[dorkbotdc-blabber] What do Zanelle and the beer drinking Bar Bot have in common?

[Alex Barth]

There's only so much time it can take to empty a can of beer. Was it
40 seconds for a 330ml can? I don't remember...

Alex

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:53 AM, M@ <mattbillings at gmail.com> wrote:
> How did you measure that a beer was empty? Was it a set timer or did
> you keep track of the mass of the can and when it didnt' decrease for
> a certain interval then you knew it was empty?
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> M@
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> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Alex Barth <mail at a-barth.info> wrote:
>> Pindar van Arman started his presentation of Zanelle
>> http://www.zanelle.com/ yesterday with a question that I felt familiar
>> with: What's missing in all those robots like Asimo? What is it that
>> makes them ultimately not human like even though they walk on two
>> legs, play ball and talk to people?
>>
>> Pindar's approach is to teach Zanelle a very human skill: creative
>> production, painting.
>>
>> A couple of years ago I explored the same question but the outcome was
>> very different: I felt that the key was purpose. Humans haven't been
>> "built" for a particular purpose - we pursue our own goals in a social
>> context.
>>
>> Together with a couple of friends from http://www.timesup.org I set
>> out to build a self sufficient robot. The result was the bar bot: a
>> robot that hangs out in a bar, scrounging money from patrons and
>> ordering a beer when there's enough in its (his, her?) pocket.
>>
>> Watch the video:
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xypy61_GB_c
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>> This project is partly a challenge to humanoid robotics (think: a
>> mouse trying to piss on an elephant's leg) and partly a comment on the
>> pursuit of happiness in bars (I drink and socialize, therefore I am)
>> and certainly not to be taken entirely serious. Still: I think two
>> very important aspects of the ultimate humanoid robot are -
>> independent purpose and social interaction.
>>
>> And I might add: the thing needs to have a frickin face :) Don't
>> underestimate animism.
>>
>> It was my first dorkbot dc yesterday, I thoroughly enjoyed it, see you
>> all soon again,
>>
>> Alex
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