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Robots take over the show at Asia's biggest tech fair

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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A Japanese inventor is hoping a robot that still needs humans will win over Asia's largest tech fair.</span></div>
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 robot experts thinks that his little Caiba droid will act as an 
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Katsumori
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Electronics Comprehensive Exhibition (CEATEC), which kicked off today 
near Tokyo and which is Asia's biggest tech fair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Waist-high
 Caiba - whose name means hippocampus, a key area of the brain, in 
Japanese - is controlled by a human wearing a virtual reality handset 
and mechanical arms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">If the person waves their arms, the little robot follows suit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But whatever Caiba does, it depends on a human to control it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'People
 say what an amazing AI (artificial intelligence) we're using for the 
robot. So I tell them: 'well, it's actually a middle-aged guy',' 
Sakakibara told AFP during a press preview this week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Humans
 are more flexible in that they can recognise a huge amount of different
 information, but so far AI can only be used in limited situations' such
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'We thought it would be better to use humans instead of AI.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Google,
 Apple, Facebook and Microsoft are among a growing number of technology 
firms that have been investing in making machines smarter, contending 
the goal is to improve lives through artificial intelligence.</span></div>
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<span id="ext-gen24" style="font-size: 1.2em;">Some critics, however, have warned that AI could turn on humanity and be its ruin instead of a salvation.</span></div>
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parts maker Omron that can play - and coach - humans at ping pong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The machine is now a Guinness World Record holder as the first robot table tennis tutor, according to the company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'It
 can now understand if a player is a beginner or experienced and change 
how it plays,' said Omron's Taku Oya, referring to the robot's AI 
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It can even give a compliment or two in text that appears on a screen beside the ping pong table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'A perfect serve!' it says, or apologises for missing a ball.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'But its AI is not good enough so that it could beat professional table tennis players,' Oya warned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Meanwhile,
 Sharp is taking aim at the housing market with pint-sized Rin-chan, 
which can operate home appliances based on its owners' feelings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">For example, if a house dweller says 'it's too hot', the robot will turn on the air conditioning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The 10 centimetre (four inch) tall robot will go on sale next year in Japan for 39,800 yen ($400 or £313).</span></div>
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 Sakakibara hopes his little firm's AI-free droid could be used as a 
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Robots take over the show at Asia's biggest tech fair

Developer Katsumori Sakakibara (left) wears a head-mounted display to demonstrate a prototype remote-controlled robot...

'Rocket Robot' fights fire with fire

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    The rocket robot offers a cheap solution to battlefield 
mineclearing options; the robot almost instantly blows up minefields 
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Chinese combat engineers have a new mine clearing robot that's going 
to accompany troops onto the battlefield.  While many other nations have
 built mine sweeping robots, such as the U.S.'s Panther (an unmanned M60
 tank chassis with chainlink flails), this new robot is actually armed 
with exploding mine clearing line charges (MCLC). Imagine it a bit like a
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    The rocket robot carries about 40 to 50 meters of explosive rope 
coiled inside its dark green ammunition box. The explosive rope is 
attached to two rockets on either side of the robot for launch over 
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    The remote control for the rocket robot includes a top-mounted 
screen for viewing video feed from the robot's camera mast, standard RC 
control system and another screen for receiving updates from the robot. 
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The rocket robot consists of a simple four-wheel chassis, with an 
ammunition box at the front, and the motor, control systems, camera mast
 and communications antenna at the back.  Each side of the robot has a 
small rocket launcher, able to fire a MCLC consisting of a rocket tied 
to a string of explosive charges.  When fired, the rocket pulls the 
explosive line out of the ammunition box and into flight, crossing over 
the minefield.  When the rocket motor burns out, the explosive line 
falls into the minefield and detonates, destroying all mines under it. 
Since the MCLC's explosives are all attached to the line, their 
explosions would create a straight, mine-free path for infantry.  A 
light MCLC like the rocket robot's would have a range of about 40 to 50 
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The rocket robot might not be big as others, such as the U.S. 
Marines' 70-ton Assault Breacher Vehicle, but it will provide quick 
relief to small groups of infantry that need to immediately breach 
minefields. Infantry platoons, companies and special forces can take 
this small robot along for attached MCLC capability, rather than needing
 a tank-sized vehicle or heavy trailer. Unlike man-portable MCLCs such 
as the Antipersonnel Obstacle Breaching System (APOBS) that require 
assembly, the rocket robot's MCLCs can be fired instantly (and engineers
 don't need to lug around 125 pounds of explosives). What's more, combat
 engineers can take cover during firefights while remotely operating the
 rocket robot to breach manned defenses. Like other remotely operated 
vehicles, it can also double as a scouting tool.<br />
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    The rocket robot deploys its rocket-pulled explosive lines; you 
can see the white explosive rope behind the cloud of rocket smoke. While
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situations, they could be repurposed to blow up infantry inside 
buildings or trenches.<br />
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MCLCs may have been intended for quickly clearing paths through 
minefields, but they have also proven to be nasty urban warfare weapons.
 For instance, Syrian government forces use them to clear out entire 
streets in the Syrian Civil War. China's willingness to deploy this new 
addition it its growing family of combat robots should not be too 
surprising, as the machine gun-armed Sharp Claw 2 robot was offered for 
sale at the Zhuhai 2014 Airshow.</div>
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 At first glance, you might mistake this enormous robot for a character from the latest Transformers blockbuster.</div>
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An
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At first glance,
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Transformers blockbuster. But the 16 foot (five metre) tall machine is a
 robot called Eagle Prime that is ready to take on Japan in the Megabots
 Giant Robot Dual league</div>
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The robot has been created by San Francisco-based MegaBots, who set up the Giant Robot Dual league in 2015.</div>
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On its <a class="" href="https://www.megabots.com/about" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">website</a>,
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create the giant piloted fighting robots of science fiction, videogames 
and movies.</div>
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'These robots fight in epic-scale arena combat the likes of which the world has never seen before.'</div>
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The Eagle Prime stands at 16 feet (five metres tall), weighs 12 tons, and has 430 horsepower.</div>
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A human operator sits within the 'head' of the humanoid robot, controlling its movements.</div>
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Despite its enormous size, Eagle Prime is faster than you might think.</div>
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In the video, the enormous
 robot can be seen opening giant garage doors, quickly manouvering 
corners, demolishing piles of barrels and even blasting targets with its
 paintball cannon.</div>
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MegaBots said: 'As 
the robots battle, armour panels shear off and litter the field, smoke 
and sparks pour out of the chassis, massive robotic limbs tear off, and 
robots crumple to the ground until only one is left standing.'</div>
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In 2015, MegaBots challenged Japan to a giant robot dual, and a team of experts from the country quickly accepted.</div>
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Japan's robot is called Kurata. </div>
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In 2015, the team revealed an early version of the robot, that included a gun capable of shooting 6,000 BB bullets a minute. </div>
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the machine that will take part in the dual against the US.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Kuratas
 can be operated using a 'Master-Slave system' where users control the 
robot's movements from outside using any device with a 3G network.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It weighs  9,000 pounds and is controlled by a pilot in the cockpit or remotely using a smartphone or tablet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">They
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as exoskeletons are used for fictional characters such as Iron Man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Overall, the
 robot has around 30 hydraulic joints which the pilot moves using motion
 control. It comes in 16 colors, including black and pink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Currently Kuratas is not capable of walking, but is able to drive at 6mph (10 km/h)</span></div>
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 can also be fitted with a futuristic weapons system, including a gun 
capable of shooting 6,000 BB bullets a minute, which fires when the 
pilot smiles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Automatic alignment allows you to lock on your enemy target. Kuratas will not allow any targets to escape,' the company writes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'With the alignment set appropriately the system will fire BBs when the pilot smiles.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Realizing
 that there may be a flaw with this system of opening fire, a video 
warns the pilot against smiling too much while operating the Kuratas 
weaponry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The robot is advertised as a kit, which means whoever buys it will also have to put it together. </span></div>
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In May, Chinese robotics 
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unveiling its massive 'Monkey King' robot to take on the US and Japan.</div>
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The
 quadrupedal, single-seat machine takes on the form of a monkey and 
weighs more than 8,000 pounds (four tonnes) – and a video has suggested 
that the robot is equipped with a rotating head.</div>
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As the robots battle, armour 
panels shear off and litter the field, smoke and sparks pour out of the 
chassis, massive robotic limbs tear off, and robots crumple to the 
ground until only one is left standing</div>
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Its creator, Shiqian Sun, said it took about two months to complete to this point, New Atlas reported.</div>
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Although China is gearing up for battle, MegaBots is still deciding whether to allow the Monkey King to join the competition.</div>
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Chinese robotics company GREATMETAL has unveiled its robot to take on America's MegaBots and Japan's Kuratas.</div>
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And a leaked video has suggested that the robot is equipped with a rotating head. </div>
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The Eagle Prime: Incredible 16ft fighting megabot unveiled

At first glance, you might mistake this enormous robot for a character from the latest Transformers blockbuster. But the 16 foot (...

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running at speeds up to 60 kilometers per hour, or 37 mph.</span><br />
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<li class=""><span style="font-size: small;">Japanese inventors have unveiled their humanoid Transformer robot</span></li>
<li class=""><span style="font-size: small;">Called 'J-deite half' it can change from a robot into a car </span></li>
<li class=""><span style="font-size: small;">Eventual plan is to build one 16.4ft (five metres) tall by 2020  </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Ever wanted to own a Transformer? Thanks to a Japanese company, that dream is not far away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Called
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into a two-wheel-drive vehicle running at speeds up to 60 kilometers per
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Its
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in 2017 - and have already built a working quarter scale version.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Brave
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Corp., said they have begun work on a 3.5-meter-tall robot that can 
transform into a two-wheel-drive vehicle running at speeds up to 60 
kilometers per hour, or 37 mph. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">They aim to have a working model by 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The robot in its humanoid form to walk at 30 kph with wheels and at 10 kph on foot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Weighing
 700 kilograms (1,540 pounds), the machine could transform in less than 
10 seconds into a two-passenger vehicle that could be controlled from 
the cockpit or remotely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A quarter-sized prototype was unveiled in October 2014. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Brave Robotics and Asratec started joint development of a huge transforming robot 'J-deite RIDE'' the firm's said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'J-deite
 RIDE' is the high-end model of the 'J-deite Quarter' which was 
announced last year, and it also adopts Asratec's robot control system 
'V-Sido OS.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'We aim to complete development in 2017 and development process will be continuously announced on this website.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The prototype robot was created by a collaboration involving Brave Robotics, Asratec and Takara Tommy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Scheduled
 to be completed by 2020, the current robot is 4.3ft (1.3 metres) tall -
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The 
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Digital Content Expo in Tokyo on 23 October last year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>In the video it is seen moving its head, lifting its arms and of course changing into car mode - all in a matter of seconds.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>However, when in robot mode it seems to prefer an awkward waddle, rather than walking in full stride like a real Transformer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">An eerily life-like robot has been 
turning heads at the World Robot Exhibition in Beijing this week. Named 
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Named Geminoid F, the robot has amassed a legion of fans, with some even describing her as 'the world's sexiest robot'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The 5ft 6 inch android is capable of eye movements, response to eye-to-eye contact and can recognise body language.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">She is designed act like a human with rubber 'skin' and a woman's face - but can't walk and has to be wheeled around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The robot was created by Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratory at Osaka University who plan on creating a better model in the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Our final goal is creating some artificial intelligence by using this robot,' Kohei Ogawa, assistant professor said. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The robot is equipped with motorised actuators, powered by air pressure, which allow her to 'copy' human facial expressions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Geminoid F has already taken the film industry by storm, becoming the first android to star in a film.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Earlier
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<i><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The film 'Ex Machina', in which a computer programmer falls in love with a droid, may not be as far-fetched as you think.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A new study has found that humans have the potential to emphasise with robots, even while knowing they don't have feelings.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">While robots have featured prominently in many films, most are played by real actors or created using visual effects. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Prof Ishiguro has designed several robots made to look like humans in the past - even building one in his own image.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'The android doesn't complain, never gets hungry and doesn't need to sleep at all,' he said at the film festival office.</span></div>
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The robot is controlled by a human, but it is not simply a matter of using a joystick to control the robot.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Then, the robot tells me how it's going to move its entire body to reach that location, through a preview in the UI. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'If I'm okay with the plan the robot has come up with, I tell it to execute that motion. </span></div>
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researchers are on a quest to develop legged robots that are fast, 
efficient, and graceful, with the mobility required to access many of 
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Iron Man-Inspired Robot With Jet-Powered Feet Is a Master of the Splits

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The two-legged bot is outfitted with small jet engines that are attached to its feet. </div>
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Robotics engineers at Guangdong University of Tech's School of Automation in China
 strapped two duct fans to the robot's feet which allow it to cross 
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It also solves a major problem commonly experienced by robot developers. </div>
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Most bipedal robots are only capable of making static movements like walking forward in short, controlled steps. </div>
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When
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That's why many robots have been known to fall over when charged with more complex tasks or movements. </div>
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Humans are able to twist and contort their
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But the Chinese robot, called Jet-HR1, isn't likely to fall because the jet engines are able to balance its center of gravity. </div>
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The
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Jet-HR1 is just 65cm, or roughly two feet, tall and weighs 6.5kg.</div>
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So
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The bipedal robot Jet-HR1 is just 65cm, or roughly two feet, tall and weighs 6.5kg</div>
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In a video, Jet-HR1 can be seen stepping over a large gap that's 37cm wide.</div>
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To get over the gap, the robot had to complete a step length that represented 80% of its leg, IEEE noted.</div>
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The robot extended a leg first, stretching it all the way to the other side, in a move that almost looks like a split. </div>
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Without the fans, Jet-HR1 would only be able to cross a distance that was 3.5-inches wide, <a class="class" href="https://gizmodo.com/this-iron-man-inspired-robot-with-jet-powered-feet-is-a-1823917376" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">according</a> to Gizmodo.</div>
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Scientists built an 'Iron Man-inspired' robot with jet-powered feet <a href="https://t.co/leCEUQi32z">https://t.co/leCEUQi32z</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tech?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tech</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drones?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Drones</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Robot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Robot</a> <a href="https://t.co/2BoJ0HDHiE">pic.twitter.com/2BoJ0HDHiE</a></div>
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Assisted
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are up to 1.5 feet wide, which is roughly 97% of the robot leg's 
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The researchers believe that 
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powered by jet thrusters -- an image that inspired researchers involved 
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'We were more or less inspired by science fiction,' Zhifeng Huang, one of the researchers involved in the study, told IEEE.</div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">WILL HUMANOIDS SOON BE SENT TO SPACE?</span></h3>
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Currently, Valkyrie (R5) can walk on two legs and perform basic movements, such as holding and manipulating objects.</div>
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NASA
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able to make the journey, for pre-deployment tasks and to maintain 
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University
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Valkyrie's
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carry out high-risk tasks in place of people. They have Iron Man-style 
glowing chest emblems that contain linear actuators to help with waist 
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Their power source comes from a battery in a backpack that lasts for around an hour.</div>
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Sensors
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R5
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Each leg - 4
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NASA engineers based the design on the tether attachments used by spacewalking astronauts.</div>
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'In fact, we considered this idea two 
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when going through rubble and debris in an earthquake aftermath 
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produces a less significant impact while it steps over obstacles is 
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'And our idea was utilizing the external force of the jets to maintain the balance of the robot,' he added.</div>
Huang
 noted that the jet propulsion technique could lead to further 
advancements in how robots are able to jump, teeter on one leg, perform 
3D movements and reduce impact during 'dynamic motion.'   <br />
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Iron Man-Inspired Robot With Jet-Powered Feet Is a Master of the Splits

Robotics engineers at Guangdong University of Tech's School of Automation in China developed a bipedal robot that can cross wide...

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