Asimoops

[Ghoulish Delight]

I guess there are still some bugs to workout...
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/12/asimo-help-me-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Yeah, they sure seemed prepared for this mishap, shutting things down immediately and efficiently. :)

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Poor guy. Great thread title!

[lashbear]

That's what they should do at Disneyland when a guest dies... wheel a screen over and shut off the lights... :D

[RStar]

Lifelike movements, until the fall that is. I need to see it live at DL. Is it still there in Innoventions?

[mousepod]

Lifelike movements, until the fall that is. I need to see it live at DL. Is it still there in Innoventions?

Why do Honda techs spend so much time on an anthropomorphic robot when you still insist on calling Asimo "it"?

[Alex]

Children under five are even more anthropomorphic and I still refer to them all as "it."

I was assuming this had something to do with Asimov but wasn't going to click a link to "pink-tentacles.com" at work. But I guess it is ASIMO, which I've still not yet seen in person.

[mousepod]

Children under five are even more anthropomorphic and I still refer to them all as "it."

Public, non-smilie mojo for Alex.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

My A.W.E.S.O.M.-O is way cooler than that old hunk-a-junk! He's my best friend!

[Moonliner]

Why do Honda techs spend so much time on an anthropomorphic robot when you still insist on calling Asimo "it"?

Because to work and function in a world built by/for humans it helps to be anthropomorphic. Stairs, doors, closets, transportation, they are all built to fit human forms and a robot in that shape will have an easier time than say a 8' long caterpillar based shape.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I was assuming this had something to do with Asimov but wasn't going to click a link to "pink-tentacles.com" at work. But I guess it is ASIMO, which I've still not yet seen in person.Don't worry, it's not some sort of Ursula-in-Fantasmic kinda thing. It's a perfectly work-safe link (unless you happen to work at Honda, then people might not appreciate it).

[Ghoulish Delight]

It looks to me like it* either completely locked up, or went into some sort of fail-safe mode. It's knee buckles, and I wonder if there's some routine that says, "Well, the outer shell of this thing's pretty shock resistant, less chance of damage if I just fall rather than put incorrect pressure on the knee joint, so time to bail." It didn't make any more movements after the knee gave out, so either the power went dead or it purposely froze to prevent further damage.

I also want to know why this video is tagged with the keywords "Giant" and "Vegetation".




* I stick with "it" because I don't feel like assigning gender, I don't want to keep saying "Asimo," and English continues to lack a gender neutral pronoun that doesn't imply non-being status.

[CoasterMatt]

Stairs, doors, closets, transportation, they are all built to fit human forms and a robot in that shape will have an easier time than say a 8' long caterpillar based shape.

But think of the fun you could have at a Lawn and Garden show with an 8' long caterpillar shaped robot!

[JWBear]

But think of the fun you could have at a Lawn and Garden show with an 8' long caterpillar shaped robot!

My eyes saw ' but my mind read ''. I giggled. Must be the cold medicine...

[Snowflake]

I have days like this, and I wish I had some lackeys to put a screen around me!

[RStar]

Why do Honda techs spend so much time on an anthropomorphic robot when you still insist on calling Asimo "it"?Because unless they installed an anthropomorphic penis on the thing it has no sex. :rolleyes:

[lashbear]

Because unless they installed an anthropomorphic penis on the thing it has no sex. :rolleyes:

So.... ASIMO is an ASIMAPHRODITE !! :eek: