2009/3/16 spike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net">spike66@att.net</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span>We are
sooo getting closer to replacing ourselves:</span></font></div>
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<div><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brD5D0ytD04" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brD5D0ytD04</a></font></div>
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<div><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/japans-hrp-4c-fashion-model-robot-unveiled-already-harassed/" target="_blank">http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/japans-hrp-4c-fashion-model-robot-unveiled-already-harassed/</a></font></div>
<div></div></div><br></blockquote></div><br><br>It is both a very eerie and exciting sight. I remember a number of years ago reading that to program/build a robot to walk like a bipedal humanoid (especially for going upstairs/downstairs) would be a monumental feat that would take much longer than it actually did. <br>
<br>I am so glad the Japanese have their fascination (and willingness to use lots of resources) with bipedal humanoid robots. They are making good progress in a field that perhaps the West might have neglected for awhile.<br>
<br>I wonder where they will be a decade from now? Two decades? Three? Especially, if the Singularity does not arrive within the relative near-future.<br><br>John Grigg<br><br>P.S. Guess what film I'm watching right now..., "Small Soldiers." They just got done with the crazy Barbies scene. hee I hope these Japanese androids don't ever go half as bonkers! lol<br>
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