Robots, robots, robots (and other stuff) at Nextfest 2007

We dropped by Wired's Nextfest down in LA today, and were, shall we say, pleasantly pleased by the inordinate number of robots we'd written about but never actually seen in person before. Although we didn't see KillaCycle try to assassinate its master, there were plenty of other highlights:

• Keepon (pictures here) somehow manages to be even more amazingly fricking adorable in person. We defy any hard-hearted person not to crack a smile when seeing Keepon dance to Daft Punk.
• Albert Hubo (pictures here) manages to be even more frightening in person than we'd originally. We're not at all surprised by this development.
• Also going to keep us up tonight: the Zeno boybot's disembodied plastic face (picture). The stuff of nightmares, we tell ya.
• Yes, Zou Renti's android twin really does look exactly like him (picture).

All this and much more in the gallery below, check it out. (Don't worry, we'll have plenty of video soon.)

Robots, robots, robots (and other stuff) at Nextfest 2007

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 13th 2007 8:39PM]

I hope they decide to release Keepon commercially one day, because I really want one!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 13th 2007 8:42PM]

I hate those new 1-X robots. I'd like to stab 'em! Give 'em some of these!

[GeeForce Posted Sep 13th 2007 9:24PM]

I would pay so much for a Keepon, it's not even funny.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 13th 2007 9:38PM]

me to

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 13th 2007 9:59PM]

where's the daft punk keepon vid?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 14th 2007 12:00AM]

Here's video of Hanson Robotics' Zeno, in case you guys missed it:
http://waziwazi.com/node/97
and some more robot videos from NextFest: http://waziwazi.com/invideo

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 14th 2007 12:27AM]

Ever since I saw the Keepon a few weeks ago, I've been dying to grab one. It's the first "dancebot" that actually looks like it works well.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 14th 2007 11:48PM]

keep on keeping on little keepon
(yes i know that was probably the corniest comment you will ever read on this post)

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 14th 2007 1:50AM]

>:-(
they finally have something cool at NextFest and it moves to the West

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 14th 2007 3:05AM]

In the year 2000, the animated dancing "keepon" robot will replace Billy the Bigmouth Bass in tacky homes across the United States.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 14th 2007 9:43AM]

I'm working a presenters booth at nextfest Saturday. You couldn't have waited?