Humanoid learns to cook breakfast, fend for himself

Never mind getting tesla coils to fix your supper, just hit the on switch on your own personal humanoid. Reportedly, the creature you see above has been loaded with learning algorithms that enable it to repeat actions that it learns. Wonder if anyone realized that this totally demented critter just learned to slice more than ham? Stay sharp, kids -- the video's after the break.

[Via Hacked Gadgets]

[Technex @ May 7th 2008 1:43PM]

You could have fun with this robot!

[Dillon @ May 7th 2008 4:34PM]

I hope you weren't implying any sexual connotations...

[Technex @ May 7th 2008 5:34PM]

;)

[OneLove @ May 7th 2008 5:40PM]

Teach him to cut the cheese!

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 1:44PM]

is the Benny Hill soundtrack really necessary?

[Adam @ May 7th 2008 2:59PM]

The Benny Hill soundtrack is ALWAYS necessary.

[marty.com.au @ May 7th 2008 6:15PM]

Sorry, but when you use the Benny Hill music, there is actually a law that you have girls in skimpy outfits in the theme of a nurse, a parking inspector and a secretary running around flashing their bits….

Time to call the police (dress theme as above!)

[mortal @ May 7th 2008 1:48PM]

hm, wonder why they use the wiimote @ 1:19.

[Mile @ May 7th 2008 1:52PM]

I'm not scared. I could crush him pretty easily. He's so tiny!

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 1:53PM]

that's what you think. he's made of titanium and filled with snake venom

[Technex @ May 7th 2008 3:09PM]

Lol, nice user picture! Yet you want to crush him :(.

[Richard Lai @ May 7th 2008 4:41PM]

phanbouy's probably right: if you fail to crush the robot, it will learn your action and act on your soft flesh. Bad times.

[fLeShTwIsTeR @ May 7th 2008 5:02PM]

That's what she said!

www.oyjo.com

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 1:54PM]

what's great is he can juice oranges on his head, until he short circuits anyway

[Nunim @ May 7th 2008 2:01PM]

Man that is one expensive looking mixer.

[Anonymoose @ May 7th 2008 2:18PM]

what's so special about this robot? i thought this is why we invented women and children

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 2:23PM]

yeah i mean adam totally gave up his rib for nuthin, man!

[Anonymoose @ May 7th 2008 2:19PM]

robots are only useful for senseless killings and crazy awesome dance-offs. and maybe hugs.

[mitch @ May 7th 2008 2:43PM]

FAKE.

Yeah there's a wiimote seen clearly at 1:20 of the video...and if yo uwatch the shadows throughout you can see somebody making the actions the robot follows.

[Dillon @ May 7th 2008 4:33PM]

O rly? You think someone is making the robot do that? NO WAI!!1

They clearly showed the guy teaching the robot what to do, and even if the Wii controller is controlling it, that just adds on to the epic amount of awesome this robot generates.

[Brad @ May 7th 2008 5:08PM]

So for some crazy reason, around 1:09 the Wiimote is just SITTING there, and the bot is still moving?

[G Kabik @ May 7th 2008 7:09PM]

Yeah, no. There aren't any shadows that weren't from the robot itself, and also the Wiimote is clearly laying lifeless on the table at 1:09, and the only time you can see it being used is when he stops his eggbeating motion and returns to what's obviously the default position, right after the disembodied hand presses one of the bottom buttons (a or b). The Wiimote was most likely reconfigured to control operations that aren't a part of the action learning demonstration. Why don't you actually bother to investigate it objectively before you call somebody a fake?

[Yevon @ May 7th 2008 7:38PM]

Yea, this was so obviously photoshopped. The reflections are all wrong.
http://xkcd.com/331/

[Paul @ May 7th 2008 2:47PM]

At first glance it looked LEGO sized.

[Morgan Percy @ May 7th 2008 2:51PM]

Looks like they use the wiimote to start and stop the robot's actions and you can see it doing actions while the wiimote is laying on the table.

[Munkcy @ May 7th 2008 2:52PM]

Humanoid learns to cook breakfast, fend for himself; is currently looking for John Connor.

[blackfeather @ May 7th 2008 2:56PM]

Did they mean "Chef" Cook Robot? or will this thing be the "Chief" of other knife-wielding bots?

[Asha @ May 7th 2008 3:02PM]

I think it is time to start building an EMP weapon.

[Stiv @ May 7th 2008 3:03PM]

This is not impressive. It's only "learning" in the sense that a recorded macro "learns." It's not learning from vision. It's simply recording the motion of it's servo motors and playing it back.

[Technex @ May 7th 2008 3:11PM]

That's what I was thinking, wonder why everyone keeps saying fake, it's not complicated.

[Josh @ May 7th 2008 3:19PM]

I give it a year before someone turns it into a masturbatory device :P

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 3:31PM]

does it always take you a year for your side projects?

[Anonymoose @ May 7th 2008 4:19PM]

psssh, no. some of his side projects take much longer. it took him at least 10 years to finish elementary school.

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 4:25PM]

good point. josh, if you would, please cease all veiled references to your prostate and stimulation thereof.

[crho85 @ May 7th 2008 3:33PM]

I for one welcome our "HEY! get back in the kitchen and make me a sandwich"- overlords

[turban @ May 7th 2008 4:09PM]

women belong in the kitchen. not robots. unless it has a vaccum...=]

[Anonymoose @ May 7th 2008 4:43PM]

and this is why you don't have sex. and the fact that you're ugly.

OH SNAP

*does touchdown dance*

[däniel @ May 7th 2008 4:17PM]

well, in the next video, the robot will actually blend! as in, use the blender for another recipe, that is

;) sorry but that had to be posted

[AlphaTeam @ May 7th 2008 4:18PM]

Call me when he can cook AND clean =D

[Kizul Emeraldfire @ May 7th 2008 4:33PM]

Number Five is alive!

[webon @ May 7th 2008 5:10PM]

man that long haired guy moves FAST!

[Sparky @ May 7th 2008 5:23PM]

noms pls

Sincerely
Sparky the Aibo

[Eh @ May 7th 2008 5:31PM]

I would be more impressed if it learned how to cut the cheese

[sniping_dreamer @ May 7th 2008 6:59PM]

Was it just me, or is there a Wiimote in there?

[G Kabik @ May 7th 2008 7:14PM]

No it was just you, and not the five other people who clearly commented on it here 5 hours before you did.

[Michael LaFramboise @ May 7th 2008 7:52PM]

hahaha! awesome! :D

[Ben @ May 8th 2008 2:11AM]

Even though this is hardly a "robot" as someone said it simply memorizes it's servo motions, I still am attached to it. I think the way it moves it's head to follow its movements and then looks at you when it's done, like it's saying "was that right?" gives it a very humanly quality. I think robots become more human as we project ourselves on them, regardless of their ability to actually act/think humanly.

[Sylvain Calinon @ May 8th 2008 4:37AM]

The Wiimote is used to answer to the robot's questions.
Look at the long version to see how it is used:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvoJxmaoi8A