Iran Develops Humanoid Robot For “Sensitive Jobs”
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Monday, 5 of July , 2010 at 1:22 am
Yes, that’s Ahmadinejad, going toe to toe (almost) with Iran’s newest (and only) humanoid robot: Surena-2*. Details on Surena-2 are vague in the way that only an official state news agency can make them, but we know that it’s 1.45 meters (4.7 feet) tall and weighs 45 kilograms (99 pounds).
“Walking slowly like human beings with regular arm and leg movements are among its characteristics,” [the report] said. “Such robots are designed and developed to be used in sensitive and difficult jobs on behalf of a person or as help.”
The report did not elaborate on the robot’s capabilities.
Surena-2 can walk (slowly), and it doesn’t seem to have any vision or speech capabilities. And that really is the extent of what anyone seems to know, so I guess feel free to use your imagination as far as what, exactly, Surena-2 is intended to, you know, do.
VIA [ GulfNews ]
*You’re probably wondering why Iran’s first humanoid robot is called Surena 2, and the answer (according to Google) seems to be that the first version of the robot (from 2008), while humanoid in shape, couldn’t actually walk but instead skated around on wheeled feet. Video here.
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Comment by Zool
Made Monday, 5 of July , 2010 at 4:53 am
It looks like student_research_project + politicians = Good PR opportunity for politicians and student_research_project
It certainly looks like growing interest in robotics around the world. :)
Could we be on the brink of a “Robot Race” so to speak, in the same way a lot of progress was made during the initial years of the so called space race. :)
Comment by Goose
Made Monday, 5 of July , 2010 at 9:48 am
I don’t think we’re on the brink of one, I’m sure it’s already started
Comment by Joey1058
Made Monday, 5 of July , 2010 at 1:08 pm
Just as in space tech, robotic tech has come down to the point of any country/company/individual can produce some capable, believable results. Pretty soon third world countries will be producing usable robots in various local industries. Which in retrospect would be kind of dumb. How many third world individuals are jobless for most of their working lives?
Comment by Hessam Maleki
Made Tuesday, 6 of July , 2010 at 4:21 am
Dear frinds,
Surena II has a vision and voice rcognition system that we will show it in next version of Surena.
you can see it’s walking and manuvering clip in youtube.
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