I want one of theses on my team this weekend

[Rope a Dope]

http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/QRIO/




It is the product of cutting edge artificial intelligence and dynamics technology.

An entertainment robot that lives with you, makes life fun, makes you happy.

Its name is QRIO.

QRIO can gather information and move around on its own accord.

QRIO not only walks on two legs, it can also manage uneven surfaces,
dance, recognize people's faces and voices, and carry on conversation.

QRIO is eager to be friends with people.



http://home.pacbell.net/zoraks/qrio1.jpg


vids:
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1218/sony_01.wmv
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1218/sony_02.wmv
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1218/sony_03.wmv
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1218/sony_04.wmv
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1218/sony_05.wmv
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1218/sony_06.wmv

5 and 6 are the coolest!

$18,000 gets ya one... :(

Sony has already made life size ones. I seriously want to see 14 of them on an X ball field or somethin, lol.

I wish Sony made paintball guns.. I mean, they freakin' created a life form!

[ß?µ£ §mµ®ƒ]

Oh Snap! thats awesome ive seen that clip of them dancing, thier very fluent and almost look like AI

[coolcatpete]

that is crazy cool
Pete

[ramennoodles]

the first thing that came to mind, would he have to use a mask? the second, why not just use trained badgers.

[*ArKfEaR*]

Honda already made a full-sized better one caled Asimo :)

http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/

I'd be scared though if I woke up one night and my robot was hovering over me with a knife.

[lala]

Some would say that this is just the first steps. of the robots ruling the world. And did you notice when thay were dancing they were not all in the same motion, just a little off just like people would be.....time to lisen to Art Bell now.:confused:

[islandboi]

dude 5 is awesome

[LawnGnome7]

Originally posted by ramennoodles
the first thing that came to mind, would he have to use a mask? the second, why not just use trained badgers.

trained badgers........im gonna have to try that!

[MantisMag]

Originally posted by ß?µ£ §mµ®ƒ
Oh Snap! thats awesome ive seen that clip of them dancing, thier very fluent and almost look like AI

i've been watching the dancing one for a while too now. imo the only video of the set worth watching. how does it ALMOST look like AI? it is AI. in order to adapt to minor changes in the surface that they're on it has to be.


Originally posted by *ArKfEaR*
Honda already made a full-sized better one caled Asimo :)

http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/

I'd be scared though if I woke up one night and my robot was hovering over me with a knife.

the qrio does all that and more. and it's not full sized. bigger than qrio but still only chest height on a japanese female. :rolleyes:

[IWANTMOREMAGS]

That is awesome! Maybe if Sony made them a little cheaper someone besides Bill Gates could get one.

[Rather]

Dude this is a pooh-load better than Asimo!

1) You can get it in a mini size, Not eye level with an Azian chick's chest....

2) It doesn't have a hikeing bag on its back...

3) This little dude is much more pleasing on the eye (at least for me anyways).

4) He has a carry handle. So if you are ever in a bar fight...You can pick him up and start swinging him at people.:D


But seriously, that would be awesome to ahve one of these little puppy's on the field backing you up. I what thier speed capabilities are...From the looks of the vid, game will be over before he can reach the 50...for now.... :p Give him an all ULE mech mag and everythign on him will be state of the art. :D

Looks like I'm gonna ride my bike a couple more decades, so I can pick up one of these puppies. They only cost about as much as a new mid class car (most of which take years to pay off). :) ;) :(

[madmatt151]

OOH won't it be great when there are like thousands of these things all marching down the street of your town with machine guns and stuff doinf whatever thse Japanese guys tell it to do!?!? I can't wait, then they will finally get back at us for nuking them!

I don't like it at all when these japanese companies make these robots that can REPLACE us! Especially when they will do what ever they are told, hey kill everyone in that town! OK ok I'm a parahnoid I guess, but I'd rather be parahnoid then DEAD!

[Rather]

Ok well what happens when your Paranoid AND dead? :p

Meh, we pretty much re-paid Japan for that. Heck, they wouldn't even be as technologically advance if it wasnt for us rebuilding thier country (after we turned parts of it to dust). Theres little to no chance of another pearl harbor, at least from Japan anyways. They make most of their profiting off us Americans. so unless you would like to get rid of your Sony, Honda, and Nintendo products (like thats gonna happen with so many gaming fanatics nowadays) I'd gladly take them off your hands. :D

It only takes a mind like yours to have that happen though. WE build our on troops to counter thoer troops, so then we have a cold war w/ Japan. Or something along those lines.

SO don't be paranoid about the silly stuff. Be paranoid about what really matters. Like government watching you and tracing what websites you visit, and conspiracy theories. Dont even worry about something that lage of scale. Try more low key, like who is standing right behind your back with some sort of lethal weapon.

*steps back into the shadows* ;)

[cockermongol]

Originally posted by madmatt151
OOH won't it be great when there are like thousands of these things all marching down the street of your town with machine guns and stuff doinf whatever thse Japanese guys tell it to do!?!? I can't wait, then they will finally get back at us for nuking them!


I have 4 words: EMP.


eh.. I forgot the other three :confused:

[NGp8ball]

those things are sweet, kinda scary knowin their smart enought to replace us..... or will be

[Scarface]

sad thing is, they can dance better than me

[Bolter]

those things are cool!! I kept half expecting them to say

"you have 20 seconds to comply.....put down your weapon"

and then shoot everyone in the room!! hehehe!

[USAF-Flyboy with a Mag]

If that bad boy fills pods...sign me up for one...always wanted my own personal pod batch.

[ramennoodles]

well the reason that this is a huge deal is that it has conquered the problem of balance, no other robot before this had, if you notice, some of the time they will stand on one foot, thats just kinda showing off, hey we've fixed the balance problem, thats why this is so big.

[Rope a Dope]

Check out the commercial

http://cds301.bit-drive.ne.jp/shp/02-27-QR102/

[Rather]

Ramen has a good point, didnt realize that myself. Also, if you check ou the comercial dope had posted above me it shows off more of what he said. They are really showing off by having the little guy leaning like 15-25* to the side. Pretty nifty.

Bolter- Seen Robocop one too many times, huh?

[Evil Bob]

If you're seeing stuff like this for the civilian market, you can safely assume it is also being developed for the military community.

Anyone remember the hunter/killer robot from "Red Planet"? (another Val Kilmer failure)

-Evil Bob

[.tMan]

So true bob
and I do remember that thing
wow this is scary

[JuggaloDave]

paranoids, goto www.coasttocoastam.com and find a local station. check some of the feature stories, listen a few shows, mini robots are the least of your worries:D he:D he:D he

[Chojin Man]

Crazy Japanese dancing robots!!! Expect robots to get better and better as technology improves, and humans become lazier and lazier as new technology makes it even easier.:D Just look at electro markers for example;)