RX bot can run, but is no ASIMO
A Korean startup has built the
country's first robot capable of running, the two-foot-tall, network-controlled RX. The bot is capable at hoofing it at
a pace of about .3 mph; not exactly what we'd call a speedy gait, and certainly no match for ASIMO's brisk 1.8 mph. The company
behind the bot, Robotis, spent an estimated $1 million jointly developing it with Samsung and Korea's Ministry of
Information and Communication. Given Korea's plans for an army of network-controlled
worker bots, we sort of don't mind that RX is a little slow. As long as we can outrun him (and he's only two feet
tall), we feel a lot better about the future.[Via the Raw Feed]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ben @ Feb 9th 2006 3:25PM
ASIMO can run at 3.7MPH ;-)
So .3 is more like a crawl ....
Jen @ Feb 9th 2006 4:07PM
cute! cute! cute!
XGM @ Feb 9th 2006 4:15PM
ASIMO kinda runs, the only thing it does that makes it that he dosnt truly run, is that with each step it actualy bounces off the ground by something like 2cm. Man 0.3 mph is real slow.
BigG @ Feb 9th 2006 4:31PM
So when are they coming out with the T-02?
dj bambino @ Feb 9th 2006 4:40PM
yes but you won't be able to outrun his robot laser!
Silver @ Feb 9th 2006 5:40PM
It's the "Ministry fo Information," yo. Fo shiggidy.
yumyum @ Feb 9th 2006 6:15PM
'As long as we can outrun him (and he's only two feet tall), we feel a lot better about the future.'
I think chucky was even shorter than that....but the things he did...urghh...horrible
Jeff @ Feb 9th 2006 7:35PM
Anyone else notice that this thing kinda looks like Conti from FLCL, only beefier?
David @ Feb 9th 2006 8:36PM
Not as good as the "Awesome-O 3000"
(Cartman)
strider_mt2k @ Feb 9th 2006 8:57PM
Let's send one to get the Selenium we need from the surface!
(Hint, stress the first law.) ;)
Moshe @ Feb 10th 2006 3:20AM
Ministry of Information. A new branch of the Ministry of Love.
Montag @ Feb 10th 2006 7:23AM
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER