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Robots Take to the Water Like a Duck (Video)

Over the weekend we finished writing an in-depth magazine article on Mega Dynamizer, the 50 cm, 5.0 kg ROBO-ONE humanoid robot champion designed by Sugiura-san. One of the main themes of the article was the Sugiura Family's desire to create robots that can productively share the world with their human counterparts in a symbiotic manner complementing each others strengths and weaknesses.

We were so impressed, that we couldn't stop talking about what they are doing, probably to the point of overwhelming our friends with our bubbling enthusiasm. Then, over coffee yesterday, one of our friends asked if the Sugiura robots could swim....

At first, that question really threw us for a bit of a loop. We've seen their robots fight in the ring, do back flips, climb stairs, run an obstacle course, ski down a snow covered hill, and catch fish with a fishing pole and tackle. But, we had never seen one of them swimming around in the water, until tonight...

Posted by Lem on March 3, 2008 | Permalink | Email this post

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Neat, now there's another thing robots are better at doing than me!

Posted by: Robot Cartoons | Mar 4, 2008 1:58:36 AM

I think there's plenty of validation for both sides of this arguement. Neither side is "right" nor "wrong".

Some want praise, glory, ETC. for innovation, while for others, necessity makes innovation the only choice.

There's exceptions to eveything of course, but those are the standouts.

Posted by: BlazeEagle | Mar 5, 2008 12:02:20 PM

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