Pal and Chum: Robots on Segway
Hitachi just solved one of the problems engineers working on robots like Qrio and Asimo have been struggling with for years: the motion on 2 legs. I can’t decide if it is genius or a cheap trick, they just mounted them on Segways et voilà!
As CNN reports:
Hitachi’s robot on wheels avoids obstacles, responds to simple voice commands and reads the weather forecast.
Forget the weather forcast (!): if they blend them with the Segway a bit more, equip the robot with a GPS navigation and an iPod, and make their arms sturdy enough to carry my stuff around, I’d buy one right away and ride it everywhere all the time…
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March 23rd, 2005 at 8:32 pm
As I said before on news.3yen.com in “Hitachi’s Most ‘Excellent Mobility and Interactive Existence’?”….
Rosie the Robot of the Jetson’s prior art to Hitachi’s robot called “Pal”.
March 23rd, 2005 at 10:45 pm
Sorry Taro: I did know it was a “re-run” in the gadgets section but your post just slipped my mind. It’s just that I still don’t understand what the point of this particular robot is. If they made it fun, they’d have a market…