A Very Robot Wednesday

Good Morning. I've done this before. Making fun of ASIMO. But I recently found this video of him falling.

See, he has to look right at the audience. He should have looked where he was going. Which engineer designed the part where he cranes his head toward the audience as if to say "watch this expert stair climbing." When they put the screen up in front of him is when the little man inside crawls out of him. This video makes me less afraid of robots. If they're ever chasing me, i'll just climb some stairs, duh.

And there's this one of Sony's QRIO doing a traditional fan dance. And make sure you watch it all the way through so you can see them break it down hip-hop style. See robots are just like us. They respect our cultures and traditions.

And finally, this excerpt from the constant discovery and conversation about robots going on between me and my friend, whom we'll call "Mae24."

10:14:53 Mae24> whoa - look at all the people in those bleachers!
10:14:58 Mae24> these robots are riveting
10:15:02 Mae24> they are amazing
10:15:09 Mae24> they're the new shirley temple
10:15:12 Sooz> ?
10:15:16 Mae24> it's like people's attitudes towards them are shifting
10:15:22 Mae24> people used to not be so into babies
10:15:38 Mae24> they weren't cute - they were a hassle and they were used as workers
10:15:38 Sooz> lol
10:15:46 Sooz> omg
10:15:49 Mae24> but shirley temple kind of changed all that

You should also check out all the videos of ASIMO running. It looks like he's trying to make it to the bathroom on time. Or like he stole the cookies from the cookie jar.