The science of robotics is far above my scientific pay scale but not above my interest and amazement. I love to read (and write) Science Fiction and robots will almost certainly play a key role in the near future of our species. I just saw two videos about robot research which were both scary and exciting.
In one, a robot designed by Boston Dynamics for ARPA to be able to respond to disasters, appears to walk, climb steps and recover itself from falling in a truly humanoid and robust fashion. Truly incredible!
The link is http://tinyurl.com/7aoxjty
In another video at the same link, a creepy robot named Jules has a Hal-like conversation with his human makers at Hanson Robotics. They could have at least left the back half of his head intact!
Go figure.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
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