Goldfish Scooping Robot Poi-Poi-kun

[IkemenTommy]

Introducing Goldfish Scooping Robot Poi-Poi-kun - Nearly 10 Goldfishes In 3 Minutes
Nara Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology spent 3 years developing Poi-Poi-kun, a goldfish scooping robot. more.. (in Japanese)

[Taro Toporific]

Goldfish catching robot for Japan's severe petshop boy shortage

Watch a video of the dork-bot in action here by clicking the VIDEO button.



Via NHK News in Japanese.

[IkemenTommy]

f*ckin needs realplayah.
I refuse to install that spyware-full of piece of shit on my computer

[Taro Toporific]

Scientists develop robot to catch goldfish
PracticalFishkeeping.co.uk, 12 August
....According to a report from New Scientist, robotics experts at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) have developed a robot called "Poipoi" which is being put to the test in an annual goldfish catching competition.
"The city is famous for its goldfish-scooping contest", NAIST researcher Masatugu Kidode told New Scientist.
The competition, designed for children, takes place in Yamatokoriyama next week.
The chances of Poipoi beating a human seem slim, as the best netspeople can scoop up to 60 goldfish in three minute, while the robot can catch just 10.
New Scientist says that the robot is essentially a mechanical arm with an overhead camera, which is all rigged up to a computer which tracks the fish in the pool below.
The computer predicts where and when the arm should swoop in order to catch the goldfish....
More at: New Scientist (Fri August 12, 2005, 2:01 pm)

[emperor]

"The city is famous for its goldfish-scooping contest"

Imagine someone having to introduce themselves as being from that city, and then their father who is the citys goldfish scooping champion.. and hes really proud of his title and keep challenging you to scoop-offs.
The father would most likely get all his training in during his regular job as a neighbourhood pooper-scooper.

[electrocat]

i like that guys shirt

[Blah Pete]

They spent 3 years developing a robot to scoop goldfish???
Another one for the useless projects file.

f*ckin needs realplayah.
I refuse to install that spyware-full of piece of shit on my computer

Try Media Player Classic. It is a Freeware/GNU app that will play Real Media video and audio.

[Buraku]

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[emperor]

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