CHARLI Walks, Heading To RoboCup 2011
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 28 of January , 2011 at 1:05 am
Remember how RoboCup keeps saying that they’ll have a team of fully autonomous humanoids ready to take on Brazil Italy Spain (or whoever) by 2050? RoMeLa’s CHARLI could be the progenitor of those eventual champions, as it’ll be competing in the humanoid adult class at RoboCup 2011. Adult class means that CHARLI is more or less the size of a person; it’s 4 foot 7 which I think is slightly taller than Diego Maradona.
Also heading to RoboCup 2011 from RoMeLa is Team DARwIn and their (slightly smaller) autonomous humanoids:
Not bad, I’d say, and I especially liked those two what I’m going to assume were deliberate fake-outs at the end there. You had me fooled, you tricky little robot you!
[ RoboCup @ RoMeLa ]
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Comment by Bill
Made Friday, 28 of January , 2011 at 12:23 pm
Walks? Looks more like he’s having a seizure… XD
Comment by bunedoggle
Made Monday, 31 of January , 2011 at 6:52 am
Here’s a question: If you build a robot to play soccer, why give it arms and hands (unless you’re building a goalie)?
Comment by Snake Oil Baron
Made Monday, 31 of January , 2011 at 9:19 am
“Here’s a question: If you build a robot to play soccer, why give it arms and hands (unless you’re building a goalie)?”
So it can grab a knee, roll on the ground and pretend to be hurt.
Comment by Self Defense Products
Made Friday, 9 of December , 2011 at 7:20 pm
Science fiction sometimes reflects our inner fears as a human race. Pictures like “The Terminator” makes us wonder if there will ever be a time when robots creators achieve artificial intelligence only to see that technology turn againts us one way or another. It may be too early to tell.
