[extropy-chat] Video of Fighting Humanoid Robots!

[Emlyn]

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:07:59 +1000, Alejandro Dubrovsky
<alito at organicrobot.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 17:38 +0930, Emlyn wrote:
> > Watch it a few times and feel your jaw hit the floor...
> > http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0810/robo23.mpg
> > 
> don't forget
> http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0810/robo25.mpg
> http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0810/robo84.mpg
> http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0810/robo85.mpg
> 
> but if you like this kind of stuff, have a look at omnihead's robot (ie
> everything at the bottom of http://www.vstone.co.jp/e/rt01e.htm ) and
> khr1's robot
> (the wow robot version: http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/wow-robot-
> khr1-017324.php , not the kaist version (those are amazing as well, but
> they are not $2000 toys))  i can't find where i got the videos from.
> try looking for them, they are most impressive (some here
> http://www.kopropo.co.jp/Movie/2004SHS%20KRSDEMO.wmv

... apparently humanoid robots can do backflips and cartwheels. I had
trouble believing my eyes. Incredible (and cool as f*?k).
-- 
Emlyn

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