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Ooh ooh I know why it has massive eyebrows!!! OK maybe I don't.... | |
Great now they can kick us to death too, sigh... We just can't kill ourselves fast enough can we | |
I burst out laughing when I seen the robot:) | |
Looks like it could still beat me at football. Loving the hairdo on it. | |
Oh God. That's awesome. Advanced Robotics might be coming faster than we think. | |
inb4... too late someone already did a "robots are going to kill us all" joke. | |
That thing looks like it's legs are about to shatter. | |
Can we replace real footballers with these? I hope so. | |
ermm... I'm a little bit more interested in the last "real sized working Gundam" part of the whole deal... | |
Same. :( As for the eyebrows, either a crazy aesthetic choice from the very bald creator or something to do with balance is my guess.
You hear that, people of the world? Japan's mechas are coming to fruition and they've set a (albeit vague) deadline. We're all fucked. | |
They already had a bunch of robots play football against each other long ago. | |
Well, judging by that robot, I guess we won't be terrified when android uprising happens. Unless he gets that Gundam of his working... | |
This is actually a great stride in robotics, we've always had problems with working artificial limbs. Its not a far leap from robo parts to a replacement leg for someone who lost it. Suit that thing up and make it stable and it would be a dream come true for veterans coming home from the war who lost their legs to an ied and shit. | |
"Let's Go, 33"? Sounds like a line from a mecha anime. Also, those eyebrows add 5 miles per hour to his speed. | |
i agree entirely. think of all the money that will be saved in the long run. | |
Robot... KICK! | |
Forget the Falcon Punch. Here comes the robot kick! | |
I laughed when i saw his controller XD | |
And they will kick our ass in soccer :( | |
Now that is something I'm looking forward to see. | |
So that`s what peter crouch does in hia spare time XD | |
If I ever saw that thing late at night, I would probably wet myself. What IS that thing on it's forehead supposed to be? | |
Fixed =_= Frankly, having some underpaid robotic competition for the humans can only be a good thing. Have you seen the salaries some footballers get paid for kicking a bit of leather into an outdoor cupboard? | |
Typo Nilly m'dear. OT: I can't wait for the working gundam ^_^ | |
I call dibs on Tallgeese III. | |
OK! | |
And here I thought building a robot capable of walking on two legs was expensive. The Japanese are doing it left and right. I refuse to reference Skynet, but we are all totally screwed. | |
I loved the music. Totally complements the obviously serious tone this video chooses to take in documenting another great step towards more realistic robotics. | |
This just reminds me of the giant Gudam Model they've been making over in Japan. | |
One step closer to the end of the world... | |
Once they learn how to use guns and seduce women were screwed. | |
It's Peter Crouch's true form! | |
Pretty cool. That Gundam will be frekin' sweet if he makes it. | |
I really hope he makes that gundam. Seriously, it's gonna be the future real, real soon. | |
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Japanese Robot Has a Kick!
A Japanese inventor has created a robot that can play soccer, albeit not very well.
Hajime 33 is a weird looking machine, standing over six feet tall but weighing in at a mere 44lbs, with a least a couple of pounds of that being eyebrow. What's notable about the battery-operated, remote controlled giant, created by Japanese inventor Hajime Sakamoto, is that he can walk around and kick a ball.
As you can see from the video, Hajime 33 isn't the most accomplished soccer player in the world, and it's going to be a long time before the Robo-Soccer World Cup is on TV, but bipedal robots are notoriously tricky to make work, so building one that can stand on one foot and kick a ball, as well as walk and bow, is actually quite significant.
Sakamoto says that he will apply what he's learnt from this project, as well as the other robots he has built, to making a full-sized, working Gundam within the next ten years.
Source: Wired
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