Caption - Honda Humanoid Robot Released, ASIMO

Yahoo News Photos ^ | 12/11/02 | Honda via reuters

[NormsRevenge]

ASIMO .. able to interpret postures and gestures of human ..

RoboGore model also available .. ASIMO .. able to sweat profusely and do the macarena..

But does it do windows?

[NormsRevenge]

Past ASIMO Threads..

'Asimo' Robot Becomes More Human-Like

Why Did Honda Build a Humanoid Robot That Meets With the Vatican's Approval?

[amused]

Al Gore continues to step up his trips into the national spotlight in hopes of capturing the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination.

[RightWhale]

Somehow bears a resemblance to my new Toyota Highlandersan. The SUV with a samurai moustache over the grille.

[MotleyGirl70]

rotflmbo!! Post of the day!

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Crusty white pantsuit. Well, it's a change, anyhow.

[SES1066]

From a different source 'Honda calls the robot "ASIMO", which stands for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility. '

I can't help but wonder if the acronymic name also honors Isaac Asimov, the late great Science Fiction Author. He authored a series of stories, starting in 1940, on robots and their potential strengths as well as problems. In authoring these stories, he developed the following "Laws of Robotics".

The 1940 Laws of Robotics

First Law: A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Second Law: A robot must obey orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

Third Law: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

[Tijeras_Slim]

It will build many houses.

[mg39]

My Caption:

"Laugh at me now, foolish humans, but one day my offspring will rule your offspring!"

[Paul Atreides]

Who would have thought that the first person to be cloned would be Al Gore?

[widgysoft]

"which is able to interpret postures and gestures of humans"

Somehow that's hard to imagine. I mean imagine shaking hands with a robot. Or (shudder at the thought) hugging and getting it on with a robot. yuck!!

[Timesink]

"Laugh at me now, foolish humans, but one day my offspring will rule your offspring!"

Not as long as we control the WD-40 supply!

[gnarledmaw]

Why the future doesnt need us
first post April 2000

Why the future doesnt need us
second post from Oct 2000

"The SkyNet funding bill is passed. The system goes online on August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. SkyNet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14am Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug."

Considering programs like TIA, advancements by Honda, the advent of neural nets and companies like IBM near to achieving systems capable at human speed, predator drones, and the system actually called Skynet run by "our friends" at Loral...I cant help but to be a bit creeped out.

[Timesink]

Somehow that's hard to imagine. I mean imagine shaking hands with a robot. Or (shudder at the thought) hugging and getting it on with a robot. yuck!!

Well, this one doesn't seem to have the right, um, shall we say "plugs" for getting it on. But the concept has been around for quite a while, under the nerd term teledildonics. The idea was mainly big in the early-to-mid-90s, when the Information Superhighway geek crowds were starting to coalesce but didn't yet have a feasible Web to occupy their time, so instead - like all people - they whiled away the days fantasizing about robot and/or virtual reality sex on Usenet and email lists.

When they weren't talking about teledildonics online, they were hanging out in geek bars gurgling down "smart drugs" (usually in the form of "smart drinks"), but that fad was already dying out by the time the very first issue of Wired came out in March 1993. To get an idea of the just how long ago that was in Internet years, note that the very first mention of the Web in Wired didn't occur until four months later.

[joesnuffy]

4th Law- Protect OPC Executives At All Cost

[Bob Mc]

"But does it do windows?"

No, but it runs on Windows! Microsoft Windows.

[laker_dad]

I remember reading "I Robot" in school, and the three laws, but can't remember the ending of the story...

[SES1066]

"Resistance is futile" - oops, a different storyline. Ah, yes, "[Insert OPC Executive name here], you're fired! Brrap!" Very efficient termination plan. However, Murphy was a cyborg, not a robot.

[cmsgop]

This will be the "BIG TRAK"of the 21st Century...