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Nazreen
Fri 9th Jan 2009, 02:11
Wow, pretty impressive!



Farmer Wu Yulu drives his rickshaw pulled by his self-made walking robot near his home in a village at the outskirts of Beijing January 8, 2009. This robot is the latest and largest development of hobby inventor Wu, who started to build robots in 1986 with wire, metal, screws and nails found in rubbish sites.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20090108/0013729e4ad90acff00929.jpg

More pictures from China Daily (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-01/08/content_7379038.htm).
Fergal
Fri 9th Jan 2009, 13:53
Looks great, I wonder how practical it is. Something like a quad would probably be much more practical for getting around his farm. I'd like a robot to clean my house.
Kay
Wed 14th Jan 2009, 02:46
Wow, pretty impressive!



That's very cool. Amazing what you can do when you start tinkering around. Why's a guy that can build robots not working for some big tech company I wonder? Obviously he's a smart cookie.


Looks great, I wonder how practical it is. Something like a quad would probably be much more practical for getting around his farm. I'd like a robot to clean my house.

ME TOO! I knew there was a reason I liked the Jetsons.
Nazreen
Wed 14th Jan 2009, 03:05
Maybe there's some psychological motivation in using a 2-legged robot in pulling his rickshaw. He probably liked the idea of a Mexican-looking guy pulling his rickshaw. :)

Being a farmer, he also probably don't have the qualifications to enter a big tech company. But with his robots and his appearance in the papers, these companies are probably already courting him to join their organization.
Swastik
Sun 18th Jan 2009, 05:14
Pretty impressive indeed!

I'd love it he took my exams haha! :D
reign16
Mon 19th Jan 2009, 07:20
Look powerful robot but what kind of energy source he is using for the robot?
Fergal
Mon 19th Jan 2009, 18:19
Welcome to Business Advice Forum Reign.


...It is powered by battery and can walk for up to six hours at a time without being recharged...

More here. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1109704/Farmer-builds-army-robot-sons-hes-got-pull-rickshaw.html)
chuckmanley83
Tue 27th Jan 2009, 19:14
It looks like an oversized Lego man.
Nazreen
Wed 28th Jan 2009, 02:37
Look powerful robot but what kind of energy source he is using for the robot?

Welcome to BAF Reign16. Looking forward to seeing you more in the forums. :)
Foamcutter
Sun 1st Feb 2009, 14:04
It looks like an oversized Lego man.

Exactly my thought too.
A quad would be more practical you would imagine but great PR tool for the inventor.


I'd like a robot to clean my house or Mary Poppins, she could look after kids too.
Kay
Tue 7th Apr 2009, 03:48
You think that was impressive, try this one for size. :D

http://www.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/achildrobotw.jpg


The creators of the Child-robot with Biomimetic Body, or CB2, say it's slowly developing social skills by interacting with humans and watching their facial expressions, mimicking a mother-baby relationship.

Story. (http://www.physorg.com/news158151870.html)
Fergal
Tue 7th Apr 2009, 07:05
Freaky, whatever next? It certainly looks very life like. Watching it, it is almost difficult to remember that it is a machine.

You can view a video of the robot here on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE2VCwYDjx0&NR=1).
Nazreen
Wed 8th Apr 2009, 05:44
That pic of a child robot looks like a real person (those gothic ones) or a ghost. Eeeeee, it makes my hair on my arms stand.

It kind of reminds me of that Will Smith movie I Robot. Scientists should not play God and give them learning abilities or this might just be the beginning of the end of the world.