HR-2 bot walks, talks, sets fires

Almir Heralic at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden looks like he may be the next toymaker to the king — either that, or he's getting ready for world domination. His HR-2 robot may be small — think Kondo KHR-1, rather than ASIMO — but don't let its size fool you. According to Heralic, his bot has fluid movement, a neural net, speech functions and stereo vision coupled with facial recognition and tracking capabilities. We just hope that the pic shown, from Heralic's website, is meant to merely show HR-2's scale, and not a predilection for playing with matches.

[Via Slashdot]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

"My CPU is a neural net processor, a learning computer."

Fishes,
narco.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

The robot burned down the house.... I swear!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

Not only can it poop but when it funks up the bathroom it lights a match.

WP

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

hahh..

how could I leave out the quote "his bot has fluid movements" when making a poop joke?

Poor robot...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

Good thing we have robots to put out fires then! See:

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000530047873/
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1127914145845557/

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

I see people have already started with the poop jokes and damn if that wasn't going to be my comment. He totally looks like he's ready to crap out a bolt or something.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

now i will move from the poop joke to talk about the hot girl who was working with the robot in the video on the site.....damn shes hot. someone who knows electronics and is that hot is a keeper hmm and an accent to boot.

that is all i want out of life a hot woman who plays with electronics evidently.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

laf #4 ... he said "fluid movements".

i have to say i wholeheartedly approve of a robot where his publicity picture shows him holding a box of matches with his CLEAVER HANDS. how long until we have circumcise-o-bots?