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Q: Is the Sony Qrio Robot for sale?I saw this robot on a televsion special and i was amazed. I couldnt belive my eyes. Well anyways i was wondering if anyone knew is it was for sale or not, and if so. Could you possibly tell me the link.


A: Not yet it seems to still be in production

Bruno Rives: Aibo, Qrio, de Sony, expérimentations cliniques...

A l'occasion d'articles sur la vente de 30 robots Nao à l'université de Tokyo (bravo au passage à Aldebaran Robotics), une précision s'impose sur l'Aibo de Sony dont il est souvent fait référence. Il n'a jamais été conçu comme un futur produit (pas plus que le QRio, d'ailleurs), mais comme l'instrument d'une méthodologie visant, comme lors d'une expérimentation clinique, à faire naître la pensée, en évitant les biais des études et focus groups. Il a été fabriqué en quantités limitées, vendu à prix coutant pendant un temps toujours limité, et bien que certaines de ses caractéristiques soient dépassées, il est aujourd'hui le seul robot autonome, apprenant et communicant que l'on peut laisser entre toutes les mains. Sony avait annoncé que certains de ces travaux se retrouveraient dans des dispositifs d'électronique grand public. C'est le cas aujourd'hui avec la technologie "smile-shutter" pour appareil photo mécanisé qui repère une foule et déclenche la prise

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How China's first bipedal robot sparked one of Japan's longest-running memes

This is one of those long-forgotten gems that occasionally make their way back to your computer screen after some accidental digging up on the web.

Some of you might remember China’s race to create its first humanoid robot back in the eighties — a time that, according to PC Mag , “witnessed a rare explosion in American robot mania.” China was one of many countries eager to be part of the boom in this exciting field of science.

Its ambitious project took off after seeing Japan and America’s robots at the Expo 85 world fair in Tsukuba, Japan, these being the two countries with the most advanced robotic programmes in the world at that stage. In order to compete, Chinese scientists and engineers started development on a 140 cm tall, 20 kg robot.

After 13 years (1987-2000) China’s “major technological breakthrough” was finally complete.

Its creators named it “Xianxingzhe”, which literally means “Forerunner.”

At the time, their resources were primitive when compared to those of their competitors, but the National University of Defense Technology was on a mission to build China a robot. “China has independently developed its first two-legged robot!” raved state media . “This will push China’s robotics research to new heights!”

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