RoboErectus Jr kicks, waves, dances its way into our hearts (and the Singapore RoboCup)

So, we've definitely had a few laughs at the expense of the RoboCup folks. Sure, the goal is admirable, and the amount of knowledge and skill that goes into developing these robot athletes is impressive. Until these automatons learn pick up the pace a little, howevs, there really is a snowball's chance that they'll be able to take on a human team. That said, these guys are learning new tricks every day. For instance, we caught some footage of the latest iteration of RoboErectus Jr., and it now has some good old fashioned showmanship to add to its repertoire of static kicks. See it bow, wave, jump, and dance at the Singapore RoboCup June 19-25 -- or merely check out the videos after the break.

[coolkams03 Posted Jun 11th 2010 11:48AM]

GOOOOAAAALLLL !!!!

http://espn.go.com/espn3/player?id=6103&addata=worldcup2010

[SeeKo Posted Jun 11th 2010 12:10PM]

@coolkams03

Humans are so boring. When you want to see a real robo-athlete, watch this: http://de.sevenload.com/videos/lnyKplt-

[who said what Posted Jun 11th 2010 12:10PM]

@coolkams03

But the name's just weird... "RoboErectus"...

[Bryce Posted Jun 11th 2010 2:01PM]

@coolkams03 YAY! i love it when my country gets mentioned on big sites like this! although.... im pretty sure they could have picked a better name

[c w j Posted Jun 11th 2010 4:00PM]

@who said what

any more so than homo erectus?

[trippedout Posted Jun 11th 2010 11:49AM]

i laughed like an a-hole at work when i watched the jump video. people looked at me. wtf was that? :)

[100rabh Posted Jun 11th 2010 11:49AM]

I tried to make one myself using Arduino(Basic waker)..
Its cool toy.
Wish I had one.. or 2 to serve me...

[mm Posted Jun 11th 2010 11:56AM]

Nice name, gets to the point.

[GeneralThade Posted Jun 11th 2010 12:00PM]

I'd hardly call that a jump. Robots are supposed to out jump NBA players.

[Pojomofo Posted Jun 11th 2010 12:03PM]

to make this thing useful they should put a toaster oven in his torso

[painfull2006 Posted Jun 11th 2010 12:20PM]

haha that jump is so so poor :P
still... i want one :3

[fragmit Posted Jun 11th 2010 12:20PM]

Giggity.

[guitarkid Posted Jun 11th 2010 12:25PM]

ROFLMAO that jump was funny. They might aswell put springs inside his legs.

And, he looks like one of those killer-bots from movies :P

[dogbertrulez Posted Jun 11th 2010 12:47PM]

Please proof read your posts Joseph.
"automatons learn pick up the pace a little, howevs, "

[kiwi32 Posted Jun 11th 2010 12:48PM]

What a jump !

[GeneralThade Posted Jun 11th 2010 12:58PM]

I have to say, 10 years ago, I expected slightly better advances in humanoid robotics by 2010. I mean the best we've got is what? This thing; the ASIMO, and a few creepy robots that Japanese guys have sex with?

Step....it...up, Skynet.

[dbossnirvana Posted Jun 11th 2010 1:45PM]

I read it as "RoboErection".

[savagemike Posted Jun 11th 2010 3:34PM]

OMG - it looks a lot like that robot from the old japanese movie which grows in size from a kids toy or something and can fly if I remember correctly.

[Mobilerobotplatform Posted Jun 12th 2010 6:10PM]

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