Tickled my fancy :-)
Tuesday, 27 December 2011
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
BHR-3 - Another tai chi robot
Yet another humanoid robot using tai chi to showcase its anatomical abilities. Clearly the developers of these robots are looking to show them off as best as possible, and so it is interesting that they choose tai chi to demonstrate their mobile prowess.
I wonder if this is because of people's natural ability to recognise "gracefulness"? After all, it is quite hard to pin down what makes one person's tai chi good or not, as it is all about recognising the subtlety and coordination. For people who don't do tai chi, this is all done at a subconscious level and our training in the art is trying to move this recognition from subconscious to conscious to be able to manifest it in ourselves.
Some other links to BHR-3 information:
http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=28937
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/12/bhr-3-humanoid-robot/
Friday, 2 December 2011
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