Peppy Wants Both Balloons, Only Gets One
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Wednesday, 31 of March , 2010 at 2:31 am
Poor Peppy. He just can’t win. Whenever he gets the green balloon, he wants the red balloon, but he can only hold one at a time. Peppy was built largely from spare parts, and while the video is self explanatory, it’s pretty amazing how Peppy’s programming translates into a very human sort of behavior. My guess is that if Peppy had a fancy case and stuff, he wouldn’t be so easy to anthropomorphize… There’s just something about a DIY robot exhibiting relatively primitive behaviors such as “want” that makes it human in a way much more complicated robots just can’t match.
Thanks Andrew!
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Category: DIY
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Comment by Jamie
Made Wednesday, 31 of March , 2010 at 12:30 pm
This is really great! Looks alive!
What are the hardware specs?
Comment by whiskers
Made Wednesday, 31 of March , 2010 at 12:34 pm
Very cool. As simple as something like this might seem (how few states does the system have?), try to actually get it all working together, both from the hardware and software points of view… Great work!
Comment by Steven
Made Wednesday, 31 of March , 2010 at 1:43 pm
Speaking of whether or not robots should have faces, I think this is a great example of what the ideal robot pal should look like. When you try to make faces too human they can be disturbing, and when you try to hide them, like some of the sleeker looking robots, they can be too alienating. Something like this, on the other hand, with cameras and sensors in a vaguely human orientation, manages to look friendly and not at all creepy. I could imagine having something like this as an autonomous pet without worrying that it is going to enslave humanity and take over the world…
