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XxCrashxX · July 28th, 2005, 19:34

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June 10, 2005—Quick, which one is the robot?

Repliee Q1 (at left in both pictures) appeared yesterday at the 2005 World Expo in Japan, where she gestured, blinked, spoke, and even appeared to breathe. Shown with co-creator Hiroshi Ishiguru of Osaka University, the android is partially covered in skinlike silicone. Q1 is powered by a nearby air compressor, and has 31 points of articulation in its upper body.

Internal sensors allow the android to react "naturally." It can block an attempted slap, for example. But it's the little, "unconscious" movements that give the robot its eerie verisimilitude: the slight flutter of the eyelids, the subtle rising and falling of the chest, the constant, nearly imperceptible shifting so familiar to humans.

Surrounded by machines that draw portraits, swat fast-moving balls, and snake through debris, Q1 is only one of the showstoppers at the expo's Prototype Robot Exposition, which aims to showcase Japan's growing role in the robotics industry.

But given Q1's reported glitch-related "spasms" at the expo, it may be a while before androids are escorting tour groups or looking after children—which may be just as well. "When a robot looks too much like the real thing, it's creepy," Hiroshi told the Associated Press.

—Ted Chamberlain

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...610_robot.html

amazing, Ive just gotta ask why?

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__Xzyx987X · July 29th, 2005, 03:32

Heh, pretty interesting. I found a website with some additional information on it and some videos:

http://ed-02.ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/l...lieeQ1_eng.htm

It loads pretty slowly so you'll have to be patient.

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Vanit · July 29th, 2005, 09:26

It looks pretty real, but still unreal in the human eye.

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F-3582 · July 29th, 2005, 10:40

Hmm... her face looks a little too perfect.

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July 29th, 2005, 03:32	#2
__Xzyx987X あの人 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: In Front of My Computer Posts: 774	Heh, pretty interesting. I found a website with some additional information on it and some videos: http://ed-02.ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/l...lieeQ1_eng.htm It loads pretty slowly so you'll have to be patient. __________________ This week's top 3 songs: Xzyx987X - The man with the name you can't pronounce.

July 29th, 2005, 09:26	#3
Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,764	It looks pretty real, but still unreal in the human eye. __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.

July 29th, 2005, 10:40	#4
F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,258	Hmm... her face looks a little too perfect. __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?