A Beer Can That Turns Into a Robot

Post by wickedchicken » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 5:14 PM UTC

Pieces wrote: post #9

wickedchicken wrote: post #5

A friend in the robotics industry once joked that there were key differences between American and Japanese robots: American robots were often built to be behind the scenes in factories, while Japanese robots were merely advertising. Take a look at ASIMO to see what he meant. I personally chose to stay out of a robotics career because I saw so much potential wasted on (what I thought) were nonsensical things. I felt t…

For some reason, I find that completely fascinating. Such a great, elegant solution to the problem.