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Robot with Bones Moves Like You Do

Posted August 24, 2009 8:42 AM

From New Scientist - Online News:

You may have more in common with this robot than any other - it was designed using your anatomy as a blueprint. Conventional humanoid robots may look human, but the workings under their synthetic skins are radically different from our anatomy. A team with members across five European countries says this makes it difficult to build robots able to move like we do.

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08/24/2009 12:19 PM

This is absolutely uncanny! I move with precisely the same stuttering & juddering motions in the mornings! Or anytime after I've had far, far too much of my neighbor's "white lightning". Which is probably all too often.

I guess I'll feel right at home when they transfer my aging (and somewhat pickled) brain into that shiny new robot body.

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08/25/2009 5:01 AM

Wow, a robot with Parkinson's disease...
But seriously, that's pretty cool.
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