See a Robosapien robot respond to voice commands using Robosapien Dance Machine (Robodance); a free software program for Windows PC’s. (Requires an inexpensive infrared transmitter too and 512MB or more of RAM – see web site for details).
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Japanese performance artist Momoyo Torimitsu takes her robot for a crawl in downtown Sydney, Australia. Crowds watch the bizarre sight of the life-like Japanese businessman in suit and tie slowly crawling on all fours along the pavement. The robot is a symbol of the Japan’s rigid Salaryman culture.
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The helpless nature of this robot reminds me of Hal object, except of course for the wonderful lifelike face and body movement of the robot. I think they did a good job of creating a crawling impression. And the grey bits of hair on the sweaty forehead are brilliant.
It would be a very good idea, for future projects in robot entertainment, to partner with a performance artist. Maybe Monica Antezana would still be interested.
I did this video for my culture project and thought some of you would be interested in seeing it.
I’m sorry for giving you the finger 😛
From the University of Arizona Critical Languages Series – Beginning Brazilian Portuguese CD-ROM, see http://clp.arizona.edu/cls
Here’s a first look at the T-Mobile G1 Google Android phone’s gesture based unlocking mechanism.
Video taken of the Ballroom dancing robot at WIRED Nextfest
Although they obviously spent a lot of time and energy on creating this robot I can’t imagine that it will ever be a good dancer if it merely follows the motions, if it can only be led. There will inevitably be a short gap that will prevent real synchrony in movements, which is exactly what you want to achieve during dancing. But then again, most peple don’t get in full synchrony with each other either…
Things to know.
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How to ask somebody for a ride?
What’s the meaning of “thumb up”???
Ooh… becareful
The largest industrial robot exhibition ever held took place in Tokyo, Japan in December 2005. It featured a dinosaur robot walking on two legs, a life-like female robot and a concierge robot.
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This is Kristof at the Cool Japan event at Harvard in the Spring of 2007. Kristof, a robot collector, and manga comics fan, designed this costume himself.