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Watch Out For Old One Eye - Nuvo

Postby kurohinge1 » Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:16 pm

Hot on the heels of other mechanical monsters comes the pint sized Nuvo (not to be confused with Nova, although the Nova Nuvo will no doubt be pink and shaped like a weird bunny) ...

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MDN wrote:Tokyo-based ZMP President Hisashi Taniguchi shows Nuvo, a prototype of a human-shaped walking robot developed by ZMP ... The 39-centimeter-tall Nuvo walks on two legs, picks itself up when it falls, recognizes voice commands such as "advance" and "stop," and ... relays images of its surroundings to a videophone ...

ZMP ... said the new model will be mass produced for sale at 500,000 yen.


A small price to pay for the next generation of Peeping Toms ...

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Given the local penchant for secretly filming ladies in onsen, school change rooms, hotels, up skirts and even in the can, you can soon expect to see one of the little one-eyed monsters harassing ladies in a locker room near you. :wink:

PS: From the up-skirt article ...
Police said Gomi shoved a camera beneath the skirt of a 31-year-old woman at JR Shin- Fukushima Station on the morning of April 2.

Is GG moonlighting? :wink:
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And they come in Red !!!

Postby kurohinge1 » Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:27 pm

And they come in Red too ! 8O

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I wonder if the red ones go faster ? ... :wink:
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Re: Watch Out For Old One Eye - Nuvo

Postby Taro Toporific » Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:45 pm

kurohinge1 wrote: Watch Out For Old One Eye - Nuvo


I don't much like, err um, the GG crack you made, but if you're after Pink One Eye Tokyo Rebel, here ya go.
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Postby Kanchou » Wed Mar 03, 2004 2:24 pm

How long before someone puts razorblades and spikes on them and makes them fight in a miniature arena?

Less mess than cockfights!
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Re: Watch Out For Old One Eye - Nuvo

Postby kurohinge1 » Wed Mar 03, 2004 2:25 pm

Taro Toporific wrote:I don't much like, err um, the GG crack ...


The offending crack has been removed.

I left in the query, though.

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Re: And they come in Red !!!

Postby Caustic Saint » Wed Mar 03, 2004 2:28 pm

kurohinge1 wrote:And they come in Red too ! 8O

I wonder if the red ones go faster ? ... :wink:

Only if you put a "Type-R" sticker on them.
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Robot Wars

Postby kurohinge1 » Wed Mar 03, 2004 2:30 pm

Kanchou wrote:How long before someone puts razorblades and spikes on them and makes them fight in a miniature arena? ...


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Re: Watch Out For Old One Eye - Nuvo

Postby GomiGirl » Wed Mar 03, 2004 2:37 pm

kurohinge1 wrote:
Taro Toporific wrote:I don't much like, err um, the GG crack ...


The offending crack has been removed.

I left in the query, though.

:oops:


I missed the whole thing entirely.. was it good? :lol:

I have been known to do some peeping in my time - but only when invited to. :blush3:

Invading the privacy of unsuspecting people on trains or elsewhere is just bad form. :shakeh:
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Butt it was just a crack....

Postby Taro Toporific » Wed Mar 03, 2004 2:46 pm

GomiGirl wrote:
kurohinge1 wrote:
Taro Toporific wrote:I don't much like, err um, the GG crack ...

The offending crack has been removed.
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I missed the whole thing entirely.. was it good? :lol:




"Butt it was just a crack...."

GomiGirl is such a good sport about all us guys saying randy-n-rude stuff I hate to rub her the wrong way. :P
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Re: Butt it was just a crack....

Postby GomiGirl » Wed Mar 03, 2004 2:49 pm

Taro Toporific wrote:"Butt is was just a crack...."

GomiGirl such a good sport about all us guys saying randy/rude stuff I hate to rub her the wrong way. :P


Boom Boom!!

Taro - you sly old dog you!! :wink:

You know what I always say though - especially to the kiddies..

Just say NO! to crack!! 8O
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Re: Butt it was just a crack....

Postby GomiGirl » Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:11 pm

bikkle wrote:
GomiGirl wrote:Just say NO! to crack!! 8O


For some unknown reason, I'm reminded of this thread... :domo:


I'm thinking more of this..

Definitely say no to this crack!!

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Postby GomiGirl » Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:23 pm

Sorry.

Warning.. offensive builders bum photo is above. :lol:
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Watch Out for the ...

Postby kurohinge1 » Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:57 pm

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Postby Mulboyne » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:25 pm

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The nuvo website is finally up. Robots on sale from the end of this month. Standard version will set you back 588,000 yen while the "Japonisme" version costs 888,000.

Keitai News Article (Japanese only)
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Postby oyajikun » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:42 pm

I want one! But I refuse to pay more than it costs for me to buy a network cam and big Gundam model to sit in the corner of my flat.
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Robo Cop

Postby sludge » Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:38 pm

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TOKYO (AP) - A small walking man-shaped robot for home security and entertainment is going on sale in Japan for 588,000 yen ($5,450).
The 15-inch tall, 5.5 pound robot called nuvo from ZMP Inc. also comes in a fancier $8,200 version with the same functions and a design inspired by lacquer-ware painted on its body.
The robot can walk, get up and respond to voice commands such as "turn right." It links to mobile phones so that people can check on images of their homes taken on a digital camera inside the robot's head. It can be controlled by a remote and is programmed to do a dance. It also makes musical sounds.
The creators are billing the machine as an eye-pleasing addition to fashionable homes, the collaboration of a designer and a choreographer as well as a computer chip maker.
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Postby plaid_knight » Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:35 pm

While I applaud advances in robot technology that
will one day make my harem of sexaroids a reality,
I can't help but think that this implementation of
robot tech is a bit silly. Wall-mounted cameras would
do the job just as well, and they can even be set up to
broadcast to a webcam.
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Postby altar » Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:47 pm

Wall-mounted cameras would
do the job just as well

Precisely, they've got the robots, but they can't find anything useful for them to do. So they make them dance some geryatric macarenas..
robot technology that
will one day make my harem of sexaroids a reality

Good luck for lubricant
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Re: Robo Cop

Postby kurohinge1 » Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:20 am

sludge wrote: ... The 15-inch tall, 5.5 pound robot ... can walk, get up and respond to voice commands such as "turn right." It links to mobile phones so that people can check on images of their homes taken on a digital camera inside the robot's head. It can be controlled by a remote and is programmed to do a dance. It also makes musical sounds ...
...Read More...

But can it ride a camel?

(See: Robo Jockey)
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