Sony Robots:
- youtube video - the robots are amazingly articulated (including the hips/ankles) , and the sequence of movements is quite long!
- Sony QRIO (Quest for cRIOsity) entertainment robot.
- QRIO video
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- One of the first robots that is able to run (both feet off the ground at one time).
- Stereo Vision
- Adaptive balance to protect the all-important head
- Sophisticated AI : Interestingly, when they’re doing demonstrations, they have found that the AI in QRIO is so strong that if you haven’t been friendly with it before hand, for examples, by not kicking back a football it kicks to you, it will refuse to do what you ask it in the demonstration. Effectively it is expressing its annoyance. source
- Not for commercial sale: too expensive to manufacture - approximately $50k. Only about 100 in existence. Seems to be somewhat of a 'halo technology'.
- Startes circa 2002, discontinued January 26 2006.
- Sony AIBO (Artificial Intelligence RObot)
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- able to learn from the environment.
- Sounds created by Nobukazu Takemura; has a MIDI processor on-board.
- built-in wireless LAN.
- total 20 DOF
- single VGA resolution camera for vision
- ~ $2k price, 130k sold so far.
- Sony released a development kit at the behest of the community; AIBO is useful as it is a good platform for AI & robotics research.
- Industrial robots:
- SCARA robot (4 axis?):
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