In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:38:39 +0000
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> Linux robot promises to "see you soon"
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> | Aldebaran's Nao design stands 21.6 inches tall, and implements 23 degrees
> | of freedom, including gripping hands. It runs Linux and comes with PC
> | software that enables users to control their android remotely, via WiFi.
> | The software will also enable users to program their android's
> | behavior, emotional expressions, speech synthesizer, and other
> | capabilities, or collect data from its onboard video camera and
> | other sensors, Aldebaran says.
> |
> | Interestingly, one of the videos shows several lights on the Nao
> | design cycling through various colors. This suggests that the
> | robot could use various light colors to express its emotions,
> | similar to the Violet Dal emotional lamp, another intriguing
> | Linux-based device of French origination.
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> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6634061440.html
A link also mentions hacking the Roomba vacuum. That's
arguably a more useful robot, although we'll see how far
we get to either Asimov's visions or Lester Del Rey's
using prototypes such as Aldebaran's.
Or -- heaven forbid -- Fred Saberhagen's.
http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS4356841803.html
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