DLR Robot Obeys “Dance Like In Pulp Fiction” Command (And More)
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 5 of March , 2009 at 6:20 am
We first covered DLR’s ‘Justin’ robot back in 2007, when he was learning kinematics by practicing how not to hit his own balls. He’s learned a little bit more in the last year or so, and can now dance better than John Travolta:
Oh, and Justin (now that he’s got a wheeled base he goes by Rollin’ Justin) does plenty of other helpful things, too. Ultimately, the hope is that Justin (and robots like him) will be able to assist the elderly and disabled with household tasks. In the following video, I was extremely impressed by Justin’s finger dexterity, starting at about 2:05… Check it out:
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Category: Androids, Artificial Intelligence, Medical, Musical
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