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Wait... are you talking about the movie? iRobot is a company. I, Robot was a movie based on a book. We are talking about iRobot, makers of the roomba vacuum robot and some successful military robots, among others - not a movie.
-Taylor]]>Apr 15th 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/
they also make mobile sniper rifles, which roll into action, shoot, and leave, and id trade my roomba for that anyday!]]>Apr 15th 2009 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 19th 2009 2:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/
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reason; you're an asimo]]>Apr 15th 2009 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 16th 2009 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/
that should have been the title]]>Apr 15th 2009 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Not that I'm against specialized robots but..
The purpose of perfecting human shaped robots is a simple matter of modularity it seems to me.
Though I'm sure a lot of sentiment drives it in reality.
But an android could replace me at any task throughout the day.
It's the difference between a food processor and having somebody else to chop the carrots and then wash the dishes.

- mike

.. brings up a lot of interesting ideas about god and being shaped in his image though.
Perhaps we aren't.
Perhaps we are more efficient than god at some things (specialized design).
..and incapable of other god functions.
It'll be a fun conversation the next time I happen across a plugged in Jehovah Witness.]]>Apr 15th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/
I also do slow down when I go up the stairs. And I also probably don't get up when I fall down the stairs. I can't "drive" on my feet 20mph (maybe a short burst). I don't take falls easily.

On the other hand, I do need around 15 people in my life to keep my sanity.

"more human" does not equal "more efficient & durable"... Quite opposite, and Asimo surely wins in that dept.]]>Apr 15th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/04/armed-robots-st.html

]]>Apr 15th 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/
"How come no one told me tasty things taste so good?"]]>Apr 15th 2009 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Finally, with the onslaught of research in biomimetics, one can make the deduction that if, indeed, wheeled and tracked locomotion were truly efficient, Nature would have evolved to that. Clearly, legged locomotion is Nature's preference for most creatures. And human's bipedal locomotion has shown to have been evolved for sprinting while grasping tools. If and when such a scenario should prop up, say, in the outer space while exploring alien planets or the construction of cyborg body suit to augment human locomotion, legged locomotion will be in high demand. ]]>Apr 15th 2009 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/
What a punk.]]>Apr 15th 2009 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Obviously smart-ish general purpose humanoid type robots aren't ready for prime time - but for a guy that heads up a robot company, he shows a mind boggling lack of imagination when stating 'Why would you want a humanoid robot?". Ummm - because our entire planets infrastructure is built for the human form factor maybe? 20 miles an hour is great and all - but what about 100 miles an hour? A sufficiently smart and dexterous humanoid robot can just get into a car and drive at 100 miles per hour. Your Warrior (or Rhoomba) is out of luck. And how does the Warrior do with a latter? Is it good with a canoe - or how about a sailboat?
A silly statement. He should have provided more context and not make such a simple generalization.]]>Apr 15th 2009 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/
I don't want 20 robots in my house doing 20 different things. I want 1 robot doing a 100; can his warrior bot wash my dishes, maybe shoot them in the air lol :)

I don't even understand how a high level executive can make such a foolish statement displaying a complete lack of foresight. Sure Asimo is not ready for prime time but I hope this CEO is ready for a day when a humanoid robot will put his company out of business, unless of course he is only pretending to not understand and working on an android in the quiet.

]]>Apr 15th 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/
Hey, baby, want a little bit of ASIMO in you? ;)]]>Apr 15th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/
Edge - Asimo.]]>Apr 15th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/irobot-says-its-warrior-bot-is-more-human-than-asimo/Apr 15th 2009 2:12PM