I could bet the Japanese will give us one day a human like robot. Those who participated at the World Expo 2005 in Japan were really impressed by Repliee Q1. I AM impressed only with the picture of it.
I must say it's incredible. Imagine those robots among us !
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Repliee Q1 has silicone for skin, rather than hard plastic. It has a number of sensors to allow it to react in a manner that appears natural; it appears to flutter its eyelids, chest movements correspond to breathing, and other tiny shifts in position that mimic unconscious human movement. The android can mimic actions made by a human; this helps the robot's movements appear more lifelike. By facing a person with reflective dots placed at key points (like wrist, elbow, palm), the robot can try to match those points on its own body with those of the person who is "modeling" human movement.
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http://www.livescience.com/technology/050628_real_robot.html
07-09-2005, 05:27 PM
World Expo in Japan, 2005
