Since you're up, could you bring HRP-2 something from the fridge?

by Paul Miller, posted Jan 24th 2006 at 7:00PM

We've liked what we've seen so far from the Kawada's HRP bots, what with the dancing and the martial arts and the industrial capabilities, but their latest update for the HRP-2 has just vaulted the line from a life of menial tasks straight to middle management. The bot is now capable of accepting verbal commands to grab a drink from the fridge, but it would much rather delegate the task, which it can do equally as well. Sounds like this unit is gearing up for a life of 40 hour work weeks and a cushy pension, instead of the dancing ninja industrial bot we mistook it for.

[Via Robot Gossip]

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Roy @ Jan 24th 2006 7:12PM

First Post!!! ha ha
sweet, do they sell them (HIM) on the web and or how much will it be... (I know this is a stupid question but what the H3Ll)

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grable @ Jan 24th 2006 9:14PM

Havent those people seen I-Robot?!?! ;) hehehe

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vobiwan @ Jan 24th 2006 10:30PM

The best is the broken engrish. How come it looks like voltron? Does it get bigger if it crosses its arms?

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jygsaw @ Jan 24th 2006 11:03PM

I, for one, welcome a cold beverage.

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go @ Jan 24th 2006 11:26PM

They named it after a disease? Herpe?

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Finished.Law.School @ Jan 25th 2006 12:19AM

What does it transform into?

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kontaktanzeige @ Jan 25th 2006 6:01AM

Voltron: and i'll form the head. Defender of the Universe he he he :))

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Commodore69 @ Jan 25th 2006 7:06AM

"When it improves the camera of the head which hits against the eye of the robot," =)

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DannyMac @ Jan 25th 2006 7:51AM

They took our jobs! (South Park reference)

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Iskra @ Jan 25th 2006 9:15AM

I'm sure it's gonna take like 5 minutes to find the thing it's looking for in the fridge. That means you could do it faster by your self and you loose temperature status in the fridge!

"I said VB not Heineken! Bad robot! Bad! Now go to your recharging station, connect to the internet and think/report about what you did!"

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kontaktanzeige @ Jan 25th 2006 10:35AM

I, for one, welcome a cold beverage.

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pud-box 360 @ Jan 25th 2006 11:14AM

Sure .. he can get a drink ... but can he shoot down sith?

http://downloads.bioware.com/starwarskotor/desktops/HK47desk_1024.jpg

"... ... here is you drink, meatbag ..."

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Jason @ Jan 25th 2006 12:20PM

Last thing I need is a robot telling ME to get a drink!

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Dan @ Jan 25th 2006 8:53PM

It's a good thing they didn't make it's middle name Simplex.

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Shig the Unmentionable @ Jan 26th 2006 10:17AM

He sits in my favorite chair and dares me, and when I look over he is making a fist, one finger at a time:

http://i.timeinc.net/popsci/migrated_flat_files/mp3/Todd.mp3

(The artist is Jonathan Coulton.)

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sk07 @ Jan 27th 2006 10:56PM

In Soviet Russia, the robot commands you!

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