We're no strangers to Aldebaran Robotics' little humanoid robot,
Nao -- in fact, we've seen plenty of him over the years. We've also spied our fair share of
Microsoft's Surface table, too -- but you know, we've definitely never seen the two together in the same room. Interacting. Sounds pretty interesting, right? It did to us too, so we popped some popcorn and sat back to enjoy a full minute's viewing bliss of these two -- and we have to say, it was well worth it. Nao demonstrates his dexterity at zooming in and out on a photograph of a tiger (which looks suspiciously exact to one we paint-by-numbered last year), and moves around a stack of various other photos, too. It's all great, impressive fun, and we have to say, the fact that Nao is spewing French makes it all the cuter, and though it's been a while since we cracked our college texts, we're fairly certain he says "Microsoft Surface is so awesome, but I'm
holding out for Windows 7" at one point. Video is after the break.
posted September 2nd 2009 8:54AM
Robots likes Windows... humans? :)
Naw, they are just amazed that something so expensive could be so useless. Its basically an iPhone without any multitouch apps worth mentioning and at 100x the price.
I for one welcome our windows loving overlords...
This is like scenes from the last time I tried to use Auctioneer while drunk.
Were you speaking French?
Weird that robot has 2 right hands. Are there no left handed people in France?
Look closer, the robot has only 3 fingers, creating a claw.
I see that, but it appears the leftmost finger is longer on both hands. The left hand's rightmost finger should be longer to mirror the right hand.
I think the thumb is located on the palm so both hands are identical.
et je souhaite je peux parle bien français - m'installer mon cerveau avec un dictionnaire français comme ça :P whatever lol
I got "Alderaan Robotics' little humanoid" at first glimpse...
Time to look for that Ep. IV DVD...
Could they have made this little guy look any more like Frieza from Dragonball Z?
Why do you need a machine to interact with a machine.....with hands?
It's like two humans "talking", with tape players, 2 inches away from each other.
because its COOL, DUH.
Seriously, this video is the definition of redundancy.
I don't like the way that robot is looking at me. Kill it
Well, that was pretty uneventful. Like watching one of those paranormal shows where it takes 4 hours for the ball to roll six inches.
Love it!!!
I'm very found of this little machines!
wow!
I cannot view this video due to being at work. Is this robot using a form of AI to control itself? Or is it a remote controlled robot and there for useless.
lol aww that's adorable
Yeah, great idea... teach the machines to communicate across the analog-digital barrier. This is the beginning of the end, folks.
it will kill us all...while speaking french