Despite some impressive showings in robotics lately, the accolades are slow to come from industry outsiders. We, the general public, watch Honda’s Asimo slowly make its way down a few steps, for example, and unfairly compare it to the glib and golden C-3PO of science fiction, and thus blind ourselves to the miracle before us. But it’s not just Asimo that suffers from this prejudice; it’s all of them walking, scrambling or rolling on the planet today.
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Ready for the Robot Revolution
Posted by: Pam Baker May 3, 2008 04:00 AMDespite some impressive showings in robotics lately, the accolades are slow to come from industry outsiders. We, the general public, watch Honda’s Asimo slowly make its way down a few steps, for example, and unfairly compare it to the glib and golden C-3PO of science fiction, and thus blind ourselves to the miracle before us. But it’s not just Asimo that suffers from this prejudice; it’s all of them walking, scrambling or rolling on the planet today.