Singularity Update: Meet Roboy The Humanoid Robot
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Meet Roboy, “one of the most advanced humanoid robots,” say researchers at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the University of Zurich.
Their 15 project partners and over 40 engineers and scientists are constructing Roboy as a tendon-driven robot modeled on human beings (robots usually have their motors in their joints, giving them that “robot” break-dance look), so it will move almost as elegantly as a human.
Roboy (credit: Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Zurich)
Roboy will be a “service robot,” meaning it will execute services independently for the convenience of human beings, as in the movie Robot & Frank.
And since service robots share their “living space” with people, user-friendliness and safety, above all, are of great importance, roboticists point out.
Which is why “soft robotics” — soft to the touch, soft in their interaction, soft and natural in their movements — will be important, and Roboy will be covered with “soft skin,” making interacting with him safer and more pleasant.
Service robots are already used in a wide variety of areas today, including for household chores, surveillance work and cleaning, and in hospitals and care homes. Our aging population is making it necessary to keep older people as autonomous as possible for as long as possible, which means caring for aged people is likely to be an important area for the deployment of service robots, roboticists say.
To speed up the process, the AI Lab researchers set a goal to build Roboy in just 9 months (the project began five months ago). Roboy will be unveiled at the Robots on Tour March 8 and 9, 2013 in Zurich.
To make this ambitious schedule possible, they decided to finance the first grassroots robotics project via crowdfunding. To participate, see Make Roboy your friend.
You can also friend Roboy on Facebook. source – Kurzweil
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about 4 months ago
Does God laugh at this stuff? The bible says so!
Psalm 2 1-5
2 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
I assure you God is laughing at those who attempt to try to create like Gods.
about 4 months ago
Well said New York but i wonder if the gay community won’t be screaming if the robots don’t have rainbows tattooed to there forheads……..God bless Israel !
about 4 months ago
I motion to disarm the robots ! All in favor of robots with no arms say I
about 4 months ago
These robots are symbolized as demonic locusts in Revelation 9:27, it will torment those who are Left Behind and do not accept Jesus as their Savior for 5 literal months.
about 4 months ago
NEGATIVE ON THE ROBOTS AS LOCUTS!!! THEY ARE HELICOPTERS. Remember Locusts were also used as symbols of end-time, armor-plated, missile-firing, flying war-machines that were not known to the writers of The Bible
In appearance the locusts were like horses arrayed for battle; on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, their hair like women’s hair, and their teeth like lions’ teeth; they had scales like iron breastplates, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails. They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.
The Anti-Christ will use helicopters. Remember this was a vision to John. In this vision they had armor (iron breast plates) and rotors which looked like a stinging tail cause that was all he could relate it to haven never seen a helicopter and their wings (propellers) made noise of many chariots horses running into battle (sure sounds a lot like rotors and propellers of helicopter to me) John saw the front of the helicopter and into its cockpit (they had faces of men and crowns aka helmets). Teeth like a lion is all he could relate to the terror of which a missile brings. Hair like a woman. WOMEN WERE NOT ALLOWED IN ANY MILITARY IN THOSE DAYS, but they are now. Its possible he saw a woman pilot, her hair coming out of the crown (aka helmet). Unheard of in his time all of this stuff. Described as best he could. If you had to describe a helicopter having never seen one. A locust is a perfect description. It fly’s it reeks havoc and they were in large numbers, locusts in those days destroyed crops and many other things. ITS A HELICOPTER!!!!!!
about 4 months ago
Military personnel often paint on their war machines as well. We have all seen helicopters with jaws painted on the front. Its possible in his vision he saw one of the helicopters painted with those jaws painted on an AH1-super cobra helicopter. Scales refer to many things on a helicopter if you never seen one. Perfect description from a future vision of a modern day war machine helicopter which is here today for the anti-christ to use.
about 4 months ago
Their power of hurting men lies in their tails. A missile fired from a helicopter leaves a smoke trail. Which appears to be a tail coming from the locust (helicopter) to John. He says tails plural as in more then one tail. As in missiles! If you think about it people will be running and hiding from anti-christ and helicopters will need to be used in urban seek and destroy missions and lots of them. Helicopters can go into cities, mountainous areas, pretty much anywhere.
about 4 months ago
Plutonium and uranium tipped missiles and bullets would cause man that it hit near to seek death due to all kinds of things it can do to your system, skin, body ect ect.
about 4 months ago
Locusts describes a helicopter a lot more then these rainbow painted roboy toys :p
about 4 months ago
Great description and analysis of Revelations! I struggle with interpretations of it. Thanks!
about 4 months ago
Love my Savior you can to, just pray hard to Jesus for the holy spirit and read the bible and read everyone’s theory and interpretation. You have to remember we have to lose the mindset that religious denominations are correct or incorrect and stop fighting with one another about it. I do not mean stop going to church or stop believing in your religion. Use the bible to determine what religion is true to the word of God. Disregard their individual rules and teachings if they are not with the bible. But seek its truth. When Jesus walked the earth he did not join a religion and he even spent much time chastising religious leaders. The people who executed him thought they were with God and all part of religion groups. Some of the apostles were not perfect people. Jesus choose to walk with them. The first shall be last and the last shall be first. We know this that their is going to be a great deception. The bible warns us not to be deceived! In order to not be deceived than you must pray regularly ask God to show you what is true and correct. Ask for forgiveness from your sins every hour of every day. Study everyone’s interpretation and theories so you are not surprised or unprepared. The theories and interpretations that are truest will shine through and become clear in time. Rich people are not devils by the way. There are many rich people in the bible. Abraham was filthy rich, Job was rich. They were some of Gods greatest servants. Daniel was a king who killed his own brother and committed much adultery. The Lord works in mysterious ways. He seems to find strength in great weaknesses. That could be for many reasons. Those that are weakest have strength having been through many trials and tribulations in their lives. In other words they have developed an experience knowledge to that which those who never experienced could not have. His chosen people the Jews. Jews are stubborn and stuck in their ways. Probably the most stubborn people when it comes to the Lord and his teachings of any people ever. They are week because of this. Yet he choose them. The beginning of the book of revelations talks about churches. Each of these churches does something God likes and each of them does something God despises. He starts by telling them what he likes that they do, then he warns them and chastises them on what it is they are doing wrong and leading people to do. YOU CAN DO THIS TOO LOVE MY SAVIOR. You can do this too. May our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ bless you! Amen!
about 4 months ago
This is really the end of time we need to pray like never before, let us draw near to God he is our only hope!
about 4 months ago
Sorry not Daniel above David was a king! My mistake. Sometimes I type to fast.
about 4 months ago
Thank you New York for taking the time to help me. I can do this. I read my Bible each morning. It will now begin with a deep prayer asking the Lord for clarity. I will seek GODS truth. Your words are a great, comfort New York
Bless you also.
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