Reddy the "emotional" humanoid robot

As we all know, the human-robot divide can be a tough one to bridge (what with them secretly plotting to destroy us and all) -- but there's a new robot out there that's willing to tackle the problem, and he's ready to lend a hand to anyone doing research on the subject (for a price, of course). With a head full of servos, RoboMotio's Reddy robot can contort its face into a broad range of expressions, including joy, anger, sadness, surprise, and disgust, which the company says makes it ideally suited for various human-robot endeavors. RoboMotio appears to be a bit wary of Reddy getting too "emotional," however, choosing not to give him legs or any other means of movement, although those willing to take the risk can attach him to "many standard or non-standard mobile robot bases." Of course, robots can't make a living on goodwill alone, so RoboMotio's also talking up Reddy's potential for various marketing and entertainment applications, which means you could be running into him any day now. In the meantime, be sure to hit up the link below for some not-to-be-missed shots and a couple of videos of Reddy in action.

[Thanks, Jake]

[Mike @ Jun 5th 2007 6:07PM]

I'm not impressed

[Mike @ Jun 5th 2007 6:10PM]

My dog acts more human than that

[Jose @ Jun 5th 2007 6:20PM]

I'm impressed, he's already progressed so far in the emotion of anger that he's learned to give the one finger salute.

[Aaron @ Jun 5th 2007 6:27PM]

I, for one, welcome our PMS-ing robotic overlords

[Neebs @ Jun 5th 2007 6:39PM]

Uncanny Vallleeeeeeeeey!

[zoara @ Jun 6th 2007 8:44AM]

Neebs, you must hang around some very square-headed humans if that falls into your uncanny valley.

[Neebs @ Jun 6th 2007 2:58PM]

The square head makes it fall into the negative section of the valley.

[Dave @ Jun 5th 2007 6:46PM]

Does it come in blue?

[pauly @ Jun 5th 2007 6:55PM]

Kismet from MIT shows much more expression.
http://www.robotliving.com/?page_id=99

[tcc3 @ Jun 5th 2007 7:34PM]

My god its Malfuctioning Eddie.

[brutha @ Jun 5th 2007 10:07PM]

what everyone wants to know. DOES IT TRANSFORM???? hehehe

[drtekger @ Jun 5th 2007 10:08PM]

mount machine guns instead of the arms, paint it camo, give it a warface and send it to iraq - problem solved

[G-Bot @ Jun 5th 2007 11:14PM]

Yeah - why is it that that freakish thing is flipping us all off ? WTF ????

[RJR @ Jun 5th 2007 11:46PM]

This would be a combination of surprise, joy, and anger... Surprise: the arched eyebrows and shocked stare, joy: one hand is giving the "we're number one!" sign, and finally anger: He is indeed flipping you off. This is what the robots like to call "multi-tasking."

[thecubic @ Jun 6th 2007 12:59AM]

I wonder what it looks like when it tells us to bite its shiny metal ass.

[chris @ Jun 6th 2007 8:50AM]

Movements so jerky and cheesey. Someone needs to work on thier servo ramping!

[poos4life @ Jun 6th 2007 11:51AM]

uhhh.. I don't know if anyone watched the third video, but I very quickly realized theres nothing 'interactive' about it! It repeated the exact same motions like 4 or 5 times in a row..booooring

[Albert van Breemen @ Jul 26th 2007 3:09AM]

An other robot with more impressive emotions is the iCat robot. A movie of this robot is here: http://www.personalrobotics.nl/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=55

Albert

[SEB @ Mar 10th 2008 6:42PM]

They took his legs man
Cruelty to robots.