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

[Andrew Righter]

You should bring this beauty to HacDC, I will supply the fuel. :D

-Q

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Alex Barth <mail at a-barth.info> wrote:

> 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?
> >
> > M@
> >
> >
> > 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:
> >>
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xypy61_GB_c
> >>
> >> 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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> >
> >
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Andrew Righter
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