Hitachi shows off walking, talking robot
21 Nov 2007 | 15:42 GMT
Don't tell Sir Cliff
JAPANESE FIRM Hitachi says it built a walking, talking robot.
EMIEW 2 has a pair of fold-up legs as well as wheels and will apparently jabber away like R2D2 if you ask it a question.
The thing is nearly three feet tall and Hitachi says it could easily get a
job as a receptionist or security. Or a journalist on Daily Tech.
According to the
IHT,
however, the device went and bit bonkers on its first public outing when it
careered into a desk, fell on its back a wiggled about forlornly like a dying
ladybird.
In that state it couldn't act on commands sent to it through the controlling laptop.
Ahh. µ
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