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fohfoh:
* fohfoh is reminded of QWOP
mgz:
--- Quote from: darkjedi on December 13, 2009, 03:32:42 AM ---mgz,
I would think much of Japanese and Korean robotics focus is already placed on non-humanoid robots rather than humanoid robots since non-humanoid robots are the cornerstones of their high-tech industry. Without non-humanoid robots their industry can't survive.
Those academics who work on humanoid robots already understand that non-humanoid robots are better industrial platforms than humanoid robots. They already know that. They are not focusing an unnecessary amount their attention on humanoid robots. A greater pool of human resources is still dedicated to non-humanoid robotics research and AI than to the development of humanoid robots. These humanoid robots shown here were the outputs of a wisely scaled-down endeavor.
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and purely because of it i find nearly 100% of its achievements fucking useless.
Until i see a guy with robotic arms able to move them freely and easily, or a fucking terminator its all useless.
And to say that they arent focusing on it is silly, its probably cost honda over a billion dollars to work and develop asimo, so while the industry of robotics as a whole may not be focusing on it, the companies that are focusing on humanoid robotics are not doing it as a side venture of their robotics division. They are investing LARGE sums of money into it.
darkjedi:
Limited investments turning out products of limited applications is ok, mgz.
Someone wants to make use of the limited applications of humanoid robots. One of the applications again is how we can interface them with the human body. (well, we are going to find a means to produce artificial arms and legs for human beings eventually; humanoid robotics is just one lane among many in a highway) In the meantime a far greater conglomerate of corporations still work on non-humanoid robots. No aspects of robotic R&D in South Korea or Japan is being neglected.
mgz:
--- Quote from: darkjedi on December 14, 2009, 09:30:13 AM ---Limited investments turning out products of limited applications is ok, mgz.
Someone wants to make use of the limited applications of humanoid robots. One of the applications again is how we can interface them with the human body. (well, we are going to find a means to produce artificial arms and legs for human beings eventually; humanoid robotics is just one lane among many in a highway) In the meantime a far greater conglomerate of corporations still work on non-humanoid robots. No aspects of robotic R&D in South Korea or Japan is being neglected.
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And once again i will state, working on robots and their interface with the human body completely different then designing a robot like asimo. The physics behind the structure of the robotics becomes much easier for most parts. And harder in others but the most important part is its interface with the brain. Worrying about creating a full humanoid robot is a waste of time and money at our current level of techonology
sdedalus83:
--- Quote from: mgz on December 14, 2009, 09:51:10 AM ---Worrying about creating a full humanoid robot is a waste of time and money at our current level of techonology
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Practicality isn't the point. It's a PR stunt which helps generate investment. At the same time, the AI, battery technology, and energy efficiency techniques developed along with the robot will all be useful in many other applications.
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