodex2003SDR-4XII.html --- tama matsushita electric announced its entry into the 'pet' robot market with tama, a robotic cat designed to be a conversation partner for elderly people. the idea behind it is animal therapy... tama can be connected via cell phone or ISDN line to a network system center, allowing health or social workers to send local news, medical information, and encouraging messages to elderly people. it is endowed with 50 phrases, ranging from the light-hearted (today is the karaoke party. let's sing a lot.) to more practical information (today is wednesday, it is your day to go to the hospital.). --- wakamaru is one-meter high and has a round head. it can monitor your home, talk with you and follow your conversation. wakamaru was originally a name given to boys of a samurai class before they were old enough to have adult names. the name could now take on a whole new meaning in japan, where birth rates have fallen to the point that the japanese fear there won't be enough people to take care of the country's elderly. mitsubishi heavy industries plans to release wakamaru sometime next year, and its primary goal is to provide companionship … its frame contains an integrated cell phone that is programmed to call emergency dispatchers automatically if a problem occurs with a patient. an embedded web camera lets doctors and family members keep an eye on the patient at all times. speech-recognition software and a built-in dictionary provide the robot's vocabulary. wakamaru can either have a male or female voice. --- HRP-2 is the final robotic platform for the humanoid robotics project headed by the japanese manufacturing science and technology center (MSTC), which is sponsored by the ministry of economy, trade and industry (METI) through new energy and industrial technology development organization (NEDO). the total robotic system was designed and integrated by kawada industries, inc. together with humanoid research group of national institute of advanced industrial science and technology (AIST). this is a working robot, but you can use it for companionship too. --- HOAP-2 fujitsu's HOAP-2 is 50cm tall and it's weight is 7kg. one of its rare feature is that it stands up when fallen down. the HOAP-2 uses RT-linux and has USB1.0 as an interface. it also uses neural nets to simulate animal nerve behavior. --- more... on robocup 2003 http://www.robocup2003.org/Default.jsp --- on how to build your own cardboard robot http://www.lupo.co.jp/develop/robot/robotpc_index.html ---  back to the article ---  see the hottest clean-up robots --- all you need to know about robots designboom's archive http://www.designboom.com/eng/education/robot.html ---  ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? ------- |
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