rustyjaw Posted July 10, 2004 Report Share Posted July 10, 2004 A friend of mine sent me this link. It looks like a store selling a robot that you can put together yourself, but the really amazing thing is the video demonstration about halfway down the page. A few times I wondered if it was animated somehow...really incredible movements and balance. I'm trying to figure out how much it costs...looks like 1.4 million won - which comes out to $1260! Here's a pic from the site: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrik Draven Posted July 10, 2004 Report Share Posted July 10, 2004 That little robot is freaking amazing! I WANT ONE!!!!!!! :tu: Wish I could read Korean. I have no idea how much it costs or how the hell to order it. Spoke too soon. Check out this link: Wow Robot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted July 10, 2004 Report Share Posted July 10, 2004 Much more graceful than my Aibo, although in her defense she is a couple generations old now. Very very cool, looks like alot of geeky robot goodness for not a lot of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scobeto Posted July 10, 2004 Report Share Posted July 10, 2004 Originally posted by Orpheus@Jul 10 2004, 01:53 PM Very very cool, looks like alot of geeky robot goodness for not a lot of money. I agree that it kicks arse, but what kind of tax bracket are you in that 1200 bucks isn't a lot ot money? :wtf: :green: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam P Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 I soooo want this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baiter Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Originally posted by scobeto@Jul 10 2004, 03:50 PMI agree that it kicks arse, but what kind of tax bracket are you in that 1200 bucks isn't a lot ot money? :wtf: :green: Money is always relative, especially when talking about a passion. :tu: Spending 15% of my income on a boat seems completely logical, but spending 5% on a car seems off the wall. :wtf: It's all about priorities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Exactly. There are people on the Aibo forum I go to who have 15 or more of the things running around. The 1 I have seems extravagant to me. OTOH, dropping 20 a foot for silver speaker cable seemed reasonable to me on Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrik Draven Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 I'm curious to see what the KHR-2 robot, that they're supposedly working on, is going to look like and, what it can do. Definitely cool toys these robots are. :tu: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted July 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Originally posted by Orpheus@Jul 10 2004, 09:41 PM Exactly. There are people on the Aibo forum I go to who have 15 or more of the things running around. The 1 I have seems extravagant to me. OTOH, dropping 20 a foot for silver speaker cable seemed reasonable to me on Friday. I think it's awesome that you have an Aibo. I've seen them demonstrated at the Sony store here and it was very cool. In a way, it might be a good investment because they may very well become a hot collectors items in 20 years or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam P Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Originally posted by FreakTornado+Jul 11 2004, 11:14 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (FreakTornado @ Jul 11 2004, 11:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Orpheus@Jul 10 2004, 09:41 PM Exactly. There are people on the Aibo forum I go to who have 15 or more of the things running around. The 1 I have seems extravagant to me. OTOH, dropping 20 a foot for silver speaker cable seemed reasonable to me on Friday. I think it's awesome that you have an Aibo. I've seen them demonstrated at the Sony store here and it was very cool. In a way, it might be a good investment because they may very well become a hot collectors items in 20 years or so. [/b] Only if they stopped making them, which I doubt they would. But yeah, Aibos are very neat. I still prefer a real dog, thogh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted July 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Don't they update the Aibo though? I know there are at least 2 versions that look very different. As long as they continue to update it, there will be a distinction between them, which is all that's needed for collector-dom. Of course it's not a given, but I have a hunch that they will be looked back upon in fond and quaint terms in the future...the good old days of home robotics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Time to bust out some STYX??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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