World's First Running Humanoid Robot

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"World's First Running Humanoid Robot


Tokyo Japan, December 18th, 2003 - Sony Corporation today announced the development of dramatically enhanced motion of Sony's humanoid robot, enabling integrated motion control for walking, jumping and running. By applying this technology to QRIO, which is one of Sony's technology platforms, Sony has successfully created the world's first* running humanoid robot.
(* As of Dec. 18th, 2003, based on Sony's investigation, as an autonomous robot with internalized control system and power supply system)"

Yeah I saw this earlier today and it is very interesting stuff. Still not clear on how big this thing is though?

Kool!!! all they need now are laser gun attachments!

Its amazing how much they progress in this field, kinda rare to hear about this kind of technology from other companies.

Originally posted by thehippiedude
Kool!!! all they need now are laser gun attachments!

Don't forget the spiky hair, a german accent, and the one liners!

maybe it'll look like a certain governor....