Yeah, this is kind of like that -- except that it's a freaking robot.
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It's one thing for a robot to learn English, Japanese, or any other language that we humans have already mastered.
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Now ...? It's a question of when the robot revolution will take place, but if.
What's most striking about Fujitsu's little robot is its simplicity--in a sense, it's merely a camera with a motion sensor atop a base that contains two wheels.
Simmons says it's already clear that people will spend more time with a robot that has this kind of natural response.
It's just hard to fathom how useful they are without a humanoid robot capable of moving the finished wash into the dryer or putting the porkroast in the oven.
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You can also click a spot in a map of the robot's location, and it will drive to the place you indicate.
He added that the robot's ability to follow a person made it "an interesting navigation machine which might end up useful in other domain, such as search and rescue".
As it turns out, there's a lot more to the installation than a Kuka industrial robot, fiberglass, plywood and steel railing.
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And that's why when your robot finally finds its way to a dust bunny and swallows it whole, you stand up and cheer.
To test whether this is the case, the researchers hope to load the code onto Golem Krang - a robot already developed by Mr Stillman's laboratory - to see if it works in action.
It was the "puppy couch Sotoro" -- a (for lack of a better way to put it) furry dog robot couch that whimpers when it's upset.
Not only does the robot look Terminator-esque, but it's been designed to mimic the muscle system of a human (with bone-crushing strength, of course) and will be programmed with a semi-autonomous AI so that the android can learn new tasks, all of which is just a little too much like the Terminator for our comfort.
Using a phone snapped into the top of the head, the robot reacts to your interaction with it via camera and a wand attachment that sits in Atti's hand while not in use.
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