We've enjoyed watching
KIST's Hubo do crazy things like wear
the face of Albert Einstein and
ride a Segway, but we haven't given as much attention to its brother Mahru. Feeling left out, the biped learned to dance with its upper body whilst walking around -- an impressive feat, considering it wasn't all that long ago that scientists first managed to get these things to take five steps without falling flat on their faces. Mahru also releases scents to express its artificial emotions, so you should be able to smell something fishy when it achieves sentience and begins angrily plotting to destroy its creators. Take a gander at a South Korean TV news report after the break.
posted Oct 13th 2008 3:04PM
Can the girl in the movie respond to simple oral demands as well? (1:12)
Why don't you ask her yourself at "heekyung@arirangtv.com" or do you need a robot to do that for you?
He's gonna kill us all one day.
Hubo doesn't dance. He just pulls up his pants....and does the rockaway
Funny you said that, in some asian language "HUBO" means naked.
Sorry ladies, he only does slow songs.
2 dollar bill?! damn lucky.
So we've gone from dancing robots to dancing, farting robots.
i'd hit it
I, for one, welcome our dancing, farting robot overlords.
I, for one, am tired of people being so welcoming.
"Looking for me?!"
Johnny-5 is alive!
Looks like many companies are actively investing into designing a household robot. This means that soon our market will be filled with them. Finally the dreams of 1950s science fiction writers come true. Finally!
How old is this video? At 2:22 they say they hope to have a robot by 2008 that can serve as a household servant. I also like how they said they have only spend $200,000 US on the project. That's pretty cheap for a walking, talking, robot.
this video is from 2006, pretty old
Haha I like the fishy joke...
If you put this thing on "Dancing with the Stars", it'd destroy the competition. I mean literally. It would crush their heads like a Nexus 6 on the run.
uh, guys? This robot has already had 2 successors made, the Mahru II (2006) and Mahru III (2007). The one pictured is from 2005.
You can sell it as is now, doesn't mean it's good for anything. Their goal should be something like: robot to be useful and not a novelty within 10 years.
Asimo would kick this robots butt!
Just not if it involves stairs.
Hey, Engadget, HUBO is developed by KAIST(Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) not KIST(Korean Institute of Science and Technology). Those two are not the same. To summarize, HUBO->KAIST, Mahru->KIST.
I dunno.
When the reporter chick turns her back on the robot to face the camera, I get a bad feeling about what the robot might do.
Call me when he does the 'Running Man'.