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From: eee@netcom.com (Mark Thorson)
Subject: Re: Japanese man robot
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 05:22:14 GMT
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In article <33dfd26f.1092512@news.internetmci.com>,
Lee Kent Hempfling <lkh@neutronicstechcorp.com> wrote:
>
>What difference does it make? It looks like a might morphic power
>ranger and that will get everyone's attention. Honda will be the super
>star of robotics until someone points out it does not last very long,
>it does not do a thing on its own (feedback is not autonomous) , it
>is not more in control of its movements than its environmental
>stimuli, and it is simply nothing more than old technology in a cute
>and cuddly frame. Big deal.
>
>But let us all get interested in it. It LOOKS good. It must be
>something great. BULL

I agree.  This "robot" has all the trappings of a fraud.
I believe it is a very good teleoperator, but not a robot.
I don't believe there's an actual man inside the demo unit,
but if there were I wouldn't be totally dumbfounded


