When you wish upon a star....

[W1nTry]

Skynet anyone?

Robot maker builds artificial boy

When you wish upon a star

By Nick Farrell: Thursday 13 September 2007, 07:34
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ROBOT BOFFIN, David Hanson has built a boy which he says will become a plastic pal who is fun to be with.

The robot, called Zeno after Hanson's real son, has a fair way to go. It cannot speak or walk yet, but has blinking eyes that can track people and a face has a range of expressions.

Hanson Robotics have been building Zeno for five years and their hope is that they can be the first to flog lifelike robotic companions, or social robots.

Unlike most robotic toys, Hanson wants Zeno to be able to engage in conversation and convey human emotion through a face made of a skin-like, patented material Hanson calls frubber.

Hanson plans to make Zenos available to consumers within the next three years for $200 to $300 although it will be at least 15 years before robot builders can approach anything like what seems to be possible in movies.

One of the biggest differences between Zeno and other robots is that his brains not inside. He synchs wirelessly to a PC running a variant of Massive Software, the same code that enabled the fantastical battles in the "Lord of the Rings" movies.

[disciple]

more like A.I.

wasn't that the premise? the scientist created a robot, just like his son , who died years before?

[W1nTry]

Ah, not quite oh harbinger of death... if you read it over you'll see the part where they mention the A.I. is actually run on your PC... now consider if each unit were part of a distributed A.I. that all tied back to a central super computer... I hear where yuh coming from with A.I. the movie.. but lil tommy is not a standalone O_O at least... not yet....

[disciple]

lol @ harbinger of death


i sure somebody go do a case-mod and drop a pico itx board in him LOL

[Synchronomyst]

Skynet etc

[disciple]

or irobot.
cept this time, there's no will smith

[W1nTry]

or irobot.
cept this time, there's no will smith

That's a blessing in disguise XD

[Redlum08]

Well they are already working on technology to save your "self" onto Hard drives as a back-up by the use of nano tech and brain research, Imagine the possibilities of using that in a Robot? Your personality and memories in a robotic body, hmmm.....

[Crixx_Creww]

this reeks of robot boy sexual molestation... not cool.

[W1nTry]

this reeks of robot boy sexual molestation... not cool.

Leave it to crixxx to think that up... *W1nTry watches crixxx with a sickened expression* you weirdo!