Nextage Assembly Robots Look Overly Sinister
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 19 of November , 2009 at 2:03 am
I have no problem with industrial robots. They may be inhuman, but at least they look inhuman enough that they don’t scare me. The scary robots are robots that have enough human features that you can imagine them having some kind of evil intent, kinda like these Nextage industrial robots from Japan’s Kawada Industries. Although you can’t really see it in the video, the robots are mounted on mobile bases, so they aren’t restricted to working in just one place. Unlike most industrial robots, the Nextage robots have their sensors and intelligence integrated into one package (complete with stereo cameras in their heads and additional cameras in their hands for examining objects), which makes them more versatile but also much more expensive. From what I can tell, these robots are designed to work in concert with humans as part of a cooperative assembly line, but personally, I would not like one of these things as a co-worker… I think it’s those creepy praying mantis arms:
VIA [ Robot Watch (Translated) ]
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Comment by Erik
Made Thursday, 19 of November , 2009 at 8:30 am
The arms look kind of like a Raptors.
Comment by Ironman
Made Thursday, 19 of November , 2009 at 9:58 am
the nodding of the head when a check is done is quite interesting.
good nonverbal communication.