Robovie rescue bot hunts high and low for lost princesses (video)
By Vladislav Savov 
posted Nov 3rd 2009 9:04AM
posted Nov 3rd 2009 9:04AM
posted Nov 3rd 2009 9:04AM
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O Robomeo, Robomeo! Wherefore art thou Robomeo?
Deny thy manufacturer and refuse thy hardware.
Hey, who's that guy next to those blocks!? You...you whore!
You say rescue mission, I say precursor to Terminatoresque seek and destroy missions. We're all going to die in the robot apocalypse. Have a nice day! :)
I think there's hope for humanity yet.
Was it me, or did anyone else want it to push the doll over when it got there?
I envisioned a punch.
That looked painful. lol.
In Kuzrkistanibad, we kidnap our women from the back of a mule in exactly the same way!
sugoooooooiiii
sugoi!
Was this being done with programming alone, or was there some guy with a joystick in the background?
@Engadget: When you write about robots doing tricks, please have the journalistic nous to note whether the robots in question are acting autonomously or are just being controlled remotely.
It's a pretty farking important difference that you seem wholly unaware of.
There is no way this is autonomous.
In first couple seconds of the video, you can see the person standing with the controller on the right edge of the picture.
Flip a bit and it becomes a search destroy mission, yes?
Sorry, beat you to it!
but the princess is in another castle...
"Sorry Bowser, but your bridge is in another castle."
Both "table" obstacle manouevers were nicely executed, but the obvious way that humans would have done that would be to sit on the edge of the table, and swing your legs around, scooting forward as necessary. Unless there is a block on top, there is no reason to crawl underneath.
I'm sure it is not remotely controlled. Look at the colored lines on the floor and the transparent "obstacles". Sure enough there is a ceiling mounted camera which provides all the information the little guy needs.