Eat Your Heart Out ASIMO
February 14th 2007 13:28
While ASIMO is just learning how to run Plen the robot is already roller skating.
I’m not sure if the human-esque behaviour of Plen as it skates around is delibrate programming to make it look more friendly or if it really has to move in such a way to maintain balance. Either way it *skates* rings around ASIMO.
Plen is about 0.75 ft tall is powered by the ARM 7 CPU running at 33mhz controlling 88 joint movements, it also supports Bluetooth communications. It weighs in at 700 grams.
I know you guys want to go ahead and ask what you think is a rhetorical question, “Where can I buy one and for how much?” Well you can get one from Japan for about 262,500 Yen. Of course they come in limited quantity, I think about fifty in total so you better hurry if they haven’t already sold out.
Visit Plen’s website for more information.
I’m not sure if the human-esque behaviour of Plen as it skates around is delibrate programming to make it look more friendly or if it really has to move in such a way to maintain balance. Either way it *skates* rings around ASIMO.
Plen is about 0.75 ft tall is powered by the ARM 7 CPU running at 33mhz controlling 88 joint movements, it also supports Bluetooth communications. It weighs in at 700 grams.
I know you guys want to go ahead and ask what you think is a rhetorical question, “Where can I buy one and for how much?” Well you can get one from Japan for about 262,500 Yen. Of course they come in limited quantity, I think about fifty in total so you better hurry if they haven’t already sold out.
Visit Plen’s website for more information.
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Comment by yoda76
The Tube Blog
To be fair, ASIMO looks very fluid in movement. Plen's kinda clunky.
But ASIMO has a lame name - the Italian word for donkey is ASINO.
Too close for comfort ;o)