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Postby Taro Toporific » Thu Dec 18, 2003 9:02 pm

Sony unveils world's first 'running' humanoid robot
Forbes / Dec 18
Sony Corp's Qrio humanoid robot is one big step for robots in general.
Electronics and entertainment giant Sony said on Thursday that it had developed the world's first running -- okay, jogging -- robo ... If 60-centimetre-odd (23 inches), seven-kilogram (15 lb) Qrio were average human-size,that would translate into 2.4 kilometres (1.5 miles) an hour...
See also: time.com and Sony's site forQRIO.Image
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Postby Caustic Saint » Fri Dec 19, 2003 1:27 am

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Postby Caustic Saint » Tue Dec 23, 2003 8:36 pm

Rob Pongi wrote:Its amazing at how they can now throw AND catch a ball! 8O

Rob, Rob, Rob. You of all people should be able to see that that clip's faked. The "catching" robot is just the video of the thrower run backwards and mirror imaged. See those two dudes in the background?

Unless of course, you were just pulling our collective legs? ;)
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Postby Caustic Saint » Tue Dec 23, 2003 8:48 pm

Yes, it does.

I saw the Personal Christmas video of yours up there. Good stuff. Is that a new one or a re-run? (I don't have my "Pongi Archives" disc here at work, so I'm not sure.) Got anything special cooking for the holidays?
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Postby Big Booger » Tue Dec 23, 2003 11:08 pm

Excellent Mr. Pongi :D

That track suites the mood of the video perfectly.
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QRIO the actor!

Postby Taro Toporific » Fri Jan 16, 2004 10:33 am

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Robots, robots, robotsArs Technica - Jan 15
... QRIO robot. Today, they sent QRIO to a Tokyo recording studio to record
voiceovers for an upcoming episode of "Astro Boy.".
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Qrio the semi-conductor

Postby kurohinge1 » Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:03 am

Qrio the semi-conductor

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Postby Taro Toporific » Mon Aug 30, 2004 12:26 pm

Rob Pongi wrote:Don't forget to watch mighty little Qrio Martinez in action here:
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Its amazing at how they can now throw AND catch a ball! 8O
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How come these guys can't seem to have any fun????

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30 August 2004. AFP / TOKYO, JAPAN: Japanese electronics giant Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei (L) introduces his company's humanoid robot QRIO, which is appointed to be the Science Messenger of Unesco's education program during the inauguration ceremony in Tokyo
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