Humanoid learns to cook breakfast, fend for himself
By Darren Murph 
posted May 7th 2008 1:38PM
posted May 7th 2008 1:38PM
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You could have fun with this robot!
I hope you weren't implying any sexual connotations...
;)
Teach him to cut the cheese!
is the Benny Hill soundtrack really necessary?
The Benny Hill soundtrack is ALWAYS necessary.
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!)
hm, wonder why they use the wiimote @ 1:19.
I'm not scared. I could crush him pretty easily. He's so tiny!
that's what you think. he's made of titanium and filled with snake venom
Lol, nice user picture! Yet you want to crush him :(.
phanbouy's probably right: if you fail to crush the robot, it will learn your action and act on your soft flesh. Bad times.
That's what she said!
www.oyjo.com
what's great is he can juice oranges on his head, until he short circuits anyway
Man that is one expensive looking mixer.
what's so special about this robot? i thought this is why we invented women and children
yeah i mean adam totally gave up his rib for nuthin, man!
robots are only useful for senseless killings and crazy awesome dance-offs. and maybe hugs.
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.
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.
So for some crazy reason, around 1:09 the Wiimote is just SITTING there, and the bot is still moving?
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?
Yea, this was so obviously photoshopped. The reflections are all wrong.
http://xkcd.com/331/
At first glance it looked LEGO sized.
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.
Humanoid learns to cook breakfast, fend for himself; is currently looking for John Connor.
Did they mean "Chef" Cook Robot? or will this thing be the "Chief" of other knife-wielding bots?
I think it is time to start building an EMP weapon.
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.
That's what I was thinking, wonder why everyone keeps saying fake, it's not complicated.
I give it a year before someone turns it into a masturbatory device :P
does it always take you a year for your side projects?
psssh, no. some of his side projects take much longer. it took him at least 10 years to finish elementary school.
good point. josh, if you would, please cease all veiled references to your prostate and stimulation thereof.
I for one welcome our "HEY! get back in the kitchen and make me a sandwich"- overlords
women belong in the kitchen. not robots. unless it has a vaccum...=]
and this is why you don't have sex. and the fact that you're ugly.
OH SNAP
*does touchdown dance*
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
Call me when he can cook AND clean =D
Number Five is alive!
man that long haired guy moves FAST!
noms pls
Sincerely
Sparky the Aibo
I would be more impressed if it learned how to cut the cheese
Was it just me, or is there a Wiimote in there?
No it was just you, and not the five other people who clearly commented on it here 5 hours before you did.
hahaha! awesome! :D
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.
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