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Chief Cook robot plays Pong, is just the kind of humanoid we want to hang with
The last time we saw Chief Cook, a learn-by-doing robot, he was cooking a ham and cheese omelet. Well, he's back, sitting on the floor playing Pong with his buddy, to whom he repeatedly says "You are a loser." And we thought our friends were mean! Check out Chief in action after the break.
Humanoid learns to cook breakfast, fend for himself
Never mind getting tesla coils to fix your supper, just hit the on switch on your own personal humanoid. Reportedly, the creature you see above has been loaded with learning algorithms that enable it to repeat actions that it learns. Wonder if anyone realized that this totally demented critter just learned to slice more than ham? Stay sharp, kids -- the video's after the break.[Via Hacked Gadgets]
Robotic artist does portraits, hoping to get into nudes
A totally ingenious robotics researcher named Sylvain Calinon has created what might be the perfect storm of art and science -- a robot that can recognize and then draw portraits of human subjects. The bot, named HOAP-3, is able to distinguish a human face, take a still frame of that image, and then create a drawing by (robotic) hand based on what it sees. The demonstration is a part of designer Calinon's research into creating robots which can learn through imitation, or in scenarios where they must react to humans. Unfortunately for us fleshpiles, it's only a matter of time before this thing starts doing hilarious caricatures accentuating our worst features. Watch the robot work in the amazing video after the break, and check the read link for a lot more information on the HOAP-3 project. [Via technabob]
