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October 14, 2004
Humanoid Robots : QRIO and HOAP-2
NewScientist.com news service reports on the 2004 Intelligent Robotics and Systems (IROS) conference (Sendai, Japan). Some of the latest entertainment bots Japan demonstrated their stuff.
- Sony's miniature humanoid, QRIO performed some impressive tricks for onlookers - automatically navigating an assault course, dancing, and even roller-skating (3.07 MB Windows Media).
- Fujitsu's HOAP-2, a less sophisticated but nonetheless impressive specimen demonstrated performing traditional Japanese sumo-wrestling ... Dohyo-iri (ring entering ceremony) (1.99 MB Windows Media) moves. [Note: a collection of Yokozuna Dohyo-iri is available at banzuke.com (real media).]
URL: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996507
Posted by sjc at October 14, 2004 10:49 AM
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