Sentience: The next moral dilemma Pt II
News He does not like the argument that a sentient robot will necessarily be a bipedal mechanism created to look like a man, and rather believes in something more likely to resemble HAL of 2001. Asked if it would matter whether she were bipedal or a...
[January 24, 2001, 16:31]
Sony fixes wobbly robot
News The SDR-4X II, a prototype walking robot introduced last year, has had its sensors and software upgraded to make it less likely to topple over, a common problem with bipedal robots. And unlike their human counterparts, bipedal machines find it...
[March 26, 2003, 9:37]
Linux-based humanoid robot set for Euro debut
News The bipedal H7 robot is around 137cm tall, and weighs 55kg. Japanese scientists are planning to demonstrate a walking, Linux-operated, humanoid robot at an open source event in Italy next month. The appearance -- at the Embedded Linux Expo in Milan...
[October 25, 2001, 12:52]
