Robots are advancing in different ways

Little Blue Robot Discussion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko4yri9riJ8&NR=1

Malissa robot with articulated (but simultaneously moving only) fingers and thumb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUvHLKNTHgQ&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6yALGmy7tg

Kondo with and without gyro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJlkBBdyBYI


Wabian 2 robot uses human walking motion in Japan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBvNR6CpyUk&NR=1

Wheelchair or walking-chair?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwem5yFiXyM&NR=1
At 2 min 30 seconds, computer is dribbling tennis ball in slow motion.
Then they show another robot hitting a baseball with a bat.
The man is saying in Japanese that you should watch the camera 'eye' which is following the
baseball by moving quite quickly.  This is using feedback and a trained artificial cerebellum.

When will the first human receive a brain transplant to make her a superior sports player?

New functionality added to Asimo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18wSJs6LIc0
At this point Asimo can recognize new objects and towards the end of the video, he
distinguishes between a chair and table as more general objects.  More objects would be
needed before we are convinced that it is grasping simple concepts.  Its IQ may be 0.1% of
that of a human which would mean that it needs 10 years to 'catch up' to human intelligence.

2019 looks to be on schedule.  

Kid size robots in robocup game, first half of game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLsIn7PQw0g
Second half of the game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjZ8xdFTOVc





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