Post by NexusOfLight on Mar 14, 2011 1:12:30 GMT -5
Well just in case you don't check this dude out. He's obviously so creeped out that he's gone insane. He doesn't know whether to laugh, cry, shrug his shoulders or nothin'.
Oh wait, that was a robot? Shoot, no we might be in trouble now. And to think there are some people out there in the world who think this crazy mess is actually cool. We're in big trouble.
Nah, maybe not. This is really somethin' that's quite spectacular. The "android" from the video is Geminoid DK, built by the Intelligent Robotics lab at Osaka University and designed by professor Hiroshi Ishiguro. Just like Data from Star Trek was modeled after his creator Doctor Noonian Soong, the Geminoid DK is created in the likeness of professor Henrik Scharfe of Aalborg University in Denmark.
"All of the movements and expressions of Geminoid DK are remote controlled by an operator with a computer, who uses a motion-capture system that tracks facial expressions and head movements. Turn your head and the Geminoid does the same; move your mouth and the android follows suit," IEEE Spectrum reports.
So I know a lot of you guys out there are probably asking "why?" What's the point of making robots so life like? What possible use could that be used to serve humanity? There's certainly a rampant hysteria thing goin' on with robots involved in Hollywood. Every time you turn around and see a robot or android or whatever star in a movie, you almost always get "destroy all humans" as the initial plotline.
Well, as it turns out these lifelike robots actually do serve a purpose. No, they're not trying to steal jobs from actresses or anything. These robots are actually being used as a means to research the "emotional affordances" in human-robot interaction, the novel notion of "blended presence," as well as cultural differences (from different continents) in the perception of robots. I'm also sure there are a lot of other practical uses for these things too, like maybe serving the foundation for prosthetic limbs or somethin', I dunno. What do you think? Still creeped out by 'em, or can you see a few good uses for 'em? Go ahead an' list some down below.
www.universetoday.com/83970/new-amazingly-life-like-android-better-than-star-treks-data/
Oh wait, that was a robot? Shoot, no we might be in trouble now. And to think there are some people out there in the world who think this crazy mess is actually cool. We're in big trouble.
Nah, maybe not. This is really somethin' that's quite spectacular. The "android" from the video is Geminoid DK, built by the Intelligent Robotics lab at Osaka University and designed by professor Hiroshi Ishiguro. Just like Data from Star Trek was modeled after his creator Doctor Noonian Soong, the Geminoid DK is created in the likeness of professor Henrik Scharfe of Aalborg University in Denmark.
"All of the movements and expressions of Geminoid DK are remote controlled by an operator with a computer, who uses a motion-capture system that tracks facial expressions and head movements. Turn your head and the Geminoid does the same; move your mouth and the android follows suit," IEEE Spectrum reports.
So I know a lot of you guys out there are probably asking "why?" What's the point of making robots so life like? What possible use could that be used to serve humanity? There's certainly a rampant hysteria thing goin' on with robots involved in Hollywood. Every time you turn around and see a robot or android or whatever star in a movie, you almost always get "destroy all humans" as the initial plotline.
Well, as it turns out these lifelike robots actually do serve a purpose. No, they're not trying to steal jobs from actresses or anything. These robots are actually being used as a means to research the "emotional affordances" in human-robot interaction, the novel notion of "blended presence," as well as cultural differences (from different continents) in the perception of robots. I'm also sure there are a lot of other practical uses for these things too, like maybe serving the foundation for prosthetic limbs or somethin', I dunno. What do you think? Still creeped out by 'em, or can you see a few good uses for 'em? Go ahead an' list some down below.
www.universetoday.com/83970/new-amazingly-life-like-android-better-than-star-treks-data/
